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POKER TOURNAMENTS IN MICHIGAN  If you know a Michigander, the odds are she likes playing games. Whether it’s the long, cold winter nights, or the earthy competitiveness of the upper [...]

THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER RETURNS For the last few years, we have published an annual guide to the WSOP in Las Vegas. The notable exception, of course, was last year when our yearly summary [...]

My preferred method of working with MTT students is to begin with a hand history from a recent tournament in which they went deep. This allows me to identify their most obvious leaks, which in [...]

How you survive downswings as a poker player is central to your long-term profitability. In fact, if downswings really crush your spirit and cause you to tilt, you may not have a future as a [...]

If you’re a seasoned multi-table tournament (MTT) player, you likely keep track of your progress using ROI (return on investment). This is particularly true in the online environment, where [...]

For many people these days, “poker” and “no limit hold’em” (NLHE) have become synonymous. Everything from training material to television coverage emphasizes this single variant, that also [...]

There are many different poker variants and formats. Even in the context of no limit hold’em, we are offered the choice between cash, sit-n-goes (SNGs, sometimes referred to as single-table [...]

While it’s still too early to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, the global roll-out of a vaccine suggested to us that it would be a good time to review the state of poker in a [...]

The idea of being a poker pro is alluring. You are your own boss. You play when you want. You study when you want. You have nearly infinite vacation days. You can travel on a whim to a tournament [...]

Yup, that’s right, I’m going to tell you how to “win poker”. In one article. Without knowing anything about you, your motivations, your current poker knowledge, or your learning [...]

When the 51st annual World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas was cancelled earlier this year, we were promised that poker players would still be able to compete for bracelets online this summer. A [...]

How can we apply winning poker strategies to life under the specter of the coronavirus? We might not realize it, but poker skills and life skills often develop on parallel tracks. To wit: Keep [...]

The year: 1855. The place: an opulent riverboat heading up the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis. It’s a couple of hours before sunrise and you’ve been playing draw poker all [...]