Poker Interviews
No, he isn’t the lead singer of Genesis; this Phil Collins is an online poker genius. He is one of the top ranked online players of this year with cashes over a million and growing. In just 2008 alone Collins has taken down the Full Tilt $1000 Monday and had a second place finish in the same tournament a few months later, won a $100 rebuy on PokerStars and final tabled multiple big events.
Aug 28, 2008
This 21 year old up and coming player is definitely one to keep an eye on. He is ranked on PocketFives and recently took down the Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt for almost $70,000. KL: How long have you been playing poker? Dan: I’ve been playing poker online since I was a junior in high school, but I’ve been playing cards since I was just a little guy with my parents and friends.
Aug 6, 2008
Peter Neff has only been playing poker full time for a couple years and he has made more than a name for himself. He’s cashed for almost $1.5 million dollars online and live and recently took 36th at the 2008 WSOP Main Event. You can find him playing online in the biggest tournaments under the moniker number1pen.KL: How did you get involved with poker?
Aug 3, 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
Chad is ranked the #1 online tournament player on pocketfives.com with multiple wins in major events on PokerStars, PartyPoker, and Full Tilt. He has cashed for almost $3,000,000 online and is trying to bring that same winning game to the live tables. Chad joins The Round Table to share a little about his 2008 World Series experiences.KL: Where are you from and how old are you?
Jun 28, 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 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
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
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