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The first two WSOP events have been quite disappointing. In the $10k Pot-Limit Hold'em event I got off to a really good start by winning big pots in situations where I had my opponents drawing to very few outs.

During the first part of our roundtable discussion with Sorel Mizzi we spoke about his transition from tournaments to high-stakes cash as well as the importance of a balanced life when it comes to being an online professional. In the second and final segment we'll find out what Imper1um's up to for the World Series of Poker and hear about a few recent prop bets he's had with other big-name players.

Prop betting and poker go hand in hand like Canadians and hockey, and poker players are renowned for their gamble. Here are, arguably, the top five prop bets of all time.

A couple weeks after Copenhagen my friend Roland De Wolfe invited me out for a one-week skiing trip with him and his parents in Zermatt, Switzerland.

Seven-Card Stud is a weird game, don't you think?

The cash games are still hot and heavy and I'm still avoiding the smaller tournaments at the LAPC.

But today I wanted to talk about a subject many people may not understand: Crossbooking!

Crossbooking is a bet between two players that raises the stakes between them. In tournaments, it's a payment of the difference between what each player cashes for.

In cash games, the two players add their total chips together to determine what is on the table. At the end of the session, they calculate the difference between the two stacks of chips.

I sat back on Monday night, after all the good college basketball games were over, and prepared for the premiere of the newest poker program on the air: Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth's Best Damn Poker Show on the Fox Sports Network.

Last week's episode of Survivor: China detailed the unfortunate exodus of the infamous Jean-Robert Bellande from the popular reality show.

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