New 2026 WSOP Tournament Rules + Changes From 2025

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the most prestigious and well-known poker festival in the world. In order to maintain its excellence and integrity, organizers sometimes tighten up the rules and enact new restrictions designed to keep the game fair and honest. New to 2026 are several rule changes that are intended to improve […]

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Live Variance – Podcast S8E9

The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game. Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important […]

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New 2026 WSOP Tournament Rules + Changes From 2025

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the most prestigious and well-known poker festival in the world. In order to maintain its excellence and integrity, organizers sometimes tighten up the rules and enact new restrictions designed to keep the game fair and honest. New to 2026 are several rule changes that are intended to improve […]

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Live Variance – Podcast S8E9

The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game. Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important […]

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Is Winning on Prediction Markets Getting Harder?

A new wave of mainstream reporting on prediction markets has emphasized that most casual users lose while a small group of sophisticated traders captures most of the profits. That criticism directed at prediction markets by both The Wall Street Journal and The Independent is not entirely wrong. Retail traders do lose money in large numbers. […]

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