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Faraz Jaka is always keen to share his coach’s success and this year was no different. In August 2025, Jaka praised Thomas Boivin, who made five ITMs at the 2025…

Some of them could easily be called “iconic” — many people, after watching these poker shows on TV, started playing online and became poker pros. Other shows are relatively new.…

When WPT launched its own WPT Global room in 2022, no one couldn’t have predicted how successful this project would be. Three years and a lot of ambivalent changes later,…

In the second week of August, the poker X community began a discussion about the growing cost of traveling for poker throughout history. And when the original topic-starter deleted the…

Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is a city where history and culture stack up like chips at the final table. Founded in the 14th century, it claimed the title of…

PokerListings continues the list of the best poker series and associated brands in this article — you can read about the other five of them in the Part 1 article.…

The poker industry has hundreds of live poker series, tours and cups with different levels of organization, amount of controversies and specifics. But which of them are the best? Well,…

The start of an iGaming project is no longer reserved for business giants. Affordable entry, streamlined regulation, and turnkey solutions now let focused founders become a part of a profitable…

Few names in the history of online poker evoke as much awe, interest, and nostalgia as Isildur1.  In 2009, the screen name alone became famous, associated with big bluffs, relentless…

Building on the last two pieces on content creators, which focused on YouTube poker vlogger pioneer Brad Owen and Twitch streamer sensation Lex Veldhuis, this piece focuses on a Canadian…

As mentioned in the previous blog post about Brad Owen, the access and usage of social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok have contributed to a surge in…

This is the second stop on my poker tour across Europe. Over the past 15 years, the continent has really stepped up its poker game — and Bratislava, Slovakia, is…

Poker has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years, with record numbers of entrants being set at both physical and online tables around the world.  The access to platforms,…

PA Tools gathers player data from various poker apps and clubs in one place. Whether you’re working with 10 or 1,000 players, PA Tools handles any volume of data. No…

After the controversial and, for many, unpleasant WSOP 2025, the poker community hasn’t stopped debating how to restore what was once the most important series in the poker world to…

A look at how advertising took over the WSOP Main Event—from zero branding in the early 2000s to logo-filled shirts. The post clears up myths about past champions, shows which…

This article is the first in a series that aims to shine a light on some of the most beautiful poker venues across Europe. I’ll be hitting the felt in…

In continuation of yesterday’s article, which focused on the similarities in dynamics between the games of poker and backgammon, this piece will further explore similar nuances in gameplay.  Timing and…

In 2025, AI tools are simply everywhere: people use them to search, make work easier, create visual, audio, and text content, calculate and summarize information, etc. Even the poker community…

In continuation of yesterday’s article, this piece will delve further into the similarities in shared concepts and dynamics between the games of poker and backgammon. Cross-Disciplinary Mastery Another one of…

Zdenek Zizka recently became the first Backgammon Grandmaster to win a WSOP Bracelet in Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem, which got me thinking about the close ties that poker and…

WSOP has an image of a poker festival where people chase their dream of winning big or at least being glorified as a bracelet winner. But its schedule actually has…

On the outside, poker is portrayed as a game with big wins, gold bracelets, and a glamorous lifestyle. But that’s merely a glimpse of reality. Poker rarely depicts financial stress,…