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'...
High Stakes Poker
Ever wonder what happens when a $100/$200 Limit Hold'em game gets too 'solved'? You invent a 'Team Game' to create chaos. I recently dove into one of these sessions at Bay101, where alliances shift every hour and bonus hands like 7-2 are worth double points. The table was full of killers, guys I ...
Poker
There’s a certain kind of memory that sticks with you, a feeling tied to a place and a moment in time. For a lot of us, that place is Las Vegas. Maybe it’s the ghost of a casino like the Mirage, a name that brings back a flood of memories—the sounds, the smoke, the specific texture of the felt. T...
Poker Strategy
You look down at pocket aces. The best starting hand in poker. You play it strong, but the flop comes down wet and scary. Then, on the turn, your opponent check-raises all-in. It's a moment every poker player dreads. The pot is huge, but your beautiful aces suddenly look fragile. What goes throug...