poker magazines

I am looking to subscribe to a poker magazine, does anyone have any suggestions as to which one I should chose?


I kind of narrowed it down to two different ones but I just can't decide on which one, Card Player or bluff magazine.

I couldn't decide between the two either, and so I subscribed to both! To my way of thinking, CP and Bluff complement one another.

I also subscribe to Poker Pro, which I like a lot too.

All three have equally valuable different perspectives and "feels". CP tends to be more objective, very journalistic, while the other two come from more of a human interest orientation.

If I were forced to pick, however, I would have to choose Card Player because I think that magazine corners the market for strategy and technique.

WPT is also good - and easier to read imo.

I've been subscribing to Bluff for a while but I won a subscription to Bluff last year and I like it but I feel like there really isn't any strategy in it most of the time, just a bunch of articles about what poker players are up to(like Phil Laak's articles always seem like he is just trying to crank through it just to make a deadline filling up with random stuff just to fill space.)

I think once my free subscription to Bluff is over I will start up with CP or PP, will have to check again once the time comes.

there are many good poker magazine but probably the best is bluff...also i think if you search on the net you can find that magazine online so you haven't to subscribe and spend money....

may i ask ,,,what is a does is cost per year??

I subscribe to both Bluff and Cardsplayer. For the longest time I would of told you that I preferred Bluff. But it seems like in the past year or so that CardPlayer has been more helpful with strategies and theory.

Bluff I believe is more entertaining and seems to give you more of the lifestyle and glamour of poker.

To be honest I like both and will continue to get both.

I believe that their cost is somewhere between $20 to $30 for a years subscrition.

I subscribe to Poker Player magazine (UK). Lots of strategy and inetersting articles.

dakota-xx said:

WPT is also good - and easier to read imo.

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Dakota, I haven't actually picked up the WPT mag. I figured it mainly dealt with just WPT events and related issues. Does it deal with the whole field of poker?

CSuave said:

Dakota, I haven't actually picked up the WPT mag. I figured it mainly dealt with just WPT events and related issues. Does it deal with the whole field of poker?

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Oh yea - they have strategy articles, etc as well.

wagon596 said:

may i ask ,,,what is a does is cost per year??

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Wagon, I just renewed my CardPlayer subscription and it was only $13 for one year. I do not recall what my initial subscription was though.

cardplayer magazine is on cardplayer.com. About 88 pages or so every two weeks for free.

wislim said:

cardplayer magazine is on cardplayer.com. About 88 pages or so every two weeks for free.

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What do you mean by free? Is Cardplayer magazine free?

Ive read cardplayer for many years...not as good lately but still better than alot of the others Ive seen.

ckickenking said:

What do you mean by free? Is Cardplayer magazine free?

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I used to get Cardplayer College for free at my fraternity like 5 years ago...lol

ckickenking said:

What do you mean by free? Is Cardplayer magazine free?

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chickenking, they were referring to being able to read most of the magazine content online at cardplayer.com for free.

You may be able to get these at your local casino in the card room for free. The casinos in kansas city have them in a mgazine racks at the door.

I've got a subscription to WPT and pick up Bluff now and again.

Is PokerPlayer still going? Had a subscription to that which ran out and I never renewed. Good mag, but just doubling up on what I'd already read in WPT...

My WPT subscription is £12 - £1 per issue. Not bad since its £3 a go in the shops!

If $$ is an issue check their websites to see how much content you get off there without paying a dime. You might be surprised.
You also might be surprised about how many issues of each are published each year. Card Player might cost more but it's every two weeks

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/

http://www.pokerpromagazine.com/

http://www.cardplayer.com/

http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/

http://www.womanpokerplayer.com/

http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/

Also, if you're going to get a subscription, I highly suggest going through a discount mag site. For example, 1 year through cardplayer.com is $40, going through http://www.discountmags.com/product/4433/card-player it is $20. I get all of my mags through discount sites.

MediaBLITZ said:

If $$ is an issue check their websites to see how much content you get off there without paying a dime. You might be surprised.
You also might be surprised about how many issues of each are published each year. Card Player might cost more but it's every two weeks

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/

http://www.pokerpromagazine.com/

http://www.cardplayer.com/

http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/

http://www.womanpokerplayer.com/

http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/

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Woman Poker Player magazine was sold to Bluff a couple of years ago. There is still an online presence, however.

I subscribe to Poker Player in the UK. Great value and usually full of great articles and good tips.