Poker Strategy
Every new poker player hears it: "Never limp." It's hammered into us as the cardinal sin of pre-flop play, a bright neon sign that screams "I'm new here and I have a weak hand!" But then you watch a high-stakes game or sit at a table for hours and see a seasoned pro do the unthinkable—they limp. ...
Poker Strategy
You look down at your cards: pocket queens. A beautiful, powerful hand. Then, from across the table, the 'Old Man Coffee' player—the one who's folded for an hour straight—makes a rare open-raise from under the gun. Suddenly, your premium hand feels like a trap. This is a classic poker crossroads ...
Poker
We've all felt the sting of a bad beat, but an $18,000 pot? That's a different level of pain. A player recently shared a hand where they flopped two pair, got all the money in as an 86% favorite, and lost in the most brutal way imaginable—counterfeited on the river. The story ignited a firestorm ...
Poker
It's the dream every poker player has: turning a single buy-in into a mountain of chips. One player recently lived that dream, spinning a modest $150 into an incredible $1590 cash-out. So, how did it happen? Was it a long, steady grind? Not a chance. This story, like so many epic poker tales, hin...
Poker
You find your seat at a familiar 5/5 game, ready for a solid session. Then, a few players decide the game isn't big enough. They want to add 'mandatory' blind raises, effectively turning your comfortable 5/5 game into a high-stakes 10/20/30 battle. Suddenly, you're faced with a tough choice. Do y...
Pot Limit Omaha
We've all seen them: the crazy graphs showing impossible win rates. One player recently posted their chart, claiming to be a "PLO God" with a staggering 59.51 BB/100 win rate over nearly 4,000 hands. The graph is a thing of beauty, a steep climb into the poker heavens. But what does it really mea...
Poker
We’ve all made decisions we look back on and cringe. Maybe it was a questionable haircut in high school or, in this case, a permanent tribute to a poker hand before truly understanding the game. Someone shared their twelve-year-old tattoo of King-Queen offsuit, a hand now seen as a source of imme...
Poker
There's a certain kind of poker content that feels like a car crash you can't look away from. We're talking about the high-stakes punters, the players who seem to be on a mission to light money on fire in the most spectacular ways possible. At the center of this conversation is Ethan 'Rampage' Ya...
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
It was the biggest pot in the history of televised poker: a staggering $11 million on the line. Alex Foxen, a titan of the tournament world, faced off against the hyper-aggressive Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola in a heads-up cash game that had everyone on the edge of their seat. Holding an 8-high flush, F...
Online Poker
We've all been there. You get it all in with the nuts, a monster hand that's a virtual lock to win. Then the river card hits. That one perfect, soul-crushing card for your opponent. You stare at the screen in disbelief, cursing the poker gods, RNG, anything. But what if it wasn't random? What if ...
High Stakes Poker
Ever wonder what happens when a high-stakes cash game gets too 'solved'? You invent a new one. I'm taking you inside a wild $100/$200 Limit Hold'em session where the normal rules don't apply. We play something called 'Team Game,' a format designed to make stoic pros gamble like maniacs. This isn'...