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Top Five Mind-Blowing Dan Cates’ Podcasts

The famous high-roller poker player Daniel «Jungleman» Cates has been running his podcast Winning the Game of Life since March 19th, 2022. Up till May 2nd, 2024 Cates released a…

May 4, 2024 | Vasilisa Zyryanova
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888poker Live Heading to Barcelona in May!

For its next stop, the 888poker Live Series is heading to Barcelona, Spain between May 8th and May 20th. Combine great poker action with the sun, the sea, and La…

May 4, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Backing in Online Poker: Complete Guide in 2024

Backing is a pivotal part of the poker industry, potentially helping players reach their poker dreams faster. Still, backing has a lot of pitfalls you need to know about before…

May 3, 2024 | Vasilisa Zyryanova
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Kicking off the Mediterranean Poker Party – Mystery Bounty $1M GTD

The Mediterranean Poker Party 2024 has officially started with the $1,100 Mystery Bounty Event. For this event, the MPP joined forces with the EAPT Series. This time around, it's being held at…

May 2, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Tana delle Tigri Crowns Winner as Banco Casino Masters Gears Up!

The Tana delle Tigri Main Event finished strong over the weekend, crowning Italian Alessio Liscia as its new champion. After defeating a total of 964 entries, Liscia emerged victorious turning…

May 2, 2024 | Iva Dozet
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WSOP 1971 – The First Series of Tournaments and Johnny Moss’s Second Victory

The idea for the World Series of Poker had emerged a year earlier. The best players of the time had gathered at Binion's Horseshoe casino. They competed for the championship…

April 30, 2024 | Max Streltcoff
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PokerListings Pulse #17: Spring Festival, MPP/EAPT Cyprus, and More!

As we draw the prior week to a close (already the 17th of the year by the way) it's time for another poker recap. Just as you'd expect from the…

April 29, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Three Important Things We’ve Learned From Jonathan Little’s Stream

What do you need to do to crush online MMTs like a beast? Established poker coach and professional player Jonathan Little has three answers for you - all at once.…

April 29, 2024 | Vasilisa Zyryanova
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2006 WSOP Champ Jamie Gold: “Poker’s Back and So Am I”

There’s no template for Main Event champions. Some take their millions and vanish while others linger for as long as they can. Some keep winning, others don’t. A few champions…

June 22, 2016 | PokerListings Team
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Davidi Kitai: “I’m a Perfectionist in Poker but Not at All in Life”

The first European to win three WSOP bracelets. Poker Triple Crown winner. #1 on his country’s all-time money list. Universally considered one of the most creative and talented poker pros…

June 17, 2016 | PokerListings Team
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Niall Farrell: From Carphone Warehouse to EPT Champion (to Mars)

Britain has a lot of great poker players. But if you were to stick your head out of the dungeon and choose 10 people most likely to bring home a…

June 7, 2016 | PokerListings Team
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Ben Heath: “Having a Genuine Love for Poker is Pretty Underrated”

It’s only a matter of time before Ben “1Don’tStop1” Heath is taking down huge poker tournaments just for fun. With a European Poker Tour (EPT) side event victory, a World…

May 17, 2016 | PokerListings Team
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How to Beat Poker Sit & Go’s: A Complete Strategy Guide

One of the most popular tournament formats in online poker play is the single-table tournament or “sit-and-go.” Online poker sites have SnGs running continuously. They can run with just one table…

September 5, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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Top 5 “Thin Value” Spots You May Be Missing

Missing “thin value” bets on the river won’t make you a losing Texas Hold’em player. But correctly recognizing opportunities and betting when it’s correct can add valuable points to your…

August 8, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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How to Beat Live $1/$2 No-Limit Hold’em Poker Cash Games

$1/$2 No-Limit Texas Hold’em is by far the most popular poker game being played in live poker rooms around the country. For the average poker player $1/$2 cash games are…

July 11, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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How to Survive & Thrive in Big-Field Poker Tournaments

Big poker tournaments with lots of players will result in very large payouts – often over 1,000 times the size of the original buy-in. This is more than enough reason…

June 11, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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ICM Calculators and Super Short-Stack Tournament Strategy

This week CardRunners coach Samer “Braminc” Khuri explains ICM calculators and how fully understanding them can help us with super short-stack poker tournament strategy. Samer “Braminc” Khuri has been playing…

April 4, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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6 Mind-Boggling, Head-Scratching Poker Folds

We all like to tell stories about our heroic, Negreanu-esque home-game folds, don’t we? Kings before the flop. A straight on the turn. A full house on the river. Hands…

February 10, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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F U: Why Swearing in Poker is Good For You

Just about the most popular shirt you see around these days has FCUK emblazoned across the front. There isn’t a soul this side of a two-year-old minister’s daughter who doesn’t…

February 2, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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5 Essential Tips for Dealing with a Poker Downswing

If you’ve played poker seriously for any amount of time, you’ve probably hit a downswing. And downswings can be downright demoralizing. If you play the game long enough, though, they…

January 20, 2011 | PokerListings Team
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