Dealing with bad beats in online poker is more of a skill than anything. You can see them coming as the hand unfolds in front of your eyes. After the turn card, the board reads 10-8-7-6 and you’re staring down at A-10 and feeling good. Sure enough, the river comes a five and your opponent with 8-4 hits a straight, sending you reeling and wishing nothing but bad things on the player who sucked out on you. However, rather than going on tilt (a period of rage when you lose all of your money in anger), sit back, take a deep breath, and realize the hand you got beat badly in was just one of hundreds of hands you’ve played. Here are a few tips for dealing with bad beats in online poker. Read More
Playing poker on your Mac is a bit different than playing on a PC. Not all online poker rooms offer a way for you to play. We’ll give you five tips for playing poker on your Mac! Read More
What Kinds of Poker Can I Play Online?
Playing poker online doesn’t just mean Texas Hold’em. You can also play Omaha, Razz, Stud, Triple Draw, and HORSE. If you don’t have any idea how to play any of those or just want instructions, we have them for you. Read More
One of my favorite types of poker to play is short-handed poker. On many sites, you can easily find a six-handed table that could use another player. However, before you sit down at the table, make sure you check out several tips that will help you adjust to the playing style at a six-handed table. It’s a completely different game! Read More
If you can’t identify the fish in the first five minutes after you sit down at an online poker table, chances are you’re the fish. This cliche is completely true. Learn how to read your opponents at the table and make yourself a better player! Read More
It’s a thought that may have crossed your mind: Is it time for me to turn pro? While it may seem like a great career, there are some major downsides to becoming an online poker pro. Check out what you should take into consideration before making this important decision. Read More
The 2007 WSOP attracted the largest number of players ever to the city where poker lives, Las Vegas. Held for the second straight year at the Rio, the WSOP boasted 55 events. The Main Event was won by Jerry Yang, who took home a cool $8.25 million. Read More
In the largest WSOP Main Event to date, television producer Jamie Gold defeated a field of nearly 9,000 players, dominating play over the final days. The inaugural $50,000 HORSE event was won by the late Chip Reese, and 43 other events made up the 2006 WSOP. Read More
Binion’s Horseshoe Casino hosted its last final table and Joe Hachem was crowned the 2005 WSOP Main Event champ. It was one of the most competitive WSOP tournaments to date and marked the end of an era for Binion’s. Read More
If you’re looking for a tournament dominated by pros, check out the results from the 2004 WSOP. Held for the last time entirely from Binion’s in downtown Las Vegas, the WSOP shipped its Main Event bracelet to Greg Raymer. Read More
In a defining moment in poker history, Tennessee accountant Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP Main Event. He pocketed $2.5 million for his efforts and began the poker boom. Interestingly enough, the event until that point had been dominated by established pros. Read More
Phil Ivey captured a trifecta of bracelets and Robert Varkonyi took home his first as champion of the 2002 WSOP Main Event. In the last WSOP before the poker boom changed the tournament series forever, hundreds of poker players descended on Las Vegas. Read More
Carlos Mortensen went from a nobody to a feared poker legend by winning the 2001 WSOP Main Event. Allen Cunningham captured the first of many WSOP bracelets in 2001 and Scotty Nguyen added two more to his name. Read More
The talk of Las Vegas in 2000 was over Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer. Two legends by today’s standards, neither had captured a WSOP bracelet… until 2000. Read about their victories along with a cash by a poker veteran. Read More
Noel Furlong took home one million dollars and beat out a final table that included Alan Goehring, Huck Seed, Chris Bigler, and Erik Seidel. Several well-known poker pros captured their very first bracelets in the 1999 World Series. Read More
The lingo you’ll need to know before you hit the online poker room of your choice is explained. What’s a double belly buster straight draw? How about a blank? What does it mean to be drawing dead? Find out here. Read More
2008 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final
Canadian Glen Chorny took home the EPT’s first two million Euro prize, winning the 2008 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final. Isaac Baron, Joe Hachem, and Antonio Esfandiari made splashes as well. Read More
2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final
WSOP bracelet winner Gavin Griffin captured his second major tournament victory in the 2007 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final. Carlos Mortensen also continued to shine. Read More
2006 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams emerged victorious in the 2006 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final. He defeated Arshad Hussain heads up, winning 900,000 Euros. Read More
2005 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final
In the first season of the European Poker Tour, 211 players flocked to Monaco for the 10,000 Euro buy-in Grand Final. In the end, Rob Hollink took home his first EPT title and a load of cash. Read More
Carlos Mortensen proved he’s one of the top tournament poker players in the world by winning the WPT Championship. Many of the top online pros finished in the top 25, making the 2007 WPT one for the ages. Read More
Joe Bartholdi stormed onto the poker scene in 2006 with a win in the WPT Championship. He blazed through a final table that included Men “The Master” Nguyen, Roland de Wolfe, and James Van Alstyne. Read More
There’s possibly no feeling in the world like taking home $2.8 million and the title of World Champion. For 2005 WPT Championship winner, dreams quickly became reality. Le edged out one of the toughest final tables in WPT history in the process. Read More
The second season of the widely-popular World Poker Tour ended with Martin de Knijff defeating Hasan Habib to win the WPT Championship and $2.8 million. Read More
In the very first WPT Championship, Alan Goerhing defeated a final table that included Kirill Gerasimov, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, and Ted Forrest. Goerhing took home $1 million and became the first WPT World Champion. Read More
2004 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
A World Poker Tour event in 2004, the PCA was won by Gus Hansen. He beat Hoyt Corkins heads up. Daniel Negreanu finished third. There were two PokerStars qualifiers at the televised final table, which occured on the Voyager of the Seas. Read More
2005 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Englishment John Gale prevailed on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, capturing $850,000 and a seat into the WPT Championship for Season 3. Facing Gale at the final table were Miami John Cernuto and Nenad Medic, both poker veterans. Read More
2006 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
The young stars of poker shined brightly at the 2006 PCA. Steven Paul Ambrose charged through a final table that included Brook Lyter, David Singer, and Ozzy Sheikh, who was eliminated on the very first hand. Read More
2007 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
On a cold, windy day in paradise Ryan Daut stormed onto the live poker circuit by taking home the 2007 PCA. He overcame more than a 2:1 chip defecit heads up, using aggression to help overcome a short chip stack. Read More
2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier took down the 2008 PCA. In its first season as a European Poker Tour event, the PCA exploded to over 1,100 players, up 20% from 2007. David “The Dragon” Pham also made the final table. Read More
In the largest online poker tournament series ever held, ka$ino captured the Main Event bracelet in the 2007 WCOOP after its original winner, TheV0id, was disqualified. Greg Raymer and mig.com also took home bracelets. Read More
JC Tran, an established poker pro, solidified his online reputation by winning the 2006 WCOOP Main Event. kwob20 won two WCOOP bracelets and strassa2 took home hardware of his own. Read More
Panella86 took home $577,000, winning the 2005 WCOOP Main Event. There were 3,062 entrants into the very first tournament, setting the stage for one of the largest live or online tournaments held that year. Read More
Ragde won the 2004 WCOOP, the largest online poker tournament offered to date when it was hosted in late summer, 2004. Boasting a larger prize pool than the Kentucky Derby and Tour de France, the 2004 WCOOP continued to send the stock of PokerStars rising in the minds of online poker players everywhere. Read More
The second installment of the World Championship of Online Poker solidified the fact that the event was the premier online poker series available. DeOhGee won the Main Event. Read More
The very first year of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker blew everyone’s expectations away. Packed with competitive fields, high and low buy-in tournaments, and fierce competition, the 2002 WCOOP awarded a $65,000 grand prize for winning its Main Event.
The first Full Tilt Online Poker Series featured one of the top final tables of all-time in its very first event, as Howard Lederer, Roland de Wolfe, and several online poker stars battled it out. In the end, a deal was struck. Read More
The second installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series featured Spiked walking away with nearly $250,000 for first place in the Main Event. The FTOPS II also featured an epic bout between cts97 and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy. Read More
The Main Event of the third FTOPS installment attracted over 3,200 players. At the end of a grueling tournament, traheho took home nearly $300,000 and the title of FTOPS III Main Event Champion. Read More
Imper1um became the first online poker player to win multiple FTOPS events and the Main Event nearly topped 4,000 players. Needless to say, the fourth FTOPS was a rousing success. Read More
Expanding to 14 events, the fifth FTOPS shattered records left and right. CrazyZachary won nearly $400,000 in the Main Event, outlasting a field of more than 4,000 players. Read More
With 16 events, the sixth Full Tilt Online Poker Series handed out over $10 million in prizes. GambleAB continued to impress his Full Tilt co-workers and fkscreennames took down the Main Event. Read More
Erick Lindgren proved he can compete with the rising online poker stars of the world. The 2004 World Poker Tour Player of the Year beat out over 5,600 other players. The Main Event drew 5,319. Read More
Halfrek stole the show in the eighth Full Tilt Online Poker Series, winning the two highest buy-in tournaments played and winning $850,000. Meanwhile, cheesemonster won the Main Event, cashing for over $400,000. Read More