About Holdem Wiki
Holdem Wiki is a neutral, citable poker encyclopedia built for players, students, and researchers who want accurate reference material — not promotional content. Every entry on this site covers rules, mathematics, strategy concepts, or the documented history of the game, written and verified against primary sources. If you have searched "about us" looking for the people and principles behind this encyclopedia, this page explains both — who writes here, what the site covers, and why it is built the way it is.
Our Mission
Poker has no shortage of instructional content, but reliable, disinterested reference material is harder to find. Most poker writing carries a commercial motive — a room to sign up for, a coaching product to sell, a hand history tool to promote. Holdem Wiki exists to fill the gap that leaves behind: a resource where a player can look up the mathematics of pot odds, trace the origins of a specific game variant, or verify a rule dispute without landing on a page that is ultimately trying to sell something. The editorial mission is straightforward — build the poker reference that the game's serious students deserve, and keep it free of promotional noise.
What We Cover
The encyclopedia organizes its content into four primary areas. Rules and variations covers the full spectrum of poker formats — from Texas Hold'em and Omaha to Razz, Stud, and mixed-game structures — with each entry defining the variant precisely and noting where rule interpretations differ between card rooms and governing bodies. Mathematics and probability documents the calculations that underpin correct play: pot odds, equity, expected value, and combinatorics. Strategy concepts are covered as reference entries, not coaching scripts — the goal is to define and explain, not prescribe. History traces the game's documented development from its nineteenth-century origins through the modern tournament era, drawing on verifiable sources rather than popular legend.
Our Process
Every article on Holdem Wiki follows the same editorial sequence. A draft is written against primary sources — rulebooks, academic probability texts, tournament records, and contemporaneous reporting — and cross-referenced before publication. Mathematical claims are verified arithmetically; historical claims require at least one citable source. Entries are reviewed on a rolling schedule, with any rule change or newly documented historical detail triggering an update. The site covers poker as a reference discipline — variations, math, and history — not as gambling promotion or affiliate recommendations. That scope constraint shapes every editorial decision, from which topics are commissioned to how existing entries are revised. The full methodology is documented in the editorial policy.
Our Team
Holdem Wiki's content is written and reviewed by editors and contributors with tournament and cash-game experience who verify every entry against primary sources. That combination matters: understanding the mathematics of a situation at the table is different from explaining it accurately in reference prose, and the contributors here have done both. Subject-matter reviewers check strategic and mathematical entries for accuracy; editors ensure the register stays neutral and that sourcing meets the site's standards. Credentials and areas of specialization vary across the contributor pool — some contributors bring competitive tournament records, others bring academic backgrounds in probability and game theory. Named contributors are listed on the authors page.
Transparency
Holdem Wiki is editorially independent. The site does not accept payment for coverage, does not rank or recommend poker rooms, and does not carry affiliate links within its encyclopedia entries. Some pages on the site link to external tools or services that readers have asked about; where those links generate referral revenue, that relationship is disclosed clearly and the linked resource has been evaluated on its own merits, not selected for commercial reasons. Editorial decisions — what gets covered, how it is framed, which sources are cited — are made without advertiser input. The complete disclosure is available in the affiliate disclosure.
Get in Touch
Corrections, sourcing challenges, and suggestions for new entries are welcome. If an article contains a factual error, a missing citation, or an outdated rule reference, the editorial team wants to know — and will act on it. Reader feedback has improved a significant number of entries on this site, and some of the most useful corrections have come from readers who spotted a discrepancy the original reviewer missed. Contact us — every message is read.