No game has produced more legends, more myths, or more bad beats than poker. Our coverage spans the strategy, the personalities, and the moments that have shaped the modern game.
Shannon Elizabeth was an actress. Then she became a professional poker player and kept her name in the game for twenty years. This is the story of that transition and what it cost.
I was sitting at a card game in a room above a strip-mall arcade when a guy taught me about overbetting by doing it wrong. The lesson stuck. This is what happens when a player bets more than makes sense.
Moving from 1/2 to 5/10 stakes looks like a simple scale. It's not. The game changes fundamentally. Here's how to adapt.
Stu Ungar died in a motel room. He was the greatest poker player who ever lived. He was also a man who couldn't say no to himself, and the game he mastered could not help him with that.
In 2006, the US passed UIGEA. Online poker went dark in the United States. In the next two decades, the regulation picture fragmented into 27 different approaches across different jurisdictions. Here's the map.
Steve Reeves opens the film in a small apartment with a mirror and a deck of cards. He's practicing. The camera shows his hands, his face, his focused eyes. By the end of the scene, you understand: this is a man building himself into a weapon.
