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13 of the Best Poker Books Ever Written
If you choose to play winning poker, you’ll have to rededicate yourself to that goal throughout your life. You can’t ever let your game become stale. The minute you think you know it all is the minute you will switch to a losing player’s mindset. Poker is a game that takes a lifetime to master; […]
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How Playing Poker Re-Wires Your Brain for the Better
Imagine if your child came home one day and said ‘I’m quitting school to play poker.” What would you say? The “self-help book” parents would hug them, wish them all the best and swallow the vomit. The rest would kick them out and tell them not to come back until they’ve learned that the only successful people […]
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Official WSOP 2019 Schedule | WSOP 2019 Events
As the World Series of Poker turns 50 this year the WSOP organizing committee has gone the extra mile – and then some – to make the 2019 WSOP schedule a memorable one. A dazzling array of 89 (!) events is on the official WSOP schedule with the entire festival kicking off on May 29. […]
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Tropicana Opens Swanky New Trago Lounge
Tropicana has opened its new Trago Lounge, and we had to swing by for cocktails, video poker, a live DJ and mostly that first thing. Make sure to roll the “r” when you say Trago. It will make you seem worldly. “Trago,” of course, is the first person singular present indicative of “trazer” in Spanish. […]
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Confirmed: Total Rewards Will Become Caesars Rewards
Caesars Entertainment has been kind enough to confirm a story we first broke back in October 2018: The company’s loyalty club, Total Rewards, will be rebranded as Caesars Rewards. We are not a psychic, we just play one on the Interwebs. The switch from Total Rewards to Caesars Rewards will take place Feb. 1, 2019. […]
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2018 Battle of Malta Goes Stratospheric; New Highs to Come
A €2 million Main Event prize pool? 4,000+ entries? More record-setting side events with their own guarantees? The Battle of Malta poker festival, now owned by the Eden Group and Casino Malta, reached stratospheric heights in 2018 but, according to the team already planning next year’s festivities, that was just a taste of what’s to come […]
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Player Hits Rare Sequential Royal Flush for $217,000 Jackpot
Lots of video poker players dream of hitting a royal flush. Some of us have even played on and off for, oh, 20 years and have never hit one. Not bitter. At all. One lucky video poker player at Red Rock Resort not only hit a royal, they hit a rare sequential royal flush. The […]
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From 3,816 to 1! Julien Stropoli Wins 2018 Battle of Malta ME!
We have a winner! The 2018 Battle of Malta Main Event completed its quest to narrow 3,816 entries to just 1 and that sole survivor is France’s Julien Stropoli! A former Magic: The Gathering player and ascending poker pro Stropoli started the final table second-to-last in chips but showed no panic in working his way […]
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A Quick Player's Guide to the 2018 Battle of Malta
Never been to the Battle of Malta? Or maybe you’ve visited past editions of the Battle of Malta and want to know what’s new and how things will be organized this year? Don’t sweat it. We’ve got your back with a quick run-through below of all the new additions, logistical changes and things to look […]
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6-Day Live Stream, Tiffany's Bracelet Add Flash to 2018 BoM
A doubled, €1m guarantee. Patrik Antonius and Boris Becker. A massive new space capable of hosting 1,400+ players a day. Record pre-sales that portend a gigantic crush of players descending on the 2018 Battle of Malta. We’ve already hinted at some of the grand additions to what is already the best low buy-in poker festival […]
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