Poker Digest was a pioneering biweekly casino magazine dedicated to poker. It offered strategy insights, tournament reports, and profiles of prominent players. Founded in 1998 by the original Card Player magazine creators, it quickly became a key resource for poker enthusiasts in California casinos where it quickly gained in popularity among the local players. 

The timing of its launch also coincided with a rising interest in poker, as well as the availability of online casino platforms where one could play from home. For sure the biggest catalyst for the poker explosion was increased television coverage of the World Poker Tour, which showed hole cards with live winning odds info. It was pure poker gold.

The poker boom made magazines like Poker Digest and Card Player an essential read for both amateur and professional players looking to stay up to date on the happenings in the world of poker and to improve their game. The magazines heavily influenced the development and spreading of poker as both a hobby, and as a serious competitive pursuit.

For collectors and enthusiasts, print issues of Poker Digest from the 1990s and 2000s are occasionally available through online auctions. For everyone else, many of the classic articles written by poker’s best authors are archived here.

Editor’s Note: Read sample articles from Volume 1.