In our ongoing quest to escape the New England winter, Paul and I departed in January to take a poker road trip through Texas. As in previous winters, our goal was a month-long trip somewhere warm with lots of new poker rooms to enjoy. We had a wonderful journey, with stops in North Carolina, Seaside... The post A Poker Road Trip Through Texas appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

After visiting Shuffle 512 in Austin Texas a few days before, we took a swing at its sister entity, the Shuffle 214 poker room in Dallas. We were not extremely impressed with Shuffle 512, so our expectations were modest for the 214 version. Let’s see how it fared! Casino Setting  The Shuffle 214 poker room... The post Shuffle 214 Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

On our winter trip through Texas, we traveled from Austin to Dallas. We knew then that Dallas was going to have some difficulty besting our new favorite card room (The Lodge). While maybe not a new favorite, the Texas Card House Dallas poker room did at least make our Texas top three. TCH Dallas was... The post Texas Card House Dallas Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

The Austin leg of our poker trip offered a big range of quality across poker rooms. At the high end was one of the country’s poker room jewels, The Lodge. Texas Card House Austin provided a mixed experience. The Shuffle 512 poker room was a different experience. Casino Setting  The Shuffle 512 poker room sits... The post Shuffle 512 Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

Our Texas poker road trip continued with a stop at San Antonio’s Rounders Card Club for a late Sunday afternoon tournament. It proved to be an interesting complement to the other San Antonio room we played: the SA Card House and a very different experience from the Houston rooms we had visited: Texas Card House... The post Rounders Card Club Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

This is a guest post by poker coach Joel Wald. The article was first published on his site PTO Poker. You can learn more about him and his coaching services here. Have you ever been at a poker table where you were peer pressured into playing with a mandatory straddle? A straddle is essentially a... The post The Top 5 Reasons Why Straddles Make Poker Games Worse appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

After our thrilling experience at The Lodge, we were hopeful that Austin would bring more quality poker experiences. A couple of nights after visiting the Lodge, we journeyed up the road to the Texas Card House Austin. While this room is part of the Texas Card House chain (which we visited in Houston), it is... The post Texas Card House Austin Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

After more than two weeks in San Antonio, where we visited Rounders and Texas Card House San Antonio, we moved on to Austin. And the first poker room we visited in Austin was The Lodge Card Club. The Lodge is famous for its very existence. Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen founded The Lodge... The post The Lodge Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

Following a brief stop in Houston and visits to Texas Card House Houston, Champions Club, and Legends, we traveled to San Antonio. The primary motivation for this spot was to experience a couple of weeks in 70-degree weather, rather than the depths of a New England winter. However, we of course planned to visit a... The post SA Card House Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

When Paul and I were looking for a place to stay in Houston while on our Texas poker road trip, we came across Champions Club Westchase Houston. Further exploration turned up the fact that Champions Club had a poker room (that we were previously unaware of) on the first floor of the hotel. Apparently, the... The post Champions Club Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more