After a mad dash to the tape, Chris Moorman won World Series of Poker Online Event #29 ($800 NLHE 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship) for $102,406 to claim his second WSOP bracelet in style. With the turbo deepstack format setting players to decisions for their tournament lives from the kick-off, the final table took less than an… Continue reading Chris Moorman Wins WSOP Online Event #29 for Second Bracelet, $102K

Two previous World Series of Poker Player of the Year winners and a 2020 WSOP Main Event final tablist highlighted the final table of WSOP Online Event #22 ($600 NLHE Knockout) on Thursday night, but after 2.5 hours of play it was ‘Lastbullet‘ who emerged victorious.

Before the 2018 World Series of Poker began, Matthew Hunt, who has $1.6 million in online tournament earnings, had a live tournament resume which read more like that of an eighth-grade math teacher than of somebody who would be a threat to win a WSOP bracelet.

Another busy day! Three more bracelets were won on Saturday at the 2018 World Series of Poker, one of which went to a former PocketFives no.1 player. Meanwhile, a final table was set, with a controversial figure in the poker world holding the chip lead over the final six. Here’s all the news from June… Continue reading WSOP: Former #1 Shaun Deeb Wins $25K PLO For 3rd Bracelet ($1.4M)

Looking back at where online poker was five years ago, not long after Black Friday, it’s not hard to see that a lot has changed. Even within the past two years, we’ve seen a huge number of administrative changes and industry shifts that are sure to change the future of poker. This is particularly true… Continue reading The Future of Multi-Table Tournaments

Most serious poker players are aware of the impact that factors like game selection, mental game work, scheduling and time management can have on long-term profits, but there’s one factor that often gets overlooked. We know it’s important to stay as focused and relaxed as possible at the tables, but we rarely take time to… Continue reading Optimizing your Playing Environment for Online Poker

Jared Tendler has been a driving force behind the rapid advancement of theories and strategies surrounding poker’s ‘mental game’ over the past five years. His books, The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, have been a vital resource to many poker players struggling to overcome tilt issues, striving to achieve peak performance, or simply… Continue reading Jared Tendler: Poker’s Mental Mechanic

In a day filled with big tournaments and big winners, the big headline coming out of the 888poker Super XL series on Sunday was ‘mindcrushers‘ crushing another Super XL event and became the first two-time winner of the series. Mindcrushers topped the Event #21 $75 Super Turbo Tune Up Event just days removed from a… Continue reading 888poker Super XL: ‘Mindcrushers’ Wins Second Event on Busy Online Sunday

One surprisingly frequent question I get asked as a coach usually comes from younger poker players. These players are generally at an age when they’re less confident and secure in their own life choices, and more preoccupied with what others might think of them. The question at hand is fairly simple – “how do I… Continue reading How to Talk Poker With Your Non-Poker Playing Friends

As 2016 becomes 2017, we reach the time of year when everyone starts manically trying to plan the next 12 months of their future in the space of a few days. While many poker players are ahead of the curve in understanding where they want to go in life, it’s easy to go through a… Continue reading New Year, New You: Considering your Future in Poker

You Never Know if You’re Right or Wrong If you spend a lot of time discussing poker, you’ve almost certainly had a discussion with someone about a situation where they encountered a simple ‘call or fold’ decision. Very often, these discussions will come up purely because the player made the decision to call and ended… Continue reading Poker Decisions Never as Simple as Right or Wrong

“A minute to learn, a lifetime to master” – that’s the old cliché about poker (along with a variety of other games, but we’ll forget about them), and it’s a well-founded statement to a degree. Of course the game is easy to pick up and learn, and of course, it takes time and effort to… Continue reading The Three Domains of Poker Learning

When starting out in poker, one of the biggest obstacles for many players is a lack of confidence in their own game. Every decision is laced with uncertainty, and even a short run of bad results can lead to a complete dissolution of a player’s faith in their own abilities. The reason for this is… Continue reading The Connection Between Game Selection and Confidence

One of the most common questions I get asked early on in the coaching process is about putting together a structured, well-thought-out playing schedule for poker. Recreational players and aspiring professionals alike all have to deal with the reality that poker often has to take a back seat to ‘real-life’ issues – family, work, and… Continue reading Mastering Your Schedule for More Profit

There are many qualities possessed to varying degrees by poker players all over the world – some are positive and some are negative, as with all things. One consistently intriguing and perhaps confusing reality, however, is that there is often some ambiguity as to which exact qualities belong in each category. An aptitude for simplicity… Continue reading When it Comes to Poker, Simplicity is More Important than You Think