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Jon is a freelance writer and novelist who learned to play poker after watching Rounders in year 9. He has been giving away his beer money at cards ever since. Currently he is based in Bristol where he makes sporadic donations to the occasional live tournament or drunken late night Zoom session. He blogs at What Is There to Option?
ARTICLES BY Jon Pill
Bankroll Busters: Look Who Started with Less Than $100
It’s the closest thing to a universal card-player’s dream: to stumble across some online poker site and try it out with just a few bucks and a matched deposit bonus…
Movie Review: Runner, Runner
Two years after so called ‘Black Friday’, Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the writers behind Rounders, watched as their take on the Full Tilt scandal hit the big screen.
Poker Players Have a Lot to Learn From Razz
Razz’s oddities definitely shouldn’t turn you off the game; the average holdemist might find that those oddities allow you to sharpen up a few specifics in your game, and a…
Movie Review: The Grand
The Grand came out in 2007 around the same time as Deal and Lucky You were also trying to make a little moola off the back of the WSOP’s peak…
Is Phil Helmuth the Donald Trump of Poker?
Crass, arrogant, showboating, and – in their own mind – infallible Hellmuth and Trump seem almost avatars for each other, the one political, the other plays card games.
Jason Mercier Reveals the Purest Form of Poker
Mercier explained in an interview that 2-7 single draw is one of the purest forms of poker, in terms of reading your opponent, whether he has it or doesn't, and…
The Insperable History of Math and Gambling
The use of mathematics by gamblers is obvious and pervasive. Concepts like expected value, Bayesian probability, Kelly criteria, and Nash equilibrium are all part and parcel of the business of…
Hilarious Poker Commercials of the Past
Plenty of ads fail, sometimes because they make the mistake of trying to put a positive spin on losing, and sometimes because they try to make Tom Dwan seem like…
David Baker’s Unusual Prop Bet
In an effort to get people to put their money where their mouth is, David ‘ODB’ Baker tweeted this offer a while ago.
Top 5 Best Poker Film Clips
Poker and Cinema have a long-standing relationship, especially in the Hollywood tradition. Like chess it is a game that lends itself to thematic metaphor and character traits.
KidPoker Documentary Review
Netflix's newest poker documentary suffers a number of setbacks. We examine them all in a critical review.
Phil Hellmuth Golf Betting with Pro Athletes
There is a long association between poker and golf. Hellmuth points out that for pros in Vegas, it is a good opportunity to get some sunshine, some exercise that isn’t…
Top 10 Celebrity Poker Players
The demigods descend into the casino pit and throw in a little of their fame-money in with our filthy lucre. Movie stars, directors, athletes, comedians, and writers all do it,…
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