A rampant mistake committed by most poker players is that they observe each decision in a hand as a different entity. This has a detrimental effect on the game. This is a precarious situation and most players get trapped in it. When players take decisions as the game shapes without thinking about the repercussion of [...]

I don’t feel as bad for Mike Matusow as I probably should, basically because at this time in his life that money would have just gone somewhere else. Freaking Tony G. being a d*ck afterwards too. Erik Seidel gets a good flop for his Aces, it’s a spot where most players that know Mike are [...]

And I love it when my main man, Erick Lindgren, dishes out the pwnage to probably the most obnoxious player in poker: Tony Guoga. Tony G. played so nitty and got so lucky in the rest of this Full Tilt Million Dollar cash game… I hate him.

So, we have patience and we have psychology. Now it is time to talk about perseverance, which sounds like a whole lot of hard work, but do not worry, it is definitely a different kind of perseverance than you have to exercise when you go to the gym or out for a run or something. [...]

Patience is unquestionably important, as we saw last week. However, it is not the only essential “P rule” you need to follow in order to become a more successful player. Remember, we still have four more to cover before we all through! Which brings us to the second P: psychology. Okay, okay, technically that could [...]

There are lots of strategies you can employ when you are playing poker, some of which are extremely easy to remember. Do you recall how, in grammar school, you were supposed to learn the three Rs? Reading, writing, and arithmetic — or ‘rithmetic, depending on how much your teacher paid attention to true alliteration. Anyway, [...]

Why do people play poker? Why, in particular, should you play poker? A lot of players who are new to the game seem to get worried that, if they actually allow themselves to play, they will either go bankrupt or developing a gambling problem. Such worries are understandable — smart, even — but they are [...]

Online poker is becoming extremely popular, to the point that a lot of people who play poker on the Internet have never even set foot in a real casino.  Many of them thus wonder what they are missing out on by not playing in a casino.  To be sure, there are pros and cons associated [...]

If you are a regular player of poker then there is a very little chance of you having any misconception about the great game which has mesmerized casinos and players worldwide for unknown time. However some of the beginners and amateurs have some wide misconceptions about poker which are listed below: Poker is a casual [...]

Don’t get me wrong Vanessa Rousso is great, and I’m a fan — but her sister on the far left of this video (thanks pokernews!) looks so cute, it’s almost unfair. If I ever meet Vanessa again, I’m asking her to give my phone number to her sister — a man’s got to gamble to [...]