--- title: "Journal" url: https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/ description: "Every entry in the Drawing Dead journal, newest first: poker terminology, variance, the always-open table, and documentary form." --- # Journal ## Reading archive [01**How Casino Game House Edges Work for Small Teams**Sep 14, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/how-casino-game-house-edges-work-guidance-for-small-teams/) [02**Top 5 Sweepstakes Casinos for Mobile App**Aug 24, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/top-5-sweepstakes-casinos-for-mobile-app/) [03**Best Sweepstakes Casinos for Real Money Prizes (2026)**Aug 19, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/best-sweepstakes-casinos-for-real-money-prizes-2026/) [04**Best Sweepstakes Casinos for Mobile App (2026)**Aug 13, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/best-sweepstakes-casinos-for-mobile-app-2026/) [05**Top 7 Alternatives of BetConstruct for Risk Management Tools**Aug 12, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/top-7-alternatives-of-betconstruct-for-risk-management-tools/) [06**Top 7 Alternatives of TRUEiGTECH**Aug 11, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/top-7-alternatives-of-trueigtech/) [07**Best Sweepstakes Casinos for Mobile Apps (2026)**Aug 11, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/best-sweepstakes-casinos-for-mobile-apps-2026/) [08**Best Sweepstakes Casinos for Welcome Bonuses (2026)**Aug 10, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/best-sweepstakes-casinos-for-welcome-bonuses-2026/) [09**SOFTSWISS vs Kanggiten for Modular And White-Label Platforms**Aug 09, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/softswiss-vs-kanggiten-for-modular-and-white-label-platforms/) More [10**Top 5 WhatsApp Business API Platforms for WhatsApp Business API in 2026**Aug 06, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/top-5-whatsapp-business-api-platforms-for-whatsapp-business-api-in-2026/) [11**SweepstakesTable for Poker: Why It's the Best Choice**Aug 04, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/sweepstakestable-for-poker-why-it-s-the-best-choice/) [12**Big Jackpots: What to Look for in a Sweepstakes Casino**Jul 31, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/big-jackpots-what-to-look-for-in-a-sweepstakes-casino/) [13**SweepsPulse for Free Coins: Why It's the Best Choice**Jul 30, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/sweepspulse-for-free-coins-why-it-s-the-best-choice/) [14**SOFTSWISS vs EveryMatrix vs Kanggiten for Game Aggregation Services**Jul 30, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/softswiss-vs-everymatrix-vs-kanggiten-for-game-aggregation-services/) [15**Is Kanggiten Legit? A 2026 Trust Review**Jul 25, 2026](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/is-kanggiten-legit-a-2026-trust-review/) 8 entries, newest first - SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 [Drawing Dead: The Term Behind The Title](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/drawing-dead-the-term-behind-the-title/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: Terminology A hand is drawing dead when there is no card left in the deck that can win it. Not unlikely to win. Not a long shot. Dead. The cards are still to come, the c... - AUGUST 7, 2014 [Two Chairs, One Screen](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/two-chairs-one-screen/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: Structure The film is built around two perspectives on the same activity: a poker pro, and a gambling addict. Both sit in front of a screen. Both open the same client,... - JUNE 24, 2014 [Variance Without The Mathematics](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/variance-without-the-mathematics/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: The Game Variance is the reason a good decision and a bad result can be the same event. It is also the single hardest thing to convey to anyone who has not sat throug... - MAY 12, 2014 [The Table That Never Closes](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/the-table-that-never-closes/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: The Game A card room has hours. It has a drive to it, a door, a floor staff, and a moment where the chips have to be pushed across a counter and turned back into some... - MARCH 27, 2014 [Bankroll As A Boundary](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/bankroll-as-a-boundary/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: The Game Bankroll is one of the oldest ideas in the game and one of the most consistently misread. It is not a score. It is not a measure of how well someone is doing... - FEBRUARY 11, 2014 [Tells Without Faces](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/tells-without-faces/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: The Game The popular image of poker reading is a face: the flicker, the hesitation, the hand that goes to the chips too quickly. Remove the face and the room and the ... - DECEMBER 9, 2013 [Why Poker Resists The Sports Film](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/why-poker-resists-the-sports-film/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: Craft The sports documentary has a shape that works: a season, a build, a contest with a scheduled ending, and a result that arrives in front of a crowd. Poker off... - OCTOBER 22, 2013 [The Vocabulary Of Losing Control](https://drawingdeadpokerdoc.com/journal/the-vocabulary-of-losing-control/) Posted by Drawing Dead · Label: Language Players have a large and specific vocabulary for the state in which their play stops being governed by their judgement. Tilt is the best known of these words...