There have been a number of different Hollywood blockbuster films to have been produced that have included a number of different card games being used as part of the plot or as a small part of the bigger storyline. Indeed, whether it be a game of Texas Hold’em or a 5 card

Card games have been around for centuries. The French may have solidified what is now known as the modern-day 52-card deck in the 1400s, but history claims that the first set of playing cards date back to around the 9th century AD and the Tang dynasty.  Over time, different cultures came up

GGPoker dethrones PokerStars to take global top spot It was only a matter of time, and now it has happened: GGPoker is ranked No.1 at Pokerscout in terms of global cash game player numbers. Currently, GG has a 7-day average of 5,000 players, while PokerStars is at 4,800. While this change of

Anyone can win at poker on any given day. That’s the short term luck factor that keeps the fish coming back for more, and the grinders playing with 30+ buy-in’s in their poker rolls. Luck in poker isn’t just about a bad hand beating a good hand. It’s also many subtle things

Poker is a card game that has been around for hundreds of years, if not longer. Throughout the centuries, it has gone through multiple transformations and adaptations that have essentially turned poker from being just a single card game, to a general term for the long list of card games which share

WSOP Series runs from August 1 through September 12  GGPoker today reveals the WSOP Online 2021 international schedule, which takes place on the global-facing poker network from Sunday, Aug. 1 through Sunday, Sept. 12. The series is headlined by 33 WSOP bracelet events, each awarding a priceless World Series of Poker® gold

Open Button vs. Big Blind Defense [Video below] One of the most common spots in poker is when the action folds to the button, the button open raises for (2-3x bb), the SB folds and the BB defends with a call. Most of the time after you see the flop, the BB

Card games have been a staple form of entertainment for more than 1000 years, with the earliest known offerings dating back to 9th Century China. However, some historians believe that civilisations as early as the Romans could have taken part in pastimes similar to card games. Because they have been around so

Join the Short Deck Action at Natural8 and the GGNetwork July 2021 is off to a strong start! This month, GGPoker Network (GGPN) will be running its first ever Short Deck Series, and Natural8 -Asia’s largest online poker room – will be one of the hosts for this series. Running from 4th

The last couple of years in poker, GTO (Game theory optimal) play has been all the rage. Moving away from intuition based reads, and using a more mathematical model of playing poker has been part of the constant evolution of poker. Adapting more logic based models for what kinds of lines you should