Columbus Face Games interviewed Paul ‘Hi-Lo’ Horn, managing partner in the Platinum Poker club of Grove City, Ohio. Platinum Poker Club opened in late February this year and has brought poker star power to Columbus from the grand opening. Folks that have played at the PPC have had a chance to cross swords and wits with poker pros ‘Syracuse’ Chris Tsiprailidis, Minh Nguyen and Paul ‘Hi-Lo’ Horn.

Platinum Poker Club offers a well-lighted, clean, friendly and security-conscious environment to play poker. Columbus Face Games has had the opportunity to play several tournaments and has visited on a number of other occasions and has always been impressed by how comfortable and friendly has been the atmosphere.

I sat down with Paul ‘Hi-Lo’ Horn to ask him why world-class pros have come to central Ohio to open a poker club and what the Platinum Players Club offers to its members.

CFG Good afternoon Paul, thanks for taking the time to speak with me.

Platinum Poker Club opened in late February this year and has brought poker star power to Columbus from the grand opening. Folks that have played at the PPC have had a chance to cross swords and wits with poker pros ‘Syracuse’ Chris Tsiprailidis, Minh Nguyen and Paul ‘Hi-Lo’ Horn. Platinum Poker Club offers a well-lighted, clean. Who are the people behind those Platinum Passes? They are an eclectic group of regular folks from all over the world. They'll all be playing the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship in January, thanks to winning one of the 320 Platinum Passes PokerStars gave away in 2018. From the lowest to the highest stake – no limit and pot limit tables, at the Platinum Casino Poker Club you will find a variety of games every day of the week. Cel mai mare club de poker (Texas Holdem, Omaha) din Bucuresti si din Romania, unde au loc evenimente cash, turnee zilnice si alte evenimente speciale.

PH You’re welcome, I’m glad I could help you out and I hope your blog really takes off.

CFG The question that is really burning for me is: why? Why open a poker room in Grove City, Ohio?

PH I came to Columbus to attend a Car Show and when I tried to find a game of poker in town it became painfully apparent that there wasn’t a decent game to be laid anywhere. There was not a professional game to be found. Also, certainly nothing to compare with other places I’d played, when it came to good customer service and taking care of the players.

CFG Why now with a casino coming into Columbus?

PH That’s the way the cards have fallen. Whatever happens will happen, I’m not concerned about a little action.

CFG Fair enough, what benefits to you offer to your members that will allow you to compete against the other card rooms in town and the casino when it opens?

PH That is easy, we have an incredibly fun place to play. It is clean. It is safe. We have security on hand whenever we need and more importantly we have professional poker players that keep a constant eye on the games that we lay. You can be damn sure that no one is going to cheat you or try to intimidate you at Platinum Players Club.

We provide first class customer service, including dealers for cash and tournament games, free food, cook outs, non-poker games such as chess, billiards, euchre and video skill games. Also, we have poker pros on hand constantly to give lessons, allow you to test your skills against them in cash and tournament games and just have the opportunity to listen to their tales about the pro poker circuit.

CFG Seems like Texas Hold’em is the most popular game of poker these days. What other games does the PPC lay?

PH As we have just opened we have offered mostly Texas Hold’em, but as our customer base has grown and as they have asked for it we have offer limit and pot limit games as well as Omaha 8 pot limit games and we’d like to lay games of Chinese poker and cash euchre games in the near future.

CFG Will you be teaching the rules to these games and maybe offering some low-cost introductory tournaments for these new poker games?

PH We are certainly considering that.

CFG So what is your favorite game of poker?

PH I am best at Hold’em, but my favorite game is Omaha 8.

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CFG Is that where you got your nick name ‘Hi-Lo’?

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PH Funny as it may seem, I didn’t get the name ‘Hi-Lo’ from playing Omaha Hi Lo. I got it playing Hold’em. I used to play in Atlantic City and when I would play with less challenging players I would play less than premium hands like K-3. When I’d show them the hand and they would say how can you play such trash? I would tell them, no, I have a much better chance of winning because I can hit a hand whether the cards come high or low. Many of them had a hard time figuring that out, especially if they had already had a few drinks! So I became known as Paul ‘Hi-Lo’ Horn and I always thought it was a pretty funny nick name, too.

CFG What is the one key thing that separates average players from good players at any level of the game?

PH You have to learn perseverance. Poker is about learning from your mistakes and being in the game for the long haul. Whether it be how long you play at the table for one day or one week or one year. You have to stay in the game to grind out a living. I would caution though to be careful. Make sure your poker is not hurting someone else. If you are spending the rent money or the car payment or the grocery money, then stop! Go home. Pay your bills. Hug your wife and children and realize there are more important things in life than playing poker.

CFG If a poker player wants to improve their game what steps should they take?

PH Poker is about your average winnings versus your average losses over time. Being a stone cold realist when you are analyzing your game is critical to improving your game. Analyzing every hand you play and knowing that it isn’t skill when you suck out. Knowing when to keep playing hands after you have played well, but lost anyway. Identifying your leaks and ruthlessly fixing them is also important. Above all else is the willingness to put in the time at the table. Don’t quit just because you are up (or even down) because there is always something to learn at the table and a chance to improve your game.

CFG What advice do you have for young players?

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PH Hell, stay in college and get a degree. Don’t quit school cause you won a couple of online tournaments. I have been up and I have been broke. I’ve help a lot of people who were broke and I’ve had a lot of those people walk away from me when I got broke. Poker is a hard-ass game. On that you can take my word.

CFG Thanks, Paul, its been a pleasure to speak with you.

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PH My pleasure. Tell your readers to come on down to The Platinum Players Club and give us a try.