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Jon Spinks is young and looking to make it big in poker. We found out how: “I’m aiming to become a very good all-round player and specialise in mixed games”

Jon Spinks is young and looking to make it big in poker. We found out how: “I’m aiming to become a very good all-round player and specialise in mixed games”

1 Jun 2008

Jon ‘Bas’ Spinks is a 19 year-old from Exeter in Devon that looks destined for big things The rise of young, internet-made players in the poker wor... Continue Reading

UK top pro Marc Goodwin talks us through his recent success at the GUKPT: “I was just raising, raising, raising, pushing on the medium-sized stacks”

UK top pro Marc Goodwin talks us through his recent success at the GUKPT: “I was just raising, raising, raising, pushing on the medium-sized stacks”

1 Jun 2008

‘Mr Cool’ Marc Goodwin produces one of the performances of his career with a decisive win at GUKPT Manchester Marc Goodwin took down the fourth leg... Continue Reading

David Benyamine chats to PokerPlayer about his huge swings in fortune playing online: “In no-limit hold’em I’ve lost $6 million or $7 million”

David Benyamine chats to PokerPlayer about his huge swings in fortune playing online: “In no-limit hold’em I’ve lost $6 million or $7 million”

1 Jun 2008

After a brutal 2007 David Benyamine is trying to put the dark times behind him It’s a Thursday morning in Las Vegas, and David Benyamine is splashing around in... Continue Reading

Exclusive interview with Gavin Smith. He talks us through his amazing poker story: “I think every person on the planet plays no-limit hold’em better when they have two drinks in them”

Exclusive interview with Gavin Smith. He talks us through his amazing poker story: “I think every person on the planet plays no-limit hold’em better when they have two drinks in them”

1 May 2008

He may have a reputation for getting drunk and making stupid bets, but did you know Gavin Smith actually has one of the sharpest minds in poker? Gavin Smith mi... Continue Reading

Erick Lindgren talks exclusively to PokerPlayer about his poker journey: “I spent so much time in front of computer screens that I wouldn’t say I was having a great life”

Erick Lindgren talks exclusively to PokerPlayer about his poker journey: “I spent so much time in front of computer screens that I wouldn’t say I was having a great life”

1 May 2008

With nearly $6m won in live, and online poker, we talk to self-confessed sick gambler Erick Lindgren The first time I met Erick Lindgren we were on the Cruise ... Continue Reading

Dave Colclough looks back at Late Night Poker: “Phil Hellmuth wasn’t happy and walked off, spitting fumes”

Dave Colclough looks back at Late Night Poker: “Phil Hellmuth wasn’t happy and walked off, spitting fumes”

1 May 2008

The return of Late Night Poker takes Dave Colclough back to the late nineties… Late Night Poker has been back on our screens, with the shows filmed down ... Continue Reading

Annette Obrestad talks exclusively about her incredibly successful transition from online to live poker: “At the beginning I was so bored and just wanted a magazine so I had something to read”

Annette Obrestad talks exclusively about her incredibly successful transition from online to live poker: “At the beginning I was so bored and just wanted a magazine so I had something to read”

1 May 2008

World Series of Poker Europe champion Annette Obrestad explains how she transferred her online success to the live arena Annette Obrestad is telling the story ... Continue Reading

Jen Mason opens up about the life of a professional poker player: “People imagine that being a professional poker player is all about driving up to play in the World Series in your Lamborghini. But in reality, you sit in your room pressing buttons until you build up a bankroll”

Jen Mason opens up about the life of a professional poker player: “People imagine that being a professional poker player is all about driving up to play in the World Series in your Lamborghini. But in reality, you sit in your room pressing buttons until you build up a bankroll”

1 May 2008

Jen Mason is rapidly becoming a TV fixture, could this journalist turned pro be the next Roland de Wolfe? When I finished college, I survived by grinding limit... Continue Reading

Paul Wasicka lays down the facts about THAT legendary hand at the WSOP: “It’s the ultimate fear – being put in a situation where you have no fold equity”

Paul Wasicka lays down the facts about THAT legendary hand at the WSOP: “It’s the ultimate fear – being put in a situation where you have no fold equity”

1 Apr 2008

Wasicka talks us through the infamous hand at the WSOP 2006 Main Event final table When ESPN screened the final table of the 2006 WSOP Main Event, millions of ... Continue Reading

Paul Wasicka finished 2nd in the WSOP so we spoken to him about his story: “I did what I don’t want to encourage anyone else to do which is to sit down with your whole roll and take a shot”

Paul Wasicka finished 2nd in the WSOP so we spoken to him about his story: “I did what I don’t want to encourage anyone else to do which is to sit down with your whole roll and take a shot”

1 Apr 2008

Paul Wasicka finished second in the WSOP Main Event, and tournament success since is nothing more than he expected ‘You don’t have a Queen, do you? ‘No Queen.’... Continue Reading

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