Poker
We’ve all had the dream, right? Ditching the 9-to-5 grind for the freedom of the felt jungle. Becoming a poker pro. One player decided to put in the work, logging a staggering 1,000 hours at the table in just under nine months. They meticulously tracked every session, every buy-in, every gut-wren...
Poker Etiquette
Imagine this: a 1/3 game, a player shoving blind for his last $500. You make the call with a junk hand for the story. At showdown, he refuses to table his cards, demanding the dealer do it for "superstition." After a cringey standoff, he tells you, "Sure, you can table them for me." What do you d...
Poker
I’ll be honest, when a work trip landed me near Black Hawk, Colorado, I wasn't expecting to find a poker scene that could hold a candle to my usual Vegas haunts. But a spontaneous weekend trip up to the Monarch Casino completely changed my mind. The drive alone was worth it, trading desert highwa...
Poker Strategy
You look down at pocket aces, the best starting hand in poker. You play it perfectly pre-flop, building a nice pot. But then the board gets complicated. A king and a queen on the flop. A small bet from the villain. You call. The turn is a blank. He checks, you bet for value, and then... he shoves...
Poker Win
We've all seen them—those glorious photos of chip mountains posted after a monster session. A player walks in with a couple of grand and walks out with a new car's down payment. This time, it was a staggering $10,000 profit in a single 5/10 game. It's the kind of score that keeps us coming back t...
Poker
A player shares his story of winning a career-high $1,500 pot against a well-known poker vlogger at the Borgata. What should have been a simple victory lap turned into a firestorm of debate. Was he a legitimate "pro" for grinding 1/3 stakes? And did he commit the cardinal sin of the hit-and-run b...