Poker Faces
A lot of the poker players in our “Where Are They Now?” series started gambling at a young age. Russ Hamilton makes the others seem like old men, considering he initially became interested in gambling at just five years old. At an age where boys are usually interested in G.I. Joes, toy trucks, and silly putty, Hamilton was already beginning to figure out the intricacies of poker.
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
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
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
How Can a Man Who Lost $17 Million Still Be Happy and Hopeful in Las Vegas? By Howard Schwartz Archie Karas visited Gambler's Book a week ago. Since I have a good memory for faces, it took me a short minute to make sure it was him. It was, and I greeted him, never having met him. But when you're a legend of sorts in Las Vegas, people tend to remember you for one reason or another.
Jun 21, 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
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