People in Poker
She’s known as the Poker Pixie and she lives up to that name. Just 100 pounds, Anna is one of the tiniest rising players on the tour. She has already won two events and has cashed for over $800,000 and counting.KL: Why poker? How did you even get started with the game? Anna: First time I learned how to play poker was the summer after I graduated HS.
May 18, 2008
He is 24 years old and he’s already cashed for over a million dollars in tournament poker. He’s made a WSOP TV final table, and most recently he took 2nd in the biggest weekly online tournament. Matt Vengrin explains why he did it, where he did it and how he did it. KL: Why poker?
May 15, 2008
Imagine that you are sitting across the felt from easily one of the best poker players to ever belly up to a poker table. Each of you has thousands of dollars worth of chips on the table with the sole purpose of cleaning out the other. After a little bit of playing, the chip count has remained around even when all of a sudden you look down on a monster hand.
May 12, 2008
Thirty-two year old quantum physicist Michael Binger has moved his theories to poker and it’s working out rather well for him. He is dominating the tournament circuit with eight cashes in last year’s WSOP, a win in the $1500 LAPC event, then 2nd in the Foxwoods $2000 event and another big win at the Bellagio World Championship in the $5000 NLH event.
May 11, 2008
Many of the poker players that we have discussed in our “Where Are They Now Series,” seem to believe that the way to fully come to your money making potential is to get your name “out there” as much as humanly possible. If they have a chance to be on a talk show, they take it. A chance to be in a magazine, they take it.
May 7, 2008
He is one of the top ranked sit-n-go players online and like many poker prodigies, he’s only in his twenties. You may not have heard of him but he has already made well over $200,000 playing on PokerStars and is ranked number 1 in any game with 5-6 seated $301-$1000 average profit leader board according to sharkscope.com.KL: How did you start playing poker?
May 6, 2008
Get to know some of the players that have just turned 21 and are playing in the biggest poker event in the world for the first time. Alec Torelli is an accomplished online player, along with being a top ranked cash game player he has an FTOPS Main Event win under his belt. Now he is ready to make his transition to the live felt. KL: Do you consider this the biggest event in poker?
May 5, 2008
When you take all of the World Series of Poker Main Event Champions that we have already covered (1970-1985), Bill Smith may be the lesser known of them all. In the grand scheme of things, being a poker player, and a relatively unknown one, might not be such a bad thing.
May 4, 2008
Get to know some of the players that have just turned 21 and are playing in the biggest poker event in the world for the first time. Mario Silvestri is an online pro that has cashed over a million dollars online and is just starting his transition to live. KL: What are your thoughts about the upcoming WSOP?Mario: I’m just really excited for the series.
Apr 29, 2008
Get to know some of the players that have just turned 21 and are playing in the biggest poker event in the world for the first time. Mike Sowers is an online pro that has cashed for hundreds of thousands online as well as live. He plays online under the name ‘Sowerss’ and SowersUNCC’KL: This is your first WSOP - are you excited or nervous? Mike: I’m just really excited.
Apr 22, 2008
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