Poker
You ever get an invitation that feels like it’s from a different world? That was me, a regular 1/2 and 5/5 player, suddenly getting a seat at a private 10/20 game. I was shot-taking, plain and simple. The game was at a nice house, filled with players who treated chips like play money. The rake wa...
poker tournament
It all started as the perfect birthday gift: my best poker buddy and mentor bought me into the Run Good partners event at MGM National Harbor. I was freerolling and ready to go. There was just one tiny problem—my partner was still deep in another tournament that started that morning! What followe...
Poker
For over a decade, one dedicated poker player has been grinding the online tables, navigating the highs and lows of a professional career. Playing everything from 100NL to 1kNL, they've done well, but nothing could prepare them for the moment that changed everything. While 16-tabling the lowest s...
Poker
Every poker player has a story about a bad beat or a weird night at the casino, but some tales transcend the usual. This is one of them. Imagine a standard poker room, the familiar sound of chips clacking. Suddenly, a player who lives and breathes GTO slams the table, shouting about ranges. His o...
Poker
You see some strange things in the poker world, but a headline about a player getting, uh, *intimately* stuck in playground equipment is a new one. The story, which allegedly took place next to King's Casino in Rozvadov, sent the community into a frenzy of speculation. Who was the unfortunate sou...
Poker
Walking into a Vegas poker room for the first time is terrifying. The chips clatter, the players are stone-faced, and every move feels like it's under a microscope. For one new player, that fear was very real. Sitting down at a $1/$2 table at the Mandalay Bay with a fresh $100 buy-in, his first-e...
Poker
Imagine your weekly home poker game. The vibe is chill, the stakes are friendly, but then a hand explodes. A massive, 6-bet all-in pot in 5-card draw. You're the host, and you table the second-best possible hand: a straight flush. You're counting the pot. But you showed your cards too early. Your...
Poker
We’ve all had bad beats in poker, but some hands transcend bad luck and enter the realm of legend. Imagine looking down at pocket Jacks and watching the board run out to give you quad 'jiggities.' It's a hand so strong you're already counting the chips. You're practically invincible. Now, imagine...
Poker
Picture this: you're in an online poker game and you flop the nuts—a straight flush. It's the kind of hand you dream about, one that almost guarantees a massive pot. You watch the turn and river, your excitement building with every card. Then, the final card lands, and your monster hand is sudden...
poker fight
There's an old, grainy video that’s become a piece of poker folklore. The story goes like this: a player loses a hefty $40,000 and, instead of taking the bad beat, sends his steroid-pumped friend to exact some kind of physical revenge. What happens next is a hilarious and brutal lesson in why loo...
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
There's a certain kind of quiet that follows a big loss at the poker table. It's the sound of an empty chip tray, the hollow echo of bad beats replaying in your mind on the lonely walk to the car. One player recently shared their tale of turning a $4,000 buy-in into exactly zero dollars, and the ...