Poker is one of the most widely played games all over the world, both in online casino rooms and their land-based counterparts. From online poker rooms, to a traditional poker game with a group of your friends gathered around a table, poker is played in many different forms by people from all walks of life. [...]

In 2003, the World Poker Tour revolutionized televised poker and brought Texas Hold’em to the forefront of international excitement. Viewers of the World Poker Tour get expert commentary from hosts Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. The World Poker Tour has helped to reshape the face of poker and has raise the competitive bar to [...]

10. The year was 1990 and it marked the first year that a non-American won the World Series of Poker championship. What was his name? 11. Who is the only poker player to win a WSOP (World Series of Poker) bracelet, a WPT (World Poker Tour) title and an EPT (European Poker Title) event? 12. In [...]

7. In what year did the World Series of Poker (WSOP) add a Ladies World Championship to the poker menu? 8. In 1983, this tournament director is credited with coming up the idea of the poker satellite. What was his name? 9. Who was the first WSOP main event winner to qualify through a satellite? Scroll down [...]

4. In 1973, CBS Sports televised the World Series of Poker for the first time. The WSOP was also expanded for the first time to include four preliminary events. Name them. 5. The World Series of Poker saw many changes in 1978. To start, it was the first year that the main event’s prize money was divided [...]

This is the first poker trivia post in a series of posts dealing directly with World Series of Poker history.  (WSOP) Let’s start off with an easy one. 1. Who are the only three time winners of the World Series of Poker main event? 2.  The World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event has had four back to back champions. [...]

Here are the answers to part four of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. It covers some of the poker hand nicknames for hands without a face card. T 9   “Countdown” Because countdowns usually start at ten…nine… T 4   “Broderick Crawford” This comes from the television series Highway Patrol where [...]

This is the last post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’m includingstarting hands that don’t include a face card. Poker hand nicknames for hands without face cards: T 9  “__________” T 4  “_______  _______” or “______ _____ _____” or “____ _____” T 2  “_________  ___________” 9 8  “___________” [...]

Here are the answers to part three of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. Hands with a queen: Q J  “Maverick” Taken from Maverick TV show theme song, “Livin’ on jacks and queens…” Q 9  “Quinine” Because queen 9 sounds like Quinine. Q 7  “Computer Hand” Calculations tell us that [...]

This is the third post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’ll include hands with a queen or a jack in them. Hands with a queen: Q J  “___________” Q 9  “___________” Q 7  “___________ __________” Q 3  “_____ __________ ________”  “______ ________” Q 3 suited “_____ _____ _____” [...]