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Five Prop Bets You Can Place for the 2019 WSOP Main Event You like to bet on the Super Bowl, don’t you? Well, here’s your chance to bet on poker’s most prestigious tournament, the World Series of Poker Main Event. Just like you have an opportunity to cash in on a bevy…

How to Take the Pain out of Losing at Texas Hold’Em No one likes to lose, especially when it involves money. Let’s face it — when we gamble, we will lose. But that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. Here’s something to take to heart. Everyone who has ever…

Laughing at the 2019 WSOP Main Event Champion Betting Odds You’ve got to be pretty crazy to want to bet on who will win the WSOP Main Event. Picking the winner of a poker tournament with a field this size is a challenge to say the least. Still, that hasn’t…

Which Woman Will Shine Brightest at the 2019 World Series of Poker? The 2019 World Series of Poker is around the corner. If you don’t plan on making it out to Sin City and still want to be involved, how about firing away on some prop bets surrounding the action at the…

Will One of Poker’s All-Time Greats Win a Bracelet at the 2019 WSOP? Had this wager been offered 15 years ago, people would have been coming out of the woodwork to get on board. In 2019, unfortunately, these guys aren’t much more than an afterthought. I’m talking about four specific individuals — the…

5 Best Poker Chip Sets Before I talk about what poker chip sets you should be looking at, I should probably define the termsand maybe even discover exactly what it is any of us should consider the “perfect” poker chip. Like all things, there are…

2019 WSOP – Your Detailed Guide to 5 Can’t-Miss Events The month of May is nearing an end, which can only mean one thing for aspiring and professional poker players. The World Series Poker is around the corner, and there are more ways to make money than ever. The 50th…

5 Best Home Poker Tables Never mind best — what is it that makes a table a “poker” table? Is it the cushiony edge for elbow- and forearm-resting? Is it the recessed drink holders? Is it the chip wells? Is it the slightly-cushioned felt that…

9 Politicians Who Would Make Great Poker Players Carl von Clausewitz, as every gambler knows (go with me on this one), famously said: “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” Among his lesser-known aphorisms (lesser-known because he never said this) is this gem: “Who dares, wins.”…

Seven Common Texas Hold’em Leaks and How to Fix Them If you’re like most Texas hold’em players, you probably have leaks you don’t even know about. In case you’re not familiar with the term in relation to poker, a leak is a flaw in how you play the game that…