by Jim James | Mar 14, 2020
Home poker cash games are the purest way to experience poker. Today, more people play poker in the comfort of their own homes than anywhere else. I have been a cash game professional for over a decade and will tell you exactly what you need and how to get set up. A...
by Jim James | Mar 13, 2020
If you’ve never heard of a Poker Run, prepare to be blown away by this pastime that is sweeping the globe. You don’t need to have any kind of poker skills or even understand poker strategy to be successful at a poker run. While it is not a race, speed can...
by Jim James | Mar 12, 2020
When in a casino, you need to exchange money for chips if you want to play table games like blackjack, poker, or roulette. Now those chips can be used as currency inside the casino. Outside of the casino, though, do chips have any worth? Can you use and sell them as...
by Jim James | Mar 11, 2020
If you’ve ever seen or played a casino game then there’s a chance you inquired about how real casino poker chips are made. Anyone who’s ever been in a casino or played a game of cards at home using commercial poker chips has likely noticed the...
by Jim James | Mar 10, 2020
The meaning of stack to pot ratios or SPR in poker is a common question among players learning the game. While it seems like a complicated concept at face value, its meaning is actually based soundly on common sense. I have been writing about and teaching how to use...
by Jim James | Mar 9, 2020
Whether or not you can smoke in Las Vegas poker rooms is a common question in today’s world that is unfriendly to smokers. Vegas is well-known for gambling, nightlife, and letting loose, and to some people, that means being able to smoke indoors. When it comes...
by Jim James | Mar 8, 2020
Usually, most people learn what a straddle is during the first time they play at a casino. You are sitting there ready to play a “normal” Texas Hold’em hand and someone shoves chips out under the gun before the cards are even dealt. What the heck...
by Jim James | Mar 7, 2020
Whether you are thinking about building a poker table or are just curious about what they are made of, you have come to the right place. I have played on every different type of table imaginable and witnessed them being built many times. So, I put together a detailed...
by Jim James | Mar 6, 2020
When playing poker, all you need is some cards, chips, and someone to beat. The ability to successfully bluff is undoubtedly useful for winning too. So, why then do so many poker sets come with five regular dice? Have I been missing something from this classic game...
by Jim James | Mar 5, 2020
When it comes to learning how to play short-stack poker in cash games, it can be difficult to know where to begin. I remember back in 2010 when I first tried short stacking. There was literally no good information available out there. After basically figuring it out...
