Mindset & Lifestyle

Many small-stakes players struggle to move up to higher buy-ins. The competition gets tougher, mistakes become more costly, and the strategies that worked at lower levels don’t always hold up. That’s exactly the transition PokerCoaching […]

Types of poker games fall into three main categories: community card games like Texas Hold’em and Omaha, stud games like Seven-Card Stud and Razz, and draw games like Five-Card Draw and Badugi. Each category uses […]

Casino card games vary enormously in how much mathematical edge the house holds over you. The best casino card game for long-term winning potential is poker: you are playing other people, not the house, which […]

When Brock Wilson walked away from his analyst job at Merrill Lynch in 2018, it wasn’t because he didn’t excel at it. In fact, he had what most would call a “dream setup” with a […]

If you had told him at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials that the $5 game he played with teammates would be the start of Chris Brewer’s poker journey to a career in the game’s highest-stakes […]

We’re thrilled to bring you the next installment of our new “Ask the Pro” series, where elite players share their paths, philosophies, and strategies at the poker’s elite. In this edition, we spotlight our own […]

We’re excited to launch a brand new “Ask the pro” section that takes you behind the scenes with some of the most successful poker players. In each edition, Justin Saliba will sit down with accomplished […]

I was just reading an interview with poker legend Barny Boatman. Barny said, “If a player from that first [European Poker Tour in] Monte Carlo were to find themselves in the 2025 Main Event, they’d […]

PokerCoaching.com is proud to announce that Alex Livingston—an elite mixed game pro, WSOP Main Event final tablist, and lifelong student of the game—has joined our coaching team. Known for his strategic depth, adaptability, and love […]

It was a pretty bad poker session in my $3/5 game. My pairs didn’t flop sets, my draws didn’t arrive, but the other people’s draws did arrive. Or maybe they didn’t arrive, but I wasn’t […]

Poker mantras are plentiful and awesome, such as “All you need is a chip and a chair,” and “It’s never wrong to not play.” But the greatest poker mantra of all – the only one […]

The stillness hypothesis goes like this: During poker, each moment of stillness is a moment of less unhappiness, and less tilt, which is pretty much the same thing. By tilt I mean any non-A-game performance […]

If you join ClubWPT Gold through our link now and use promo code “PC”, you will have a chance to participate in the new weekly 10K Freeroll every Sunday at 11 a.m. PST for the […]

I had coffee with Tommy Angelo last week. I love treating Tommy because he orders regular drip coffee, black, thank you. He even orders the small – then he goes back and gets a refill. […]

Was it the killer kale salad? Or maybe it was the nap. Why was tonight’s poker session extra awesome? Three times I found myself basking in the bliss of poker nirvana. The third event was […]

Our 6-month-long leaderboard promotion is over, but we still have good news! In the future, we will focus on our $1 Weekly MTT with $1,000 added on top of the regular prize pool, where you can play […]

Poker quotes have a way of capturing what takes most players years to learn at the table. The best ones stick because they tell the truth about the game. Not just the mechanics, but the […]

Poker without chips is entirely possible as long as everyone agrees on what each item is worth. Any countable object works as a betting token: coins, Monopoly money, candy, printed paper chips, office supplies, or […]

A cooler in poker is a hand where both players hold such strong cards that getting all the chips in the middle is unavoidable, and one player loses through no strategic error of their own. […]

Counting cards in poker is legal and fundamentally different from how it works in blackjack. In poker, the equivalent technique is tracking blockers and exposed cards within a single hand to narrow opponent ranges, not […]

The best poker rooms in Las Vegas are the Wynn, Aria, Venetian, Bellagio, and Caesars Palace for most players. Which one is right for you depends on your stakes, strategy, and how many pros you […]