People in Poker
Bill Rector finished 188th in last year's WSOP Main Event for $47,006. What do you do for an encore? And his deep finish change him forever?Bill was all smiles last year as he and his wife celebrated his Main Event cash. It was a real treat to share his success with someone special.The Little Rock owner of a legal publisher returned to the adulation of all his buddies.
Jun 16, 2007
Gary Clark sat in the big blind, the $525 satellite down to four players. Two hands before, the 3s had doubled up from a short stack. All four men had roughly the same number of chips, and the blinds were at 400/800. The 3s asked the table if everyone wanted to chop.
Jun 16, 2007
Lauren has taken her father's fortitude as a Congressman and is focusing it on her passion of poker. The result: the High Heels Poker Tour."I started playing poker in college at Florida," said Lauren. "I played in home games and fraternity houses in Gainesville. It was always difficult twenty years ago. Most guys figured you didn't know how to play.
Jun 15, 2007
"Freakonomics" author and University of Chicago professor Steven Levitt finally has something really impressive to boast about. He earned his first WSOP cash Tuesday and was one player away from joining Daniel Negreanu and Erick Lindgren at the Final Table.His best-selling work brought Steven Levitt to the public's eye, but he's been a leader in his field for quite awhile.
Jun 12, 2007
Vanessa Selbst has the perfect background for poker: extremely smart, analytical, and a fierce competitiveness honed in athletics. Her aggressions makes her a lightening rod at any table.Vanessa started playing poker at MIT. She was on the school's varsity tennis and hockey teams. "Poker took the competitive void that tennis filled for me earlier," she said.
Jun 12, 2007
Eleanor Uy stood on the rail with Jay Jones, waiting for the Tournament Director to give the word to grab her seat in the $1k Ladies Event. Jay had introduced Eleanor to poker, but he'd somehow neglected to tell her about the butterflies she would feel."I'm so nervous," Eleanor said. "I'm just trying to do deep breathing to settle down.
Jun 10, 2007
"Minneapolis" Jim Meehan has the table image of the eccentric oddball. You'd be surprised at who he really is away from the felt.An alternate in the $1.5k NLH event kicking off Saturday, Jim Meehan laid on the ground munching on pizza. "Not trying to be rude," he said between bites. "I'm just trying to eat a bit.
Jun 9, 2007
When Tom Schneider won Event #5 -- $2,500 Omaha/7-stud Hi Lo -- I couldn’t have been more thrilled. Tom and I (along with a guy named Karridy Askenasy) host a poker podcast together – Beyond the Table – and he occasionally blogs with me at Pokerati.com.
Jun 8, 2007
Ken Leung sat in seat 1B. As the coach section boarded, his mind was still on what might have been as his eyes skimmed the strategy book by Daniel Negreanu."I was one of the chip leaders in Day 1," said Ken. "I'd made it through the horrible mess at the beginning of Event #3, and I wished I would have made it further.
Jun 7, 2007
A pink stripe to his yellow hair makes it hard to miss Michael Chow, but his results have solidified this young WSOP veteran growing reputation. With his first WSOP Final Table last year, Michael is poised for a real breakthrough this summer."I'm 3rd generation Hawaiian," said Michael, the unmistakable Hawaiian dialect confirming this.
Jun 4, 2007
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