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

Our Texas poker journey started in Houston. After playing tournaments at Texas Card House Houston and Champions Club, I decided to try a Tuesday afternoon cash game at the very active Legends poker room. I didn’t know a lot about Legends other than it has a high volume of PLO games. As it turned out,... The post Legends Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

We recently revisited our absolute favorite US city, New Orleans. We love New Orleans so much, we even got married there seven years ago. This was our fourth visit together to the Crescent City, and definitely one of the best. We decided to make New Orleans a stop on our annual winter poker road trip.... The post Three Memorable Days in New Orleans appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more

Paul and I have been interested in the Texas poker scene for years now. We’ve tried to diagnose the ins and outs of Texas poker remotely but figured it was time to venture into the quagmire. Our first foray into the jungle (and it is a jungle) of Texas poker is the Texas Card House... The post Texas Card House Houston Poker Room Review appeared first on Poker Pilgrims ..read more