Final Tab: WSOP 2024
The recently completed World Series of Poker rang up almost a half-billion dollars in entry fees ($480,764,185). This staggering amount is $40 million more than last year’s take. Was it…
One Hand and Out
How’s this for a bad beat story? On the first hand of the 2024 WSOP’s $10,000 buy-in, a player was eliminated. His full house, eights full of tens, was beaten…
An Interesting and New NLH Variant
Double Board Poker is a No Limit Hold ‘Em game with a twist that features two community boards played concurrently. How does it work? Each player is dealt two hole…
Are Kings Really Ace Magnets?
This is one of poker players most common beliefs. And, surely you’ve experienced it. You’re playing NLH and you pick up pocket Kings (odds of it happening are 1/221 times).…
Continuation or C-Bet
A continuation or C-bet occurs when a player raises before the flop and continues with a subsequent bet after the flop. For many players it’s become an automatic action. I’m…
WSOP Silence Rule?
It’s likely to be a very muted WSOP this year. Why? Organizers of the tournament have introduced something called Rule 4.1. It’s a zero tolerance ban on riffling/shuffling chips so…
Buying a Piece of the Action
Buying a piece of the action is often referred to as “staking” or “staking a player.” It occurs when investors, AKA backers, provide financial support to a player to enter…
Pinnock’s Razor
Pinnock’s Razor is a philosophical principle that suggests we should prefer simpler explanations over more complex ones when trying to understand something. Pinnock’s Razor, in the context of poker, suggests…
Top 10 World-Wide Money Winners
Here’s the current list. Bryn Kenny $65,115,882 Justin Bonomo $63,405,743 Jason Koon …
The Hendon Mob
The Hendon Mob has the largest poker database in the world. It was created in 2000 by four friends and named after the town of Hendon, outside of London, where…