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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 Erik Fast | Published: Jan 16, '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 Julio Rodriguez | Published: May 11, '11

In this new series on Card Player, we present to you a top poker pro who has had his or her world turned upside down by the events on Black Friday. In this edition we bring you Bryan Devonshire. The 30-year-old pro has racked up over $1.5 million in career earnings and an accomplished list […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Mar 31, '10

The $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, California, attracted 70 players. The tournament began on Monday, March 29, and it came to a close on Tuesday, March 30. Poker professional Bryan Devonshire won the event and he was awarded the top prize […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Apr 23, '15

Poker pro Bryan Devonshire had the opportunity two weekends ago to throw out the first pitch in a Rockies game in Denver. The veteran grinder was offered a chance to perform the honors before the Rockies took on the Cubs thanks to an offer from daily fantasy sports site DraftKings. Lately, there has been an […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 19, '11

You can follow along with Card Player’s level-by-level live reporting throughout the day. We will bring you updates until the November Nine is set. There are now just 10 players remaining in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. After one more elimination, the field will be down to the official members of the […]