Online Poker Room and Poker Tournaments - Carbon Poker

Shortly after I began playing online poker, I quickly discovered it was taking precious time away from my wife. I played mostly MTT’s which can take 4-5 hours or more if you get deep. This started to put a strain on our relationship. She couldn’t understand why I would rather spend hours at a time [...]

They say that poker is a game of skill.  We would all like to believe that statement is true, and that whenever we play our best, we will win.  And yet, we know from experience that the luck of the cards will be a huge determining factor in how much money we will win or [...]

The 2010 Irish Poker Festival was won by Lars Torngren. He beat a field of 632 players over four days. His victory for first place was the €75,000 ($103,350). With so many players the prize pool totaled €316,000. When the players got down to ten Lars was in the second place spot. Second place went [...]