The upcoming 2024 WPT Montreal festival promises to be a thrilling poker tournament series. As someone who has covered several WPT events before, I know firsthand that they never disappoint when it comes to putting on a spectacular show. If you haven’t already done so, please check out our preview of the 2024 WPT Montreal. Beyond that, there are a number of things that I’m eagerly anticipating on my upcoming poker trip there to provide in-person event coverage. Here’s a list the top five things I’m looking forward to most. Image credit: Worldatlas.com 1. The Montreal Food Scene From everythi ..read more

The Potawatomi Poker Room was first opened back in April 2004 under the original name of Potawatomi Bingo. It was a small room with only 10 tables located on the third floor of the building, towards the back of the bingo hall. The poker room quickly became popular and was consistently packed. In June 2008, Potawatomi Bingo completed a $240-million expansion that also included a new poker room. This poker room had 20 tables and was located next to the off-track betting room. It was here that poker in Milwaukee really began to flourish. In 2012, the Potawatomi Poker Room introduced low-stakes no ..read more

The last time Ian Simpson went to Barcelona, he cashed. In fact, he’d done so four of the previous five visits. But the most recent was almost exactly a year ago, about one year into his current term as an 888poker ambassador. “I came fifth in the high roller last year, in the 888poker event. I just need to go four places further, easy!” he laughs. Ian Simpson laughs plenty. Ian Simpson is heading back to Barcelona with 888poker… will you be there, too? Ian Simpson, The Family Man, Moves to 888poker Poker began as a passionate pursuit of Ian Simpson 10 years ago when he was a young man with ..read more

Like many fellow recreational poker players out there, my main poker activities take place in home games with friends. I don’t live near a brick and mortar casino, and frankly, even if I did, I prefer not to pay rake all the time and would rather just enjoy a casual, rake-free gathering among my poker friends. Anyhow, among the different games I take part in is my Dad’s weekly game, which has a reputation for being “the home of crazy wild card poker games”. I’ve been playing poker with my Dad and our mutual buddies for upwards of 20 years now, and precisely because there’s such a great mix of ..read more

In my prior article, Cbet Bluff On Single Big Card, Dry Flops, I discussed how to successfully bluff those types of flops. However, you’re not the only one who knows this. Many of your opponents bluff these flops as well, because they recognize easy bluffing opportunities. Critical Thinking: How can you exploit players who bluff on these flops like you do? Be your own coach for a moment and answer that question before you read on for my answers. Re-Bluffing the Flop Cbet Bluffers Example Hand: In the BB versus a BTN open-raiser You’re in the BB. It’s folded to the loose-aggressive BTN who ope ..read more

Poker pro Lexy Gavin-Mather has written her first poker strategy book, entitled Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments. The book was published by the venerable D&B Poker publishing house in March and has been well received. After having just completed the book, I reached out to Lexy to ask her a few questions about how the idea for her to write the book came about and what the writing process was like. In this article I’ll include the brief Q&A with Lexy as well as my review of her new poker book. Lexy played her first live poker tournament more than a decade ago, in 2013, at the ..read more

This month only, WPT Global players have an exclusive shot at earning their way to one of the most prestigious live tournament series of the year: the 2024 WPT Montreal festival at Playground Poker Club. Play online at WPT Global this month and you could be the next poker player to have your name etched onto the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup in Montreal later this month. WPT Montreal 2024 Qualifier Details for WPT Global Players The online qualifier action for WPT Global players begins Wednesday, May 8th, with a $440 buy-in satellite that will boast a guarantee of $500,000 CAD. The final 5% o ..read more

With summer right around the corner, the weather isn’t the only thing heating up; the action at ClubWPT is scorching this coming month with a plethora of opportunities to win your way to premier live World Poker Tour Championship events throughout May. Just like in April, there’s plenty on offer from ClubWPT next month, including: Two satellites into the $125,000 WPT World Championship Challenge that will award 10 $12,000 WPT World Championship Passports for VIP and Diamond tier members. $2,500 WPT Prime Championship Passports every Saturday for Diamond tier members. Two $10,000 cash-guarant ..read more

In fact, the appeal of offshore online casinos spans far beyond the gambler offering; if something has to do with the service and available wide-ranging choice, just like the multi-faceted strategies and table dynamics in poker. As the contemporary gambler seeks opportunities in games and gambling across internationally based online venues, the same surely must learn a bit about staying safe in this worldwide playground—just like a poker player has to learn about bluffing and bet sizing. Equally exciting, of course, is getting the chance to fill your hands with the best selection from around t ..read more

Cardplayer Lifestyle will be hosting its eighth Mixed Game Festival, a five-day affair at Bellagio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, with five Moneymaker Tour seats to be awarded as Grand Prizes. We’re proud to announce that Mixed Game Festival VIII will be hosted at the fabulous Bellagio Las Vegas for the very first time. The festival will be an exclusively cash game affair taking place from June 16-20, promising what’s sure to be another exciting week of mixed games. Dealer’s choice cash game action will begin at 12pm each day, spread at limits as low as $4/8 and $8/16, with higher ..read more