by Rep Porter | Published: May 17, '16

In my last article, I discussed the idea of accumulating versus surviving in a poker tournament. I feel strongly that accumulating chips in the early parts of poker tournaments gives you a pretty big leg up on the field. I am sure there are a high percentage of people reading this thinking, that sounds great, […]

by Rep Porter | Published: May 03, '16

Recently, we ran a webinar at ThePokerAcademy.com to support our 12-week challenge. This webinar was for session eight in our no-limit tournament course. Session eight covers the stages a poker tournament goes through and the adjustments you need to make to your basic tournament strategy based on the various points in the tournament. People are […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Apr 24, '16

In my last column, I compared passive and aggressive players. I firmly believe that playing poker aggressively is the correct path to long term success at both limit and no-limit hold’em. I also pointed out the biggest pitfall aggressive players face is hand selection. As a newer player realizes they can win lots of pots […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Apr 14, '16

Last week I was discussing what I call the tar baby approach with a fellow poker player. The tar baby is a character from a story in a children’s book I used to have. To trap the wily rabbit, the fox and bear made a baby rabbit out of tar. When the tar baby wouldn’t […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Mar 23, '16

In my last column, I wrote about how the value of your actual cards changes with the circumstances you find yourself in. While this is a concept that is unique to poker among card games, it certainly is not unique just to preflop play. There are many situations post-flop where the value of a hand […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Alex Fitzgerald | Published: Mar 18, '26

Get a FREE training package at PokerHeadRush.com. Even the most skilled players can find their performance undermined not by lack of ability, but by hidden patterns in their own thinking. Understanding the psychological traps that quietly sabotage decision-making is often the missing key to unlocking consistent success. ‘This Is The Best Hand I’ve Had In […]