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Robbie Strazynski
Robert Yoni Strazynski (born November 3, 1981) is an award-winning poker media journalist, publisher, content creator, and host. Strazynski is the founder of the [https://cardplayerlifestyle.com/ Cardplayer Lifestyle Poker Blog, the host of multiple poker podcasts, and the creator and host of The Orbit, a roundtable discussion show on the Twitch poker channel.

Career in poker media
Strazynski started the Cardplayer Lifestyle blog as a side project in November 2009, while working in the casino marketing industry. Strazynski started the project as a way to create original op-eds, lifestyle pieces, and other unique content geared toward the audience of recreational poker players. His affinity for the poker industry stems back to growing up in Los Angeles and taking family trips to Las Vegas, as well as kitchen poker games with his father and grandfather

Cardplayer Lifestyle continued to gain popularity in the mid-2010s, with Strazynski's original content, interviews, and op-eds catching the eye of some of the most influential figures in the poker industry. Strazynski appeared himself an interview subject on several poker content channels as the Cardplayer Lifestyle project gained popularity, including an early episode of what later became the Poker Life Podcast by Joey Ingram. . Other appearances by Strazynski include an interview with poker media veteran Nolan Dalla, TwoPlusTwo Magazine , and several other notable poker publications and podcasts.

In March 2017, Strazynski made Cardplayer Lifestyle his full-time job, going self-employed and dedicating all of his working hours to his poker publication. That shift marked a change for Strazynski, who had been putting 10-12 hours per week into the production of Cardplayer Lifestyle outside of his career in the marketing industry.

Strazynski has interviewed many of poker biggest stars during the run of Cardplayer Lifestyle, including Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu. A review of Cardplayer Lifestyle on Out of Position - The No Limit Poker Blog stated "(Strazynski) editorializes, interviews, reports, and collates, all for the mission of serving as “the go-to news and information resource for recreational poker players and fans.""

The Orbit and other media projects
Outside of Cardplayer Lifestyle, Strazynski's other accomplishments in poker media include multiple roles as a podcast host. Strazynski hosted he Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast from 2014-2020, and currently hosts the CardsChat Podcast. He also hosted the Red Chip Poker Podcast from January-August 2019.

Strazynski debuted a new roundtable discussion show, The Orbit, on the Twitch Poker channel in July 2020. Each episode features Starzynski moderating a discussion of several current industry topics with a panel of four other figures from the poker industry. The show has generally received favorable reviews from the poker community.

Strazynski translated Pulling the Trigger; The Autobiography of Poker Pro Eli Elezra from Hebrew into English, with the English-version edition of the book released in January 2019. He's also the creator of the Poker Notes Live mobile app and worked for PokerPROductions at the World Series of Poker from 2017-2019.

Awards
Strazynski won the 2018 Global Poker Award for the Charitable Initiative of the Year. The accolade came as a result of his "Running Well" campaign, in which Starzynski pledged to donate $1 to the Save A Child's Heart charity for every kilometer he ran throughout a one-year period. Strazynski hit his goal of running 1,000 km, and his efforts prompted several other pledges to the charity.

Between Strazynski and those others pledges, the 2018 Running Well campaign raised $10,187 for the charity.

Strazynski's "Running Well" campaign goes back to 2017, with the pledge dedicated to a different charity every year.

Personal Life Strazynski was born in Los Angeles, CA, and attributes his passion for poker to childhood games at the kitchen table with his father and grandfather. He moved to Israel in September 1998. Strazynski currently resides in Karnei Shomron, Israel, with his wife Miriam and three children, Abigail, Ami, and Shira.