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September 27, 2009

Where Are They Now – Jean-Robert Bellande

Admittedly, before starting research on this story, most of what I knew about Jean-Robert Bellande is that some fellow poker players had poked fun at him because of the way he decided to pronounce his name, saying Robert with a French accent as opposed to the English pronunciation. I believe it was ESPN’s World Series of Poker announcer and writer Norman Chad that pointed out that a guy born in Long Island, who grew up in Taiwan, most likely wouldn’t have any French accents in his name. Read more

September 21, 2009

Where Are They Now – Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa Selbst is one of the best poker players that not many people have heard of. From time to time we’ve run across players in our “Where Are They Now” series that fits that description. Some poker players prefer to stay under the radar. They feel it’s easier for them to make more money when they go into a casino if everyone there doesn’t feel ‘out to get them’ because they are the “big star. Read more

September 19, 2009

Where Are They Now – Chad Brown

If you are fairly new to poker you may have only heard of Chad Brown as “being that guy that’s married to Vanessa Rousso.” As you will soon see, Brown has built his own poker resume that not only matches that of his famous wife, but that of any of the top tournament players in the world today. Very recently, as you will learn, he added yet another title to his list, showing he has no plans of slowing down. Brown once had dreams of being a big time actor, but has settled into his role of a big time poker player. Read more

September 17, 2009

Where Are They Now – James Woods

Lately in our “Where Are They Now” series we have profiled a number of Hollywood giants turned poker players. In keeping up with that theme we bring you the talented character actor, both on the screen and at the table, James Woods. The incredibly brilliant Woods has been able to transform a highly successful acting career, filled with many accolades and awards, to a solid poker career, that has seen him place near the top in a number of big tournaments. Read more

September 14, 2009

Where Are They Now – Ben Affleck

Over the last few weeks we’ve started to explore a niche of poker players that are known for something entirely different all together – being movie stars. It’s sort of a surreal experience when you see these giants of Hollywood participating in events with the giants of poker. In July I covered portions of the World Series of Poker for PokerWorks.com and got to rub elbows with both of these groups, and was honestly surprised at the amount of people who would waltz right by a celebrity on their way to try to shake the hand and take a picture of Doyle Brunson or Phil Hellmuth. Read more

September 13, 2009

Where Are They Now – Annette Obrestad

A lot of poker players in the younger generation were able to get off to an early start in the game. In the days before the internet 21 was the legal age in most places before one could even sit down at a poker table in a casino, making that the first time they had ever played for money outside of small games with family members. Of course you could have managed a fake I.D., but still the percentage of people playing poker at a young age was minimal, at best. When the “poker boom” occurred, a large number of poker rooms made their way to the internet. Read more

September 7, 2009

Where Are They Now – David Benyamine

For the second time we are profiling a successful poker player that had previously found success at a previous game, tennis. It gives me pause for a moment to look back on the stories I’ve done and realize that a good portion of successful poker players were well on their way to succeeding in another field, be it a sport or a business, before turning those energies to poker. In turn, it seems that a large portion of people that have succeeded in the world of poker would have, cliché’s aside, done well in anything they tried. Read more

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