Awesome Poker

Balatro is your next gaming addiction – but not because it’s a poker game. It merely uses the card game’s hands as a starting point, and then it quickly goes off the rails. Like fellow indie hit Vampire Survivors, this fast-paced roguelike keeps you hooked with lots of shiny rewards that will help you rack up scores on the edge of math.

Inspired by this video, prop builder and experimenter extraordinaire Adam Savage decided to see if he could put together a poker table from scratch in less than a day. It’s a great video to watch if you want to learn some tricks for cutting and bending wood curves, along with some good shop safety tips.

Poker champ Liv Boeree explains a few of the tricks she uses to spot clues in other players’ demeanor to figure out if they’re bluffing. Of course, really good players can fake tells, but there’s still useful advice for spotting liars, especially looking places other than their faces.

Pro poker player Niel Mittelman displayed the perfect reaction to an unfair loss with the help of the camera man. Niel was eliminated by a reckless play and with the only card that could beat him. Skip to 4:07 for the sad magic trick.

Presenting, the human Eeyore. Daniel Colman won over $15M at the World Series of Poker over veteran Dan Negreanu. Apparently at that point the 23-year old Colman felt conflicted about his career. Here’s Negreanu’s take on it.

Three lucky readers will each win two boxes of awesome stuff, Aces – for the perfect poker game, and Café – for fixing the best cuppa tea or coffee – both from Bespoke Post’s men’s “lifestyle upgrade” service. (Ends 9/24/13)

At the 2013 World Series of Poker, Carter Gill was all in on a solid hand. Instead of settling for the pot, he gloated prematurely and dared another player to call, knowing that only bad luck could beat him.

Arrrrgh! Real pirates don’t play poker with cheap plastic poker chips. Manly men play with pirate gold. These antiqued metal coins from onepointsix look like pirate’s booty, and come with colorful fake gems to complete the look.

A documentary that takes a look at the unbelievable resurgence of poker and the troubles it attracted in the process. Features interviews with pros like Phil Hellmuth and Howard Lederer.

The Bicycle Titanium Edition playing cards are based on the traditional Rider Back design, but with metallic inks and durable, professional-grade coating; available in steel blue and crimson red.

A multi-touch poker table, with rebuy, show cards and other game options. Also has a camera that can beam live game video, along with the cards and odds of each player.

These Sentinel playing cards, a collaboration from theory11 and Hatch, are absolutely gorgeous inside and out, from the original art on the cards to the metallic accents and on the sleek and sturdy box.

Jedi mind tricks are the least of your worries with these Star Wars Poker Chips; Force Hold’em sounds fun until Vader literally makes you lose a hand or Force Crushes your neck.

Arkham Asylum is a place even the highest rollers won’t be checking out of, but this Batman Poker Set lets you put your chips on the table with The Joker, Two-Face and more.