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The Best Low to Mid Stakes Poker Tours
Every poker player dreams of traveling the world playing on the biggest poker tours, but not all achieve that dream. Poker tours such as the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, and partypoker LIVE are out of the reach of the majority of poker players, unless...
The Importance of Keeping Records
Keeping records is important for poker players even if it does seem a laborious task. Top poker players keep records of their play to help file accurate taxes and to highlight their most profitable areas. Former Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu keeps meticulous records. Negreanu rarely plays online poker where...
Kahle Burns Defeats Sam Trickett To Bag 1st WSOP Bracelet
Australia’s Kahle Burns secured his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet at the WSOP Europe festival. Burns triumphed in the €25,500 Platinum High Roller for a €596,883 score defeating Sam Trickett for the victory. Eighty-three of the world’s best poker tournament players entered the eighth event of the 2019...
Are You Setting The Correct Poker Goals and Targets?
It is important to set yourself goals and targets in all walks of life. Setting goals helps you to progress in both your home and working lives and keeps you on track. Setting goals in poker is crucial to long term success, but ensure you are setting the correct poker...
Five of the Best Female Poker Players
It is fair to say that poker is still a male-dominated game. The 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event saw female poker players make up only four percent of the field. That is not to say there are no talented female poker players because there are some exceptional...
Brazil’s Paulo Milani Wins Second Platinum Pass
The majority of PokerStars’ vast customer base can only dream of winning a PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) Platinum Pass. They are in limited supply with only 320 awarded for the 2019 PSCP so the chance of bagging one is remote at best. That is unless you are Paulo Milani who...
How to Play Poker With a Short Stack
Knowing how to play a short stack optimally is often the difference between a winning and a losing player. Cash game players spend the majority of their time sitting behind a big or deep stack. Tournament players have to contend with rising blinds, which continually alters their stack size. MTT...
WPT Side Event Ends in 16-Way Chop
Deals are commonplace in poker tournaments partly because of the disparity between the payouts. They are common both live and in online poker. These deals usually see less than a handful of players involved, but a recent WPT side event in Maryland ended in a 16-way chop! The World Poker...
Poker Player Accused of Cheating on Live Stream
A poker player by the name of Mike Postle finds himself at the center of a cheating row after the poker community’s watched some extremely suspicious cash game hands from a Californian poker room. Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights, California regularly streams its cash games on the internet. Viewers...
Hellmuth, Ivey and Negreanu Confirmed for WSOP Europe
The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe runs from October 13th – November 2nd at King’s Resorts, Rozvadov and the attendance of a trio of the world’s biggest stars is confirmed. Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are all playing at the WSOP Europe festival adding even more prestige...