A grueling final table effort of over nine hours paid off for the Canadian player Alexander Wong became the latest champion at the $500,000 guaranteed Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 buy-in main event, outlasting 543 entrants to take the $89,544 top prize. The Ottawa, Ontario, native took his biggest career live cash and earned 840
Keep pressure on your opponent in order to maintain control of the game When playing a Texas Hold’em heads-up showdown, where you are playing against only one opponent, you need to have a solid betting strategy to maximize your chances of winning. Here are some tips for effective betting in this intense poker format: In
After recently being rejected for a poker room in Farmers Branch, Doug Polk has a new plan Just weeks after the Farmers Branch City Council rejected his bid to open a poker room in the Dallas suburb, Doug Polk announced during Wednesday’s Hustler Casino Live stream that he and investors Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme
Tom Dwan suffers one of the worst bad beats in the history of the series The first night of the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game on Tuesday drew more than 27,000 viewers. All of them witnessed Tom Dwan suffer one of the worst bad beats on the popular livestream series. The first big pot
Learn how to exploit your opponents’ weaknesses and capture more winning hands When facing loose opponents in Pot-Limit Hold’em, it is crucial to adapt your strategy in order to exploit their weaknesses and increase your chances of winning. Here are some effective strategies to consider when playing against loose opponents: Playing tight means only playing
The long-time grinder passed away following a battle with cancer Recent Global Poker Awards winner Casey Kastle, known as one of the poker world’s greatest travelers, passed away on Monday at age 64 after a three-year battle with cancer. Kastle crisscrossed the globe for over 25 years, entering popular poker events such as the Aussie
The button can be the best place to be when you’re at the Texas Hold’em table When playing Texas Hold’em, being on the button can give you a significant advantage in terms of betting. The button is the most advantageous position in the game, as it allows you to act last in every round post-flop.
The new POY race puts quality over quantity of wins to rank up The 2024 World Series of Poker gets underway today as the world’s top players vie for the WSOP Player of the Year title. However, with the last-minute rule change made this past Sunday about how the award is calculated, many players might
Supila bags his latest win at the Triton $50,000 buy-in PLO event Samuli Sipila continues to dominate in Pot-Limit Omaha events and is now in 16th place in the 2024 Card Player Player of the Year standings. He has over $2.1 million in live cashes and four wins in his six final table appearances. Sipila picked up
Bluffing is a skill that takes extra talent when playing with weak hands Bluffing with rag hands is a strategy often employed by experienced poker players to maximize their fold equity at the table. Rag hands refer to weak, low-ranking cards that typically do not have a high chance of winning the hand. However, with the right
Adrian Mateos and Jesse Lonis are having incredible runs at the felt Thousands of professional and amateur poker enthusiasts will descend on Sin City this week for the start of the 55th World Series of Poker from the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for a chance to win the biggest title of all. The two
Whether you have him ranked first or second in the basketball G.O.A.T. discussion (or lower if you’re the type of person who limps UTG), there’s no doubt that Michael Jordan had one of the most storied NBA careers of all time. Beyond the unbelievable basketball skills and nearly unparalleled work ethic, it is the impenetrable
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