Poker Player Blog

A lot of the information about poker on the web, whether its tournament results, game strategy or poker news comes from the many poker chat rooms attached to casinos all over the Internet. For someone new to the game of online poker, visiting a chat room is a great way to get up to speed [...]

I’ve talked about British poker, Canadian poker and of course, American poker. So what about south of the border? What is the status of Poker in Mexico? Of course there are a lot less full service casinos in Mexico. This could be due to a combination of economic woe and a lack of players. Tourists [...]

I’m always on the lookout for things to write about that involve poker but may be a little different from the usual poker blogs out there. I decided to delve into the archives and film and theater to find poker movies and plays that not only provided insight into the game but insight into the [...]

Well another week of the 2010 WSOP is behind us and we continue to enjoy some fabulous poker. As we go into the mid way break we have completed 57 events. Here’s an update on events 23 through 33. Event 23 was the $2,500 Limit Hold’em six handed game and Dutch Boyd of the United [...]

It’s the second full week of play at the WSOP 2010 main event and we still have five more weeks of professional poker playing to enjoy. I’ll get right to this week’s results. The week started event 16 or No Limit Hold’em six handed with a three day schedule and a $1,500 buy in.  Over [...]

Every time I turned around this week I found out about another legal issue on the poker circuit. Here’s a recap of the week’s highlights. Massachusetts politicians have been debating a bill to tax and regulate online poker in the state to boost the economy. They are trying to make tax gambling revenue on online [...]