Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

#supernatural #GIF #SNGchallenge #Matusow

In the Community Weekly Round-Up we bring you the best from our forums this week at PokerStrategy.com.

Do you believe?

Scully

Quite a strange discussion this week in our Small Talk forum - do you believe in the supernatural?

As you can imagine, we have quite a few sceptics in our forum, so if you are a believer you may be in small company.

There was also a lot of debate as to whether things like UFOs & religion counted as supernatural, or whether it was just things like ghosts?

But I must admit, the main reason I added it here is for this post.

GIF of the week

I'm still loving our GIF thread, so much so here is another one:

GIF

Challenge of the week

ElkY

Over at our Successes and Challenges forum, ShaneSmith is embarking on a big SNG Challenge

Shane understands his sample sizes, and will be taking on 4,000 of these games at the $0.50 level to see if they are beatable. Expect updates every 500 games. 

Which might not take too long, as he is going to attempt to play 24 tables at a time. 

He is already getting advice and aiming for an 8% ROI - see how he gets on in our forum. 

Learning to win

There is a pretty cool ongoing discussion started by jojogreene, who is wondering whether poker as a career is a good idea?

YohanN7 has some wise words to share:

"Think about what you can earn in a successful career outside poker. If you live in a country where a good salary for a skilled, highly educated professional is $10k+ per month, go for that instead. Even if you become the best in the world in poker, what you will earn from poker is no more than a fart in empty space compared to if you start up a successful business.

If you are young, get damned good at poker, use it to finance a good education (masters+). You will get an incredibly much richer life. You don't need to quit poker just because you do something else. You might be able to play high-roller tourneys when you are on vacation, just for the fun of it."

LOL of the week

With all the drama featuring Mike Matusow this week, let's not forget the lighter side of the Mouth. 

Join is next week for a lot more new Poker School content and an interview with a very big name. 

Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.