Craig Savage Poker

Craig Savage Poker Teacher and Poker Professional: I am a lifelong educator, and former collegiate athlete, who turned to poker as a competitive outlet.

Craig is an educator with 30 years of experience. He teaches psychology, behavioral economics, the psychology and ethics of leadership, and advanced biology. He is a former collegiate athlete who turned to poker for a competitive outlet in 2003. His first live tournament ever was the 2010 WSOP main event where he made day 6 and outlasted around 7000 people. Craig enjoys the process involved in tea

ching and learning and he loves sharing this process. He is also intrigued by other people and their stories.

08/02/2026

Little bit of everything today. Some top notch play. Some absolute blunders. Some unfortunate runouts. One thing I didn’t get was “lucky.”

Short stacked but battling on day 2 Texas Cardhouse. It’s been rough.
08/02/2026

Short stacked but battling on day 2 Texas Cardhouse. It’s been rough.

Put 78bbs in the bag for day 2
08/02/2026

Put 78bbs in the bag for day 2

Has been a slog all day but we caught some heat down the stretch. Multi-flight tournament. This flight started with 329p...
08/01/2026

Has been a slog all day but we caught some heat down the stretch. Multi-flight tournament. This flight started with 329ppl. We are 7 away from bagging and moving on to day 2.

Gonna be tough to get to the bag now. Epic spin? circuit
07/22/2026

Gonna be tough to get to the bag now. Epic spin? circuit

Playing three more levels before bagging tonight on this circuit event
07/22/2026

Playing three more levels before bagging tonight on this circuit event

It’s been a battle here at Choctaw and the WSOP circuit.
07/22/2026

It’s been a battle here at Choctaw and the WSOP circuit.

Vegas Summer 2026. It was a grind. I didn’t have quite the success I’d hoped for but I played well. Saw some old friends...
06/26/2026

Vegas Summer 2026. It was a grind. I didn’t have quite the success I’d hoped for but I played well. Saw some old friends and made some new. See ya next year.

06/25/2026

We battled back so many times to make the $ and finish 128th/1375. Had a great time playing the TagTeam event with Tony.

06/25/2026

Bubble busts here TagTeam event. Tony and I have been very resilient to make it this far. Now we need to spin it up!

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