Recently, we discussed the #1 thing that holds poker players back with poker coach and founder of PTO Poker, Joel Wald. While Joel touched on a few related ideas when we previously interviewed him about poker coaching and reviewed the PTO Poker 101 Course, this time he gave us a singular answer that you won’t…
Every poker road trip is a unique adventure. A poker road trip through Florida offers large poker venues with some quality beach time. Jump to Texas, and a poker road trip consists of “membership only” poker rooms and lots of great Tex-Mex food. Keep heading west to Las Vegas, and well, a poker trip there…
In the last few years, we have been sharing information on our recent poker road trips. Just after the pandemic broke in 2021 we took a poker road trip to Las Vegas, and then we built another poker road trip through Florida. In 2022 we shared our poker road trip through Maryland, and in 2023…
Poker is among the most popular casino games in both the offline and online gambling industries, and there are many variants you can enjoy in various casinos. Some popular variants are Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Low, Seven-Card Stud, and 2-7 Triple Draw poker. You need to use the right strategy to get the most out of…
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…
In his PTO Poker 101 course (PTO stands for Player Theory Optimal), Joel Wald provides what most players need: the fundamental filler for the holes in their games. The gaps in some experienced players’ games are often striking. For example, a player leads out for half-pot on the river on a wet board. This indicates…
Recently, we reviewed the national norms for poker tournaments. The purpose of that article was to give tournament players some idea of tournaments across the country to evaluate their own typical weekly games. However, both from our experiences traveling and looking at the data it’s clear that there is a lot of regional variation in…