People in Poker
There is a lot of prop betting that goes on in the poker world these days.
Jul 29, 2008
Jim Betchel is two very distinct things. 1. He is a cotton farmer who lives in Gilbert, Arizona.2. He is the 1993 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion.If you knew neither of these facts, especially the second one considering this is a poker website, don’t be discouraged, you are by far not the only one.
Jul 28, 2008
Much hype in the poker world comes from the debate of who is the better player, online pros or live pros. Phil Galfond, known online as OMGClayAiken discusses his take on the matter.KL: You wrote on a blog about a year ago about doing a show about online players and live players competing heads up.
Jul 27, 2008
Barry Greenstein is one of the most frequent faces appearing at the big cash games in Las Vegas and in Los Angeles. During the 2008 WSOP, though, Barry decided to take a little break and focus on his tournament play. This decision paid off as he won another bracelet to go with his other two. To date he has over $6 million in tournament cashes.
Jul 26, 2008
Hamid Dastmalchi may indeed be the most conspicuous past World Series of Poker Main Event winner that we’ve explored during our “Where Are They Now Series.” Dastmalchi came on the scene in the mid-80’s as a major force, but almost just as quickly as he made it big, he disappeared, at least from the tournament scene.
Jul 24, 2008
Playing poker seriously for 2 years, 20 year old Canadian Matt Kay is a rising superstar of the game. He has won over $1.3 million playing online tournaments and is currently traveling the world playing events outside of the US until he turns 21 next June.KL: How did you get started playing poker?Matt: Home games with friends. I found it pretty fun.
Jul 21, 2008
When Daniel isn’t winning bracelets he is constantly working with the WSOP to make the event better and better. Now he is also working with poker players on his new training site Poker VT. KL: First, congrats on winning a bracelet this year; does that take pressure off going into every other tournament?Daniel: It does, especially when you win one earlier in the year.
Jul 17, 2008
Brad Daugherty’s odyssey from three dollar winner to one million dollar winner is quite an impressive story. Daugherty has had some success since his one million dollar score at the 1991 World Series of Poker, but that is the day that catapulted him into poker immortality. Daugherty was born in Mountain Grove, Missouri in 1951, but shortly after his birth his family moved to Iowa.
Jul 16, 2008
Full Tilt sponsored pro Beth Shak is a busy woman. She is a mother, a wife to successful poker player Dan Shak, a budding philanthropist, as well as a successful poker player. Beth has five WSOP cashes, one of which is a second place finish in the 2007 $3000 no limit hold’em event for over $300,000.KL: How did you get started playing poker?
Jul 10, 2008
With a new decade came a new era of poker, one that would eventually become a common theme, but up until now had never happened. In 1989 young upstart Phil Hellmuth Jr. became the youngest World Series of Poker Main Even Champion at just 24 years old.
Jul 5, 2008
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