by Card Player News Team | Published: Dec 23, '20

Poker Stories is a long-form audio podcast series that features casual interviews with some of the game’s best players and personalities. Each episode highlights a well-known member of the poker world and dives deep into their favorite tales both on and off the felt. Jonathan Van Fleet was one of original stars of the online […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Dec 28, '10

The Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, Alexander “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and Steve “gboro780” Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders. Jon […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: May 07, '09

With the next FTOPS looming, all the $1K events but the Super Tuesday made their respective guarantees and a few Online Player of the Year candidates added to their point totals with deep finishes. Nick “Grippolio” Grippo maintained his third place ranking with a small cash at Full Tilt and Nick “FU_15” Maimone closed the […]

by Shawn Patrick Green | Published: Nov 27, '06

The big Sunday tournaments' final tables were chock full of notable talent this weekend. Final table stars included Michael Craig, author of The Professor, The Banker, and the Suicide King and Internet poker pros Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet and Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby. This weekend also saw PokerStars and FullTilt return to their record-breaking ways, making […]

by Shawn Patrick Green | Published: Sep 19, '06

Poker Stars doesn't seem to know its own strength, at least when it comes to putting a dollar amount to its guarantees. Stars' World Championship of Online Poker event No. 3, the $400,000-guaranteed pot-limit Omaha tournament with rebuys, started at noon yesterday and enticed 773 players to pony up the $300+$20 entry fee. The players […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Feb 18, '21

Jonathan “apestyles” Van Fleet was one of the original online stars to emerge from the poker boom, but for years that followed, the New York-born and Texas-raised pro was his own worst enemy. Van Fleet caught the poker bug early on in college, and by the time he had graduated from Texas Tech University he […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Aug 20, '10

Event: PokerStars no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament Buy-in: $50 Players in the Event: 609 First Place: $21,423 Hand No. 1 Blinds: 200-400 Antes: 50 Players at the Table: 9 Stacks: “apestyles” – 20,460; “jdsmith9” – 11,225 Craig Tapscott: Accumulating chips in blind-versus-blind situations can be crucial in tournaments. Can you discuss a recent hand that you […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Oct 11, '24

PREFLOP: Kevin Rabichow The most common preflop leaks I’ve seen lately are related to bet sizing. It’s not that players are three-betting or four-betting to poor sizes, it’s that they’re not prepared to respond to any size other than the one they’ve studied. The mentality that a suboptimal size “isn’t a thing” often leads to […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Apr 26, '23

Jeff ‘Jeff Boski’ Sluzinski fell in love with poker during the Moneymaker boom, beginning his poker journey online, eventually graduating to the micro stakes while pulling in $10 per hour. It was a great way for the University of Michigan student to stay home between classes and earn some extra spending cash. Sluzinski was working […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Apr 13, '22

The following article is featured in the 4/20/22 edition of Card Player Magazine. Click here to read the issue in its entirety. Note: Stats listed below are as of 3/28/22. The National Basketball Association celebrated their 75th anniversary last October with the announcement of the 75 Top Players of All-Time. While obvious choices such as […]