by Bryan Devonshire | Published: Jan 27, '15

Poker started as a cash game. Somewhere along the line tournament poker was invented, but cash poker has been and always will be king. Every hand is independent of every other hand. Chips can be cashed out at any time and turned into money to spend on things. Hollywood, while loving to play poker, hasn’t […]

by Bryan Devonshire | Published: Dec 28, '13

Malcolm Gladwell, in his book Outliers, stated that it takes 10,000 hours of practice at something to attain mastery. I’ve played poker with plenty of people who have played poker themselves for ten thousand hours and are still awful. Poker is an exceptional activity where participants will not improve unless they are actively trying to […]

by Bryan Devonshire | Published: Nov 27, '13

Variance and downswings are a natural and frightening part of poker. We have all complained about running bad, but as I’m learning with each passing day right now, it can always get worse. In this column we’ll discuss the ugly side of variance, try to understand it, and how best to cope with it. If […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Feb 05, '13

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us will never get the same opportunity, nor will we really learn anything from their play that directly applies to our own games. The truth is […]

by Bryan Devonshire | Published: Nov 24, '12

Back in the day, no-limit hold’em cash games rarely existed. The variant was generally reserved for tournaments, and everybody spread limit hold’em cash games. I played in one $5-5 pot-limit hold’em game at the Hustler once a week on Fridays. The game was awesome, and nobody knew what they were doing, myself included. I moved […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Oct 15, '25

Two decades after finding the game, Jason Hickey is rounding into form as a poker player. The Austin, Texas resident has been racking up significant results over the last four years on the tournament circuit, most recently finding the winner’s circle in Las Vegas during the PokerGO Tour Bounty Blitz series. Hickey has made some […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 12, '12

In some ways, Bryan Devonshire is much like many other young professional poker players. He dropped out of college and went on to cash for millions in poker tournaments (more than $2.2 million over the last five years). Unlike many of his peers, however, Devonshire has little desire to make money for its own sake […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Sep 27, '24

Donovan Dean was on a family vacation when he got bit by the poker bug. Instead of soaking up the sun and going for a swim, Dean was in the condo, glued to the poker on TV. Like many during the poker boom, Chris Moneymaker’s win at the 2003 WSOP main event had made an […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 04, '24

Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared in July of 2023, but since no changes were made to the Poker Hall of Fame in the last year, it remains relevant and is being re-run with the appropriate edits. There’s no doubting Patrik Antonius’ worthiness for the Poker Hall of Fame. The 43-year-old has a stellar poker […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 04, '24

Legendary high-stakes poker pro Patrik Antonius has been named as the 2024 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame, following a public nomination and vote by the 31 living members of the hall. He becomes the hall’s 63rd member overall. “In the modern era of poker, few have been as bold and fearless as Patrik […]