How to Beat Microstakes Cash Games: The Right Approach
For many people who begin playing online poker, the microstakes cash games are where they choose to start. These are among the most widely populated limits played on the internet, and for good reason....
View ArticlePop Poker: The History of Poker on M*A*S*H
Spawned from the 1970 film of the same name, the long-running series became something of an American institution over its 251 episodes. On the CBS network for 11 seasons, the show lasted many years...
View ArticleBeating Microstakes Cash Games: HUDs and Table Selection
Beginning with HUD setup, the Coke and Pepsi of the online poker world are Hold’em Manager and Pokertracker. Both companies have recently released new versions and you can’t go wrong with either....
View ArticleHow to Build Your Own Poker Table for Under $300 (Guide, Images & Plans)
By Jeff Kuronen After constantly burning through cheap playing cards while playing poker with my friends I decided to finally invest in some plastic cards. While scouring the internet for new cards I...
View ArticleBeating Microstakes Cash Games: How to Play Preflop
In this third instalment of this series I want to finally get into the nuts and bolts of profitable play. That is, how you should play your cards. In my opinion a tight and aggressive (TAG) approach...
View ArticleSasha Daygame: How to Pick Up a Girl at a Poker Tournament
We apologize in advance to female poker players everywhere. But having seen thousands of ham-fisted, awkward pick-up moments at the poker table believe us when we say this is a marked improvement....
View ArticlePuma Swede Ranks Poker Pros on Adult FIlm Potential
By Puma Swede The name "Jungleman12" makes me assume he has a 12" vine between his legs that he swings better than Tarzan in the jungle. Judging by the picture he looks like he's about to fall asleep....
View ArticlePoker's Greatest All-Time Whales: Guy Laliberté
By James Guill When the topic of big-time whales in the poker world comes up Guy Laliberté is almost certainly near the top of everyone's list. Best known by the general public as the founder of the...
View ArticlePoker's Greatest All-Time Whales: Andy Beal
By James Guill Andy Beal is perhaps the best known whale in poker history. His battles with an elite team of poker pros dubbed "The Corporation" are the stuff of legend with the Texas billionaire...
View ArticlePoker's Greatest All-Time Whales: Riddle, Chagra and Karas
By James Guill From the 1960s to the 1990s, Las Vegas was a true gambler's paradise. "Old school Vegas" was famous for treating gamblers like kings and whales like gods. Some of the biggest whales...
View ArticlePoker's Greatest All-Time Whales: Barkley, Jordan and A-Rod
By James Guill The world of professional gambling is often compared to the world of professional sports thanks to the adrenaline rushes you get gambling for large sums of money. Given their...
View ArticlePoker's Greatest All-Time Whales: Terrance Watanabe
By James Guill Terrance Watanabe may well be the biggest whale in the history of Las Vegas. The Omaha business owner gambled away over $204 million in Las Vegas over the course of a single year. While...
View ArticlePoker PFC: Who Makes Poker's World Cup All Star Football Squad?
Anyone they missed/put in the wrong spot? Let us know in the comments. Click on the photo below for the full-size PDF. Visit www.pokerlistings.com
View Article10 Top Footballers Who Could Be New Faces of Online Poker
Goalkeepers Tim Howard (US) He drove the players of Belgium and Portugal to the brink of despair. The experienced 35-year-old has 104 matches with the national team and over 350 Premier League games...
View ArticleTitanic Thompson: The Greatest Action Man on Earth
Archetype of the Poker-Playing Golf Hustler This guy's going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do...
View ArticleFranҫois-Xavier Thiébaud: "Poker is a Present for Any Photographer“
Working at a Poker Tournament is Calm, Comparatively Thiébaud is used to fighting for a little time and space to get his shots. Working as a press photographer for different magazines and newspapers...
View ArticleMajor Riddle: Godfather (and Fish) of Poker's First Big Game
Not Just Hard and Honest Work Riddle grew up in Kentucky and Indiana. He then moved to Chicago and started a shipping company. Within years it became one of the biggest in the Midwest. Major Riddle...
View ArticleIf You Can't Beat 'Em, Build 'Em: Bryan Berg, Card Whisperer
Whole Cities of Cards Everybody has likely tried to build a house of cards at some point, but few of us ever really have much success - even with the simplest of structures. American card stacker...
View ArticleMarvel Poker Super Heroes: 10 Poker Heroes Unmasked at the Table
# Magneto – Thor Hansen Magneto is one of the most powerful Marvel characters of all time. After watching Thor Hansen battle for 13 hours on Day 1 of the 2014 Battle of Malta and leave with a smile...
View ArticleTop Five Poker Movies Besides Rounders
Hitting the Nuts Be warned: Hitting the Nuts is not your typical movie about poker. It's a mockumentary-style look into poker at its most basic level -- the amateur "hey, let's hold a poker...
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