5 Ideas for Your Daily Break from the Online Poker Grind

Fast cars, fun NLHE alternatives, strategy, interviews & more in our Poker Bits&Picks this week. Here are five ideas and good reads for a break from the online grind while never leaving the world of poker: 

1. If actually going for a ride is too much of a physical exertion, read about life in the fast lane of poker

PokerStrategy proposes a list of famous poker players and their cars, featuring @Phil Ivey @Sam Trickett (who recently crashed his £275k Ferrari 458), @Patrik Antonius, and many others. Notably missing is @Mike McDonald's yellow Lamborghini,  which he himself has referred to as 'one of the least responsible financial decisions' he’s made.

Find out how the #lambopiss2013 hashtag was born in the PokerNews interview with @Mike Watson who explains why he peed on Mike's Lambo :)

News: Famous poker players and their carsFollowing the news of Sam Trickett crashing his Ferrari, we look at some of the most pimped out rides from the poker elite.www.pokerstrategy.com

2. Try something (not completely) different

All you need is another gambler with a basic knowledge of poker hand rankings! From 'Estonian Twist', through 'Crazy Dutchy', to 'Slovak Double Barrel' - check out these five fun games: 

5 Awesome Poker Games That Take 5 Mins (or Less) to Play - Poker BlogThere are plenty of times where you don’t have time fit in a full game, at the office for instance, but you can still play action-packed poker gambling games.www.pokerlistings.com

3. Make time for the study session you've been putting off

Here's a PokerNews article that will get you thinking about the difference between bluffing with no hand and bluffing with no equity. Author Nate Meyvis draws five valuable lessons from a heads-up hand between @Jack Salter and the EPT10 Monte Carlo Main Event champion @Antonio Buonanno. Number 5 will NOT suprise you :) 

Thinking Poker: One Heads-Up Hand, Five Valuable LessonsNate Meyvis analyzes an intriguing hand from Jack Salter and Antonio Buonanno's epic EPT10 Grand Final heads-up match and derives five different lessons.www.pokernews.com

4. Replenish your own passion by reading about your poker heroes and their love for the game

You will find some great sources of inspiration scrolling down the RKHbio and the RKHinterview page, with interviews by @Pedro Canali and @Nicolas Levi with @Greg Raymer @Antonio Esfandiari @Marc-Andre Ladouceur and many others! 

Greg Raymer Interview: 'Have fun yourself, make it fun for everyone else, and it'll be a better game'

Marc-Andre Ladouceur Would Take Main Event Title Over $50 Million Winning Lottery Ticket. Interview by Pedro Canali

Truths & Myths About Jon Finkel: Magic:The Gathering, Poker, and Finance Genius. An Interview by Pedro Canali.

You will also find links to great interviews on the pages of @Robbie Strazynski and @Lee Davy  (Ari Engel: An Unorthodox Orthodox Life). 

5. Catch up with your social media feeds, baby

Be generous and make your following&followers happy with some likes, retweets, and favorites. You are welcome to start with Yours Truly and your friends on RankingHero :) Or, you may choose to support @Thuan B. "Scotty" Nguyen's debut on Instagram:

Scotty Nguyen...baby! (@scottynguyenbaby) • Instagram photos and videosScotty Nguyen's Official Instagram....baby!instagram.com

Hope to hear from you with more ideas about things to do and read in-between two SNGs :) 

#RKHpicks 

Poker Bits&Picks: 7 Fights, 13 Bad Beats, and a $1 Million GTD Event!

Our poker news picks will take you from the nightmares of fist fights and bad beats to the sweetest dreams, with the Grand Prix Million event at the legendary @Dusk Till Dawn! 

Barry Carter has compiled a list of 7 genuine fights between poker players and we add @Joe Stapleton's funny account of a wild night out with @Daniel Negreanu and @Phil Ivey:

Full article on www.poker.titanbet.co.uk

 "Keep calm and scream loud..."

While they break one player's heart and bankroll, they can make another's fortune and fame. We are all fascinated by bad beats and you will love the videos brought together in the pokerstrategy compilation, including this one, starring @Phil Hellmuth and @Chris Ferguson:

News: 13 bad beats that will shake your soulKeep calm and scream loud...www.pokerstrategy.com

Grand Prix Million

And finally, a UK event that will delight all the locals and - for those not based in the UK - is well worth the trip to Nottingham to play at the mythical @Dusk Till Dawn casino!

A poker offer you can't refuse: 9 starting days, 1,000 Golden Chips, $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool!

A Poker Offer You Can't Refuse: 9 starting days, 1,000 Golden Chips, $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool - Ranking HeroWith a fantastic one-million guarantee, as many as 9 starting days to choose from - both online and live - and a buy-in as low as $100 (not to mention one-cent online qualifiers on @PartyPoker.com!), @Dusk Till Dawn and partypoker indeed make an offer you can't refuse - the Grand Prix Million!www.rankinghero.com

Good luck to all entrants and bring back lots of Golden Chips to RankingHero :)

#RKHpicks