Mindset & Lifestyle
Why You Should Avoid Slow Rolling in Poker
If you first encountered poker from movies like James Bond, there is a good chance that some of the things you saw on screen were wildly unethical but presented in a good light by the …
Heed the Voice: Navigating Life at the Poker Tables
When the voice speaks, heed it. The opinionless voice. The quiet voice. The voice of inner wisdom. The voice that knows when it’s time to quit, or change seats, or add on, etc. The voice …
The First Time I Played Poker for Money
In 1972, the rock world was dizzy with euphoria after Led Zep IV came out, and I was dizzy from smoking pot for the first time, in the back seat of a parked car. The …
Cardplayer Lifestyle to host Mixed Game Festival VII in Las Vegas
In less than two weeks, Cardplayer Lifestyle and founder Robbie Strazynski will return to Resorts World in Las Vegas to host Mixed Game Festival VII. While PokerCoaching.com blog readers will be familiar with past Mixed …
Cardplayer Lifestyle to host Mixed Game Festival VII in Las Vegas
Bad Beats In Poker: Leave Negative Results Behind
This is the first of many articles that will draw from the PokerCoaching Discord server. If you haven’t spent any time there, I encourage you to come visit us. There are a lot of cool …
PokerCoaching Coaches Crush At PokerGO Cup
At PokerGO Studios within the luxurious Aria Hotel & Casino, some of poker’s best players gathered to compete for this year’s PokerGO Cup. Always a popular spectacle amongst poker fans, this year’s PokerGO Cup had …
The Top 10 Places To Play Poker In 2023
One of the beautiful things about the game of poker is that it is played worldwide. I have been fortunate to travel around the world and compete in poker tournaments in an assortment of different …
The Top Ten Poker Players To Watch In 2023
What a year 2022 was for poker. The World Series of Poker made its debut at Paris and what is now The Horseshoe Casino, The Hustler Casino Live Stream garnered the world’s attention airing the …
WSOP Diaries: For The Love Of The Game
I want this last WSOP Diary entry to be a positive one, so I’ll get the weekly bad beat story out of the way first. The Depressing Return To South Point My roommates this summer …
WSOP Diaries: The Friends We Made At Paris & Bally’s
In the modern era of poker, it is easy to fixate on intricacies of the game that may stray away from where our affection for it comes from. At the end of the day it …
WSOP Diaries: Attempting Every Type Of Poker In Las Vegas
This past week, the guys and I not only continued our tournament grind, but took advantage of some alternatives to traditional no-limit Texas Hold’em (NLH). Exploring Las Vegas has also meant exploring different games, providing …
WSOP Diaries: A Warm Welcome To The World Series
The WSOP Housewarming A long time coming, James and I made our way to Paris/Bally’s last week to finally play in our first ever World Series of Poker event. Taking in the droves of people …
Meet Brock Wilson: High Stakes Pro And New Coach
PokerCoaching.com is excited to welcome it’s newest coach: Brock Wilson. A young yet accomplished professional poker player, Wilson has become a mainstay on the high roller poker circuit and can often be seen playing on …
WSOP Diaries: There Is No Tournament Like Your First
If I had to pick an airport terminal to transfer four pounds of one of my checked bags to the other to avoid a $70 baggage fee, it would be the terminal at Spokane International …
World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Diaries: The Intro
It’s nine o’clock at night in Spokane, Washington, and it is extremely hard to calculate my pot odds with the sound of bowling pins toppling over in the background. I ask the dealer for a …
Trusting The Poker Process
For today’s, article I want to write about the process and journey of a poker player. Being a poker player, or at least a successful, high-level one, involves a process outside just sitting down at …
Gut Instinct At The Poker Table
Gut instincts are often misunderstood, especially by weak poker players and those who are superstitious. I’ll preface this article by stating I am no psychologist and everything I write today is from my experience and …
How To Maintain Confidence In Poker
Today we will talk about a mental issue that I see in a lot of poker players, including myself. The issue in question is the failure to realize that the objective of this game is …
The Aspirations Of A Poker Player
A great military strategist once said that there is a large difference between wanting to become someone and wanting to do something. He rallied against the office politics that surrounded military high command. He discussed …
So You Wanna Be A Professional Poker Player?
Being a poker pro can be very exciting and very fulfilling; if you go about it the right way. When you go pro, it’s no longer a game; it’s your job, so you have to …
Remembering Versus Knowing
“But this teacher says I should do this play in that situation.” “Why did he say that?” I ask. (Crickets) The above exchange is worrying to me. When I am talking to aspiring poker players, …