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Are there any good poker magazines now? I have not seen Card Player in a magazine shop or bookstore for months. The last time I saw it was at a casino in Vegas and it was very thin, but free of course. All In is half blackjack. I haven't seen Bluff in a while.

Are any worth subscribing to?

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The only one I like is Cardplayer. I subscribe.

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The only one I like is Cardplayer. I subscribe.

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Agree Cardplayer is the best around. Go to Amazon.com and pick up a years subscription for $20 as I did. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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[quoteAgree Cardplayer is the best around. Go to Amazon.com and pick up a years subscription for $20 as I did. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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You dog! How am I only just finding this out now? [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Bluff has better strategy articles!

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yeah, I'll take Jennifer Tilly's NL hold'em advice over Bob Ciaffone's any day. http://www.forumsextreme.com/imgs1/rolleyes.gif

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CardPlayer is the way to go, but I have to admit that I am liking Bluff a lot too right now, even though the title is lame.

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Bluff has better strategy articles!

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Definitely and your articles are the best Phil.

I used to really like CardPlayer but the quality seems to have fallen drastically in the past year. Bluff has blown by them lately.

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Bluff has become a good magazine, the only one to rival CardPlayer.

Galfond's articles are very good, plus ones from Brandon Adams, etc.

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Cardplayer is still the best for me, but it has gone downhill.

All-In actually isn't bad if you have any interest in Blackjack. It is by far the best-designed poker magazine, and has some worthwhile content.

I can see why people say Bluff has gotten much better. It would probably be my favorite magazine were I a 19-year old internet player. It has some very good strategy article, but the lay-out of the magazine is horrible and some of the "lifestyle" articles are so juvenile they make me want to vomit.

Poker Pro (the other magazine I've seen enough issues of to comment on) is horrible and has nothing to recommend.

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Thanks for all the opinions. I decided on Cardplayer, although it seems that the Amazon $20 special is gone. I didn't realise that it was published twice a month, so that makes up for it being a slim magazine.

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I decided on Cardplayer, although it seems that the Amazon $20 special is gone.

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You can get it for $19.95 here: http://www.bonusmags.com/card_player.html

I expect other magazine sub sites have it for a similar price.

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Doh!

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I read WPT and Poker Player. These are probably only available in the UK though...

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bluff magazine is the most poorly written garbage i've ever read. seriously, if you look there are at LEAST 15 spelling / grammar errors per issue.

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I read WPT and Poker Player. These are probably only available in the UK though...

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Hm, what do make of Poker Player? I find it's like a poker-themed lad mag, but it is incredibly cheap as they offer subscription deals as low as £5.

I think CardPlayer is worth the $99 per annum for UK subscribers (about £2 per issue). CardPlayer Europe I find very slim & probably only worth it if you want extra coverage of European tourneys. I occasionally pick up Bluff Europe from cardrooms and as mentioned by others, it's reasonably meaty.

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I read WPT and Poker Player. These are probably only available in the UK though...

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Hm, what do make of Poker Player? I find it's like a poker-themed lad mag, but it is incredibly cheap as they offer subscription deals as low as £5.

I think CardPlayer is worth the $99 per annum for UK subscribers (about £2 per issue). CardPlayer Europe I find very slim & probably only worth it if you want extra coverage of European tourneys. I occasionally pick up Bluff Europe from cardrooms and as mentioned by others, it's reasonably meaty.

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I started reading poker player last year and yes it is a bit laddish (something i dont particularly like!) it had a nice section on road testing systems from various books which i enjoyed reading...but that seems to have stopped, and it has good articles on playing Horse etc! and i think the price is surprisingly cheap!

Occasionally i like to read inside edge too!

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Card Player, Poker Player, and Bluff are all available for free at the area casinos. Does anyone know if the Card Players are the same as what people get for a paid subscription? They always seem to be when I see them in stores, but I just want to make sure.

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Does anyone know if the Card Players are the same as what people get for a paid subscription? They always seem to be when I see them in stores, but I just want to make sure.

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The subscription version has about a dozen pages of full-page pictures of players from a recent poker tournament. Other than that, it's identical to the casino version.

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any good ones beside CardPlayer and Bluff?

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Two Plus Two Internet Magazine.

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I read inside poker magazine sometimes its quite good used to be called inside edge i think. Im in england so im not sure if its available abroad

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You can get Cardplayer for $6/year on Ebay; it's $16.95 for 3 years, 78 issues. Of course it may never come. I ordered mine 3 weeks ago...

http://cgi.ebay.com/CARD-PLAYER-Magazine...1QQcmdZViewItem

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I read WPT and Poker Player. These are probably only available in the UK though...

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Hm, what do make of Poker Player? I find it's like a poker-themed lad mag, but it is incredibly cheap as they offer subscription deals as low as £5.

I think CardPlayer is worth the $99 per annum for UK subscribers (about £2 per issue). CardPlayer Europe I find very slim & probably only worth it if you want extra coverage of European tourneys. I occasionally pick up Bluff Europe from cardrooms and as mentioned by others, it's reasonably meaty.

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I don't think Poker Player is as informative or well written as WPT, and sometimes you have to take their advice with a pinch of salt. I subscribe to WPT and only really buy PP between issues when I have nothing else to read, it's only around £2 per issue. Though at the end of the day I guess you get what you pay for :/

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I read inside poker magazine sometimes its quite good used to be called inside edge i think. Im in england so im not sure if its available abroad

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Inside Poker would be my choice of magazines available in the U.K.

Once Poker Player decide to ditch Micheal Greco and replace his blow your own trumpet articles with some better content then Inside Poker may have some decent competition.