Learning to love the variance in poker and in life
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…
We first examined the best places to live if you love poker in the dark days of 2020. Poker rooms across much of the country remained closed, and we naively assumed that once the world “got back to normal”, poker would too. Three years later, we see that a new normal is being created in…
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It’s that time of year again! Get ready to start thinking about buying gifts for those near and dear to you. It’s been a tough couple of years for poker players, so you know your poker-playing friends and family are desperate for a little poker love. You know who they are. She’s your sister who…
It has been a big couple of years in poker. March 2020 serves as a defining line for poker that is almost as impactful as Black Friday was a decade before. Essentially all of the poker rooms in the country shut down that month (or soon thereafter). It took months to years before poker rooms…
Over the past year, we have taken a number of poker road trips. We’ve visited rooms in the middle of cities, such as The Jack in Cleveland, and rooms in the middle of nowhere (hello Ebro!). However, if you’re looking for both stunning vistas and great poker, we have some recommendations for excellent poker rooms…
As the national vaccination campaign starts to take hold, players’ dreams turn toward the future of poker. Heather and I emerged from a Walgreen’s two weeks ago, with band-aids on our upper arms and renewed hope. Maybe shortly we’d be able to see some of our poker compatriots again. One day soon, after a tournament…