Key Advice for playing poker well, and improving your game. 1) Play well. This might sound like an exercise in the obvious, but it isn’t. I see countless players, who are capable of playing very well indeed, throwing their money away because they can’t be bothered to play well. The problem with playing well is [...]

The WSOP has been played every year since 1971, when 6 players competed in a freeze-out Texas Holdem tournament. The tournament was won by Johnny Moss. A year earlier Johnny Moss had won a series of cash games and was elected winner by his pears, the next year the format changed to the tournament we [...]

The Carbon Poker Super Money Tree is a promotion that can put cash in your hand, or poker bankroll if you prefer. To get things “growing” you have to activate the “Carbon Money Tree” in your player admin. After that you just have to make sure you play and earn at least 100 VIP points [...]

Hand Ranking Straight Flush: Any five cards of the same suit, in order. E.G. 5,6,7,8,9, all hearts. If there are two straight flushes, then the highest one wins. If, by some miracle, two people have the same straight flush but in different suits (and I have been playing for 30 years, and it hasn’t happened [...]

Learning what position is and how to play it is one of the many fundamentals that make poker what it is. It’s a key element in the game that is one of the very basic concepts and at the same time one of the few areas that you have control over. Understanding position helps you [...]