Everywhere you look online, you read about the certainty of poker’s demise. Poker is a casino loss leader they say. There are no dealers. Poker rooms are a losing proposition. People point to the rapidity of poker room closure during the pandemic and the delayed reopening of many rooms. And it is true that poker…
We have played at some poker rooms in the middle of nowhere before (see Creek Entertainment Gretna or the Ebro Poker Room). But I don’t think we’ve ever played at a room as remote as the Northwoods Casino in Berlin, New Hampshire. Berlin is waaaaaay in the north of the state, closer to Canada than…
Poker is one of the most popular table games at casinos, beloved by amateur and professional players around the world. Outside of the casino floor, it’s also one of the few casino games that people regularly play at home. Poker nights are common, but who’s ever been to a baccarat night? Poker was also one…
The Southeastern states have always been thin on legal poker rooms. Once you get south of DC, only Harrah’s Cherokee breaks up the barren poker landscape until you get to the East Coast poker mecca of Florida. Sure, for a while there was Pop’s in Virginia and Little Kings and Queens in Georgia, but both…
By Guest Author Joel Wald Most aspiring professional poker players remember what it was like when they first had the talk. No, not that talk. The talk often occurs when poker has become a bigger part of a player’s life, and they have enjoyed some success. On the one hand, this time can be exciting…
Identifying the best poker players can be a lot tougher than other sports. It’s one thing to keep tabs on metrics like cash winnings and tournament victories, but stats alone aren’t enough to nail down what makes a poker player truly one of the greats. It’s easier sometimes to look at the names that are…
Las Vegas is a poker player’s dream. With over thirty different poker rooms on the Strip and around town, many offering tournament action, how do you decide where to play? Let us walk you through some of the best poker tournaments in Las Vegas. We will help you find the cheapest Las Vegas tournaments, those…
When a modern player thinks of poker game variants, we typically think of No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em or PLO (Pot Limit Omaha), as those are the most common poker games today. Fifty years ago, a player might have thought of Seven Card Stud. However, as poker players who favor mixed games know, the poker games…
Recently we sat down with poker coach and founder of PTO Poker, Joel Wald, to talk about the experience of poker coaching, when to seek out coaching, and what players should expect from a poker coach. This week we interviewed Coach Joel about his own player and coaching journey. How and when did you start…