In baseball, one of the most important positions on the field is the closer. In tight games when teams are clinging to a one run lead, it’s the closers responsibility to finish the job. In poker, when you’ve invested hours upon hours or days upon days in a tournament, closing it out is of the [...]

In manufacturing, continual improvement and refinement of a process are keys to being successful over the long-run. Companies that strive to innovate in order to get ahead typically soar, while those stuck in stagnation fall by the wayside. Believe it or not, the scene is the exact same in poker. Players who [...]

If bonus hunting is your game, then a credible e-wallet is an important weapon you should have in your arsenal. An e-wallet – such as Neteller, Moneybookers, or ePassporte – allows you to deposit and withdraw from online poker rooms with ease. Sending money to sites like Full Tilt Poker and Ultimate Bet literally takes [...]

When you sit down in a brick and mortar casino or your local home game, what kinds of things do you notice about the other players at the table? Age? Gender? Whether or not they’re decked out from head to toe in poker-themed gear? All of these traits contribute to the [...]

Of all the ways that players get classified within the poker world, one way stands out above all others: is a person a tournament player or a cash game player? Sure, there are other important things within the classification system, such as whether a person plays tight or aggressive, what variation of poker they [...]

One of the great byproducts of this decade’s poker boom is that it has created new careers for thousands of people. Most notably, perhaps, is the increase in the number of people around the world who rely on their online poker winnings as their primary source of income. And now that Peter Eastgate, [...]

We have all been there (unless your luck is crazy bad): we flop the nuts and our heart gives a little jump as we start to think about how to bust all the fools who decided it would be a good idea to mix it up with us. The first decision we need to [...]

In January, the 2009 World Series of Poker schedule was revealed and included in this year’s changes was the elimination of re-buy events. The change is believed to have been made largely because some top poker pros, including Daniel Negreanu, felt that re-buy tournaments give an unfair advantage to those players with deep pockets. [...]