Starting A Playing Cards Collection Can Be Enjoyable

January 30th, 2011 by Donal Gray


Individuals that decide to collect playing cards often times pick up this habit because of the history that surrounds these special cards. Most people in fact, treasure their collections to the same magnitude that famous art collectors do. These simple items have been around since the middle 1300s. After being introduced to the world in olden times, many individuals have been attracted by their craftsmanship and the art that is enthralled throughout the surface of the pieces.

Rakeback Programs and Who Really Benefits

November 29th, 2010 by Thomas Kearns


To understand who the real winner here is, we need to first understand what rakeback is and how the flow of money works. Rake back is essentially a flow of money from poker room to affiliate and back to the player. The player will in turn, hopefully, deposit that money back into the poker account and generate more business and more revenue. It’s a bit more complicated than that though.

Understanding Leaks in Poker

September 7th, 2009 by Michael Mylar


Mistakes are rampant in our lives. We know we shouldn’t make mistakes but somehow we ended up making more mistakes than the original plan. Almost all mistakes are unintentional. But what we need to do is to learn from those mistakes and try not to commit the same mistakes all over again.

Online Poker Tricks: Play Texas Holdem

September 4th, 2009 by Mark Miller


Sometimes, a poker player needs to be a good liar. Hence, a cleverly staged trick in a particular moment can be just the right way to win pots.

Poker Legend Stu Ungar Remembered

August 31st, 2009 by Ross Everett


Stu Ungar didn’t have much going for him in most areas of life. In fact, it could very well be argued that he was downright inept in most areas of existence. He also had a self destructive streak that manifest itself in heavy drug use and other behaviors. Ungar, however, had one great gift–he was a prodigy with a deck of cards. He would become one of the first superstars of poker before it became a fixture on ESPN, but wouldn’t live to enjoy the ‘boom’. Ungar would eventually be done in by his baser elements, and would be found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room in November, 1988.