Brian Willis (WillisNYC)

April starts off with a seat to the WSOP ME!
An old friend came back to me at the end of March. The 'old friend' was Pokershare. I had participated in the first incarnation of Pokershare when they teamed with UB back in September of 2005. read more>

WSOP Seat #2 courtesy of Pokershare!
April has been such a roller coaster. I started the month as high as I have ever been, by winning a seat at the World Series Main Event. That high continued as I crushed the Bodog tables in the first half of the month. read more>

The BASICS
When I first started playing poker, everything was about the odds.  I played limit ring a lot and needed to know if certain calls were justified. . read more>

Gapped Suited Connecters vs. Suited Connecters
Often in my classes students ask me why I don't play "gapped connectors". read more>

Bankroll Requirements
Early on in my poker career I lost my initial bankroll by not realizing the proper bankroll requirements for playing limit poker. read more>

Life as a Pro
I joined Pokermentors.com because I love to teach almost as much as I love to play poker. Teaching is very gratifying when you see that something you wrote or said had an immediate impact on a student.  read more>

Using Poker Tracker (basic guide)
1. Do you have sufficient preflop aggression? To answer this question, open up your ring game statistics and go to the "position stats" page. read more>

Using Poker Tracker (understanding stats)
I make my living playing online poker ring games and I have averaged 10 big blinds/ 100 hands on nearly every level of NL play from $.01/$.02 to $5/$10 NL.  read more>

Set Mining
This is such a basic concept of ring poker. Yet it constantly amazes me at how few people know and apply the concept of "set mining". read more>

Ecrew Atlantic City
If you missed this weekend, you missed a fabulous time had by most of the ecrew. Personally, I loved meeting several eCrew in person for the first. read more>

UB $215 entry, $150,000 Guaranteed
Despite playing lots of  ring, I still make time for some tournament poker every month. Thus I play at least one major Sunday event on most weeks. read more>

Poker at the CLUB
Most of my experience comes from millions of hands of online poker but I am finally getting quite a bit of live poker experience. read more>

Thanks Mom!
Friday the 23rd of June, I started the biggest vacation I have taken in some time. My daughters and I flew to Quincy, Illinois where my parents and sister still live and where I grew up. read more>

Thanksgiving
I spent a week back in my hometown in the midwest and was constantly amazed by the amount of poker played in this small town. read more>