I remember the first time I heard of the Ship It Holla Ballas. It was 2008 and I was dating a girl in LA who was an aspiring filmmaker trying to put together a poker documentary. We met because she had reached...

It’s easy to forget what it’s like to be new. I’ve spent the better part of my adult life on the felt, and I’ve seen the transition from Benny’s Bullpen to the Amazon room. Every summer in Vegas for...

Reading Mike Matusow’s Check-Raising the Devil is a little bit like raising under the gun with pocket aces and watching the entire table fold. As the dealer slides you the blinds and antes, you can taste...

It’s rare that a poker book gets picked up by a mainstream publisher (in this case, Harper Collins) and attention from mainstream media. So when Molly Bloom’s memoir was released this summer during the...

Annie Duke has become somewhat of a pariah in the poker community. When she was a regular on the tournament circuit, defeating Phil Helmuth on the Tournament of Champions on ESPN and winning the NBC National...