Poker news for players who’ve seen too much, but can’t stop staring.
The Muck is a non-commercial, independent satire poker news organization committed to delivering inaccurate yet essential coverage of the game and the people who refuse to stop playing it.
Founded by industry veterans (industry not disclosed), The Muck exists to inform players, protect the integrity of the game, and document developments that traditional poker media overlook or choose to ignore.
Our reporting spans strategy, news, culture, memes, and the rapidly deteriorating relationship between players and reality. We focus on what actually matters: free speech for bad beats, worse decisions, and the psychological damage of thinking you’re due.
We cover poker the way it feels. Miserable. Humiliating. Definitely rigged.
Where We Stand on AI
Ethically? Journalistically? We’re not journalists. We are poker players who want nothing more than to entertain ourselves, and we’re so damn lazy that we let AI crack jokes with us.
Besides, it goes with our entire editorial philosophy – like in poker and life, cheating is only cheating if people don’t know you’re doing it.