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How This $1/$2 Stream Hand Took The Poker World By Storm

Cameron Dhaliwal — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:26:00 +0000

A $1,825 pot in a $1/$2 game got more attention this weekend than a $20 million heads-up match did. That tells you something about poker, and probably more about the internet. Here’s what happened on The Lodge poker live stream. During a $1/$2 “friendly” game, Abby “abbypoker” Merk jams A♦️5♦️ for $821 as a 4-bet […]

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5 Final Table Tips That Can Save Your Tournament

Alex Fitzgerald — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:17:39 +0000

Hey everybody, this is Alexander Fitzgerald, head coach for Advanced Poker Training, and today I’m going to give you a few tips for final tables. I know many of you are about to play more local tournaments as the kids get back into school and as you come home from summer vacations. Sometimes, when we […]

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Texas Mike’s $4.26 Million High Stakes Poker Bluff, Analyzed

Cameron Dhaliwal — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:27:55 +0000

You have probably already seen the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history. Texas Mike fired in $1.6 million with ten-high and put Eric Wasserson in a very uncomfortable spot, where he made the right call and won the pot of $4,260,000. It’s easy to look at the hand and think Texas Mike was going […]

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What Is PLO Poker? A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Pot Limit Omaha

Cameron Dhaliwal — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:09:22 +0000

If you’ve spent much time in a cardroom or in online poker, you will have witnessed PLO at some point. The poker format has exploded in the past few years, and a lot more No-Limit Hold’em players are either bringing it into their wheelhouse or diverting to PLO entirely. What is PLO, what does PLO […]

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GTO vs Exploitative Poker Strategy: Which Approach Is Right for You?

Cameron Dhaliwal — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:58:22 +0000

Anyone who has tried to improve their poker game over the past decade has faced the same debate: GTO vs exploitative poker strategy? It’s one of the most common questions recreational and improving players ask, and it’s usually framed as an either/or choice. Solver purists on one side, old-school intuition players on the other, and […]

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What We Can Learn From the 2026 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Cameron Dhaliwal — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:35:28 +0000

Every year, the World Series of Poker Main Event gives us a masterclass under the brightest lights in the game. And the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table, won by 22-year-old Lucas Jumalon for a life-changing $10,000,000, was full of moments worth studying. Beyond the pressure and excitement, it was a live lesson in chip-lead […]

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So… How Do You Build a Poker Bot That Plays Like a Real Person?

Steve Blay — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:07:42 +0000

Now that we’ve shared the full simulation results, the obvious next question is: How did we build the 2026 WSOP Main Event bots to play like real people? Related: See our complete 2026 WSOP Main Event simulation results and Steve Blay’s official prediction People often ask me: “How can a computer possibly predict how nine […]

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One Million Simulations Later: Our 2026 WSOP Main Event Prediction

Steve Blay — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:08:11 +0000

Between July 24 and July 26, we ran 1,000,000 simulations to produce our 2026 WSOP Main Event prediction. The results produced a clear statistical favorite. Lucas Jumalon, who enters the final table with 194 million chips, won 40.4% of our simulations. No other player came close. But tournament predictions are not always as simple as […]

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Have we saved the next WSOP Main Event champion for last?

Steve Blay — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:04:09 +0000

Our WSOP Main Event champion simulations are underway. As our look at the Final Nine comes to a close, we’re turning to the last three players competing for the title. Meet Lauri Saaskilahti, Han Feng and Evagoras Evagorou. Lauri Saaskilahti Chip Count: 37.5M · 7th of 9 Age: 39 Residence: Barcelona, Spain — originally from […]

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Could experience be the deciding factor at the WSOP final table?

Steve Blay — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:13 +0000

Our WSOP Main Event simulations are underway. As the analysis continues, we’re turning our attention to three more players with very different backgrounds, experience levels, and approaches to the game. Meet Greg Mueller, Michael Gagliano and Mario Boos. Greg Mueller Chip Count: 48.5M · 4th of 9 Age: 55 Residence: Canada — born in Switzerland […]

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