If you want to find out how to play poker better, one thing you might want to try is to treat it like your religion. The poker religion is no different from other forms of worship, it has rules and laws it rewards persistence and has strict observance.

If you join the church of poker you must worship regularly. The God of poker expects you to. Try to create a schedule for your poker play and stick to it. Just like religion you must make it fit into your daily routine and apart of your life. You will find that the people around you will be much more understanding if they know that you play poker everyday from two to five.

In the poker religion the God’s frown on those who stray from the path. Of course the penalty for this will not be an eternity in hell, but a bank roll retraction. Learn to play poker to win and stick with what works for you, in the long run you will always be ahead.

Lastly at the church of poker you must always study the scriptures. There is so much great writing on poker that you will never feel lost.

Positional advantage is an important factor in the game of poker that helps you win. In Texas Hold’em the value of position is quite obvious. If there are 2 players in a pot, you would want to be the last. All good players have a tendency of plying more hands in a late position and far less hands when they are in an early position.

As a player you want your opponents to decide before you so that you can have the final say. The decisions are based on any little advantage that you get to outplay others to win the pot. Superior position by itself can’t help you win the game but it certainly can help you make better bets.

Position in the game shouldn’t be trivialized as it can offer you significant advantages. Position is a skill you need to develop especially if you want to move on to other games.

It’s been a long road to the final 27, with Days 1 and 2 churning out some unexpected busts and bad beats. Among the professionals lost during those first two days were Eugene Todd, Tom Schneider, and Brandon Cantu, followed by Huck Seed, Bob Stupak, Steve Sung, and Bill Edler. “Bodog” Ari Engel, Hasan Habib, David Redlin, and Arnold Spee were the next to fall, and then the last to go were Erick Lindgren, Ted Forrest an Eli Elezra.

Team Bodog’s Johnathan “UFPokerStar” Westra made it through to Day 3. All players remaining 27 players are now in the money guaranteed a minimum payout of $18,733. Johnathan is sitting with 69,300 chips, putting him 19th in chips.

Play today will get down to 6 players, setting up what could be a great looking final table. The final table will take place on Friday, March 28th at 5 p.m. PST. Here are the top 10 players on the leaderboard:

1. Jason Potter — 351,700
2. Jordan Rich — 327,900
3. Ron Linden — 301,400
4. Zachary Hyman — 298,000
5. Phil Ivey — 286,100
6. Michael Mizrachi — 255,900
7. Chris Back — 244,300
8. David Pham — 195,100
9. Lee Markholt — 183,700
10. Bryan Devonshire — 182,500

The first place winner in this tournament will take home a sweet $493,815! To follow updates throughout the day, please visit Poker On World Poker Tour - Live Updates.

Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, along with a number of his students (collectively known as the Harvard Poker Society), joined other pro-online poker organizations in a Massachusetts protest today with regards to Governor Deval Patrick’s casino bill. According to the bill, Massachusetts residents caught gambling online would face up to two years in jail and a fine of as much as $25,000.

Nesson’s group claims that as many as 400,000 Massachusetts residents play poker online, and that filling Boston’s jail cells with “bad” poker players is a bad beat and a bad idea.

“I don’t think filling our expensive jail cells with poker players is what Massachusetts voters had in mind when they elected Deval Patrick,” Nesson said in a statement.