People in Poker
Some poker players are strictly against all other forms of gambling. Ted Forrest is not one of those poker players. If you were to look in the dictionary next to the words “propositional bet,” there would be a picture of Forrest himself, and if there isn’t, it would be my guess that Forrest would bet Mr. Webster himself that it could be by the end of the year.
Jun 20, 2008
Of all the stories we’ve done in the “Where Are They Now,” series, no one player has a more recognizable name than Phil Hellmuth. More than a few poker players are well known throughout the entire poker community, however, it’s arguable that Hellmuth has become one, if not the only, “household names” of poker.
Jun 18, 2008
25 year old Travis Rice is a very well accomplished online and live player. He’s won over $1.1 million live and over $500,000 online. KL: Give us some background on yourself.Travis: Hi my name is Travis Rice I am currently 25 years old, living in Fort Worth, TX. I grew up in Houston, where I really never played much poker.
Jun 15, 2008
He has won over $4.7 million dollars at the World Series in the past few years. He had eight cashes at the World Series last year. Michael Binger sits down to talk about the pressure of a good follow up year and how things have been going for him in the first week. Michael:It’s funny for months I would tell anyone who would listen how stoked I was for the World Series to be coming up.
Jun 7, 2008
She’s always doing something interesting in poker and Jennifer never fails to attract attention to what she’s up to. Recently she posed for Playboy magazine and almost played the WSOP Main Event in her underwear. Now she stops by The Round Table. KL: People always are so curious how females get into poker - how did you?
Jun 6, 2008
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