Summer in the desert is always hot, but when the action kicks off at the World Series of Poker, the temperature goes nuclear. As of this writing, all previewed events for the WSOP 2026 have concluded, with the exception of the biggest one of all: the Main Event. The final table will shuffle up and […]

Over the last 40 years, Omaha poker’s popularity has surged as a poker variant. While Hold’em might be the “Cadillac of Poker,” there are plenty of other cars on the road. Omaha poker offers players more variety, particularly in online cardrooms when you need a break from two-card variants. Feeling tilted from too many bad […]

Pro athletes are a mainstay at high-stakes poker events. Walk into any card room during a big tournament and you’ll see Super Bowl champions, MLB All-Stars, and even active MMA fighters who are between fight camps. And they generally perform pretty well. But why do professional athletes make good pro poker players?  It’s tempting to […]

Bad beats live on in poker players’ memories, but the truly legendary hands come when a great player stares destiny right in the face, fires out a huge bluff, and doesn’t blink even once at the poker odds. The possibility of disaster with big bluffs and hero calls is monumental, but when plays like that […]

As players and fans prepare for the WSOP, it’s fun to take a look back at the card room roots of the Cadillac of Poker: Texas Hold’em. The card rooms that shaped the game have unique stories to tell. In the first part of this series, we traced the origins of Texas Hold’em, from Robstown […]

Walk into any card room anywhere in the world, and you’ll find the same game: Texas Hold’em. It’s the most popular form of poker now by far, and has been for years. Cash games, tournament poker, championship matches, big events… games big and small are overwhelmingly dominated by Hold’em. If you’re under 40, this is […]