Most of the poker coaching I do is done in person here in Las Vegas. I think it is optimal to be able to sit face to face and work through a players poker game. However, part of what I do is by phone or by Skype for players that can’t get to Vegas right […]

Anyone who has played poker with me knows that I am not a huge talker at the table. As a general rule I am polite without fail, but I am not a big fan of discussing what the weather is like in your home town of Toronto or what the dealers are like at an […]

The Rio Hotel & Casino was pretty dead yesterday after all the constant action it has seen for the past 6-7 weeks. Even though it was Day 5 of the 2015 WSOP Main Event and there were about 7 tables of players still playing, the place felt like a ghost town with only a handful […]

I have been getting a lot of questions lately about this year’s new WSOP Colossus NLH event. This is the first time that the WSOP has ever offered a Bracelet event with a buy in so low. ($565) So many players are expected to attend that there are 4-flight times available spread over 2 days […]

I have to admit I am kind of interested to see how the first ever ONLINE WSOP event turns out. As an advocate for online poker in the past, and as a person who is incredulous as to why it remains basically illegal in the US except for Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware, I am […]

The last couple of years have seen WSOP poker doing more than a little tinkering with their slate of events for the annual poker-fest at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Vegas.  Everything from the nose-bleed buy in like  the One-Drop for high rollers with it’s $111,111 entry fee, to things like last years Millionaire […]