Poker Players: Interviews, advice & profiles with the World's best players

We speak to Kirk Morrison about his rollercoaster ride on the poker scene: “My biggest fear when I was 21 was turning into that 80-year-old timid guy who just passes and passes”

1 Jan 2008

After years in the poker wilderness, Kirk Morrison is back with a bang The player At just 20 Kirk Morrison arrived in Las Vegas to play blackjack. After losing... Continue Reading

Top poker pro David Williams let us spend 6 weeks with him during the WSOP: “The no-limit play is the worst I’ve ever seen. The players seem worse than they did last year”

1 Jan 2008

PokerPlayer spent six weeks at the WSOP with 2004 main event runner-up and 2006 bracelet winner David Williams Week 1 It’s day two of the WSOP and David is rel... Continue Reading

UK poker’s rising star Mazhar Nawab talks about his game: “A lot of American players aren’t interested in playing anything after the flop”

1 Jan 2008

With $270,000 in tournament winnings and victory at the Newcastle GUKPT, Mazhar Nawab is one of UK poker’s hottest properties Mazhar Nawab is not the most obvi... Continue Reading

Come into the crazy poker world of the legendary Tom Dwan: “Against a really good player I can never be 100%, but if I am 75% sure I am always going to make the call”

1 Jan 2008

He’s known to be an online cash player, so what is ‘Durrrr’ doing playing live tourneys and high stakes chess? Tom Dwan may be the greatest p... Continue Reading

Unofficial World Champion Freddy Deeb talks exclusively to PokerPlayer: “I definitely agree with most of the pros when they say the World Champion is the winner of the H.O.R.S.E

1 Dec 2007

Ask most pros and they will tell you there is only one World Champion of poker – and that is Freddy Deeb When it comes to defining greatness, the two sides of ... Continue Reading

UK poker pro and PokerPlayer columnist Dave Colclough explains why he loves to hate Las Vegas

1 Dec 2007

Five-star hotels, 24-hour gambling and millions of dollars to be made – surely Vegas is heaven for a poker player says Dave Colclough? It’s hard to describe th... Continue Reading

Evelyn Ng chats about her career, the WPT and sexism in poker: “Sexism in the poker world has given me a career so how could I fault it?”

1 Dec 2007

Evelyn Ng paid her dues with ten years playing limit hold’em and is now one of the hottest players on the circuit There are much more accomplished tournament p... Continue Reading

High stakes cash big hitter Phil Galfond reveals his secrets in this exclusive interview: “Frankly, I think I’m smarter than most other players”

1 Dec 2007

The world of an online high-stakes cash game master is not necessarily fast cars and lavish trimmings NAME: PHIL GALFOND AGE: 22 SCREEN NAMES: OMGCLAYAIKEN, JM... Continue Reading

Italian bracelet holder Dario Alioto tells us how he did it at the WSOP: “It seemed that everyone except for Tony G and Farnood were playing just to get one spot up the money”

1 Nov 2007

We take a look back at the young Italian who bossed the WSOPE PLO final table ‘I was third in chips at the beginning of the final table and as I sat down I rea... Continue Reading

Hollywood high stakes regular Russ Hamilton talks to us about his poker background: “I said to myself, ‘What? I made $40,000 last night playing poker. What the f♣♥♠ am I doing here?’”

1 Nov 2007

The guy loves to find an edge – and he’s definitely got that in the high stakes Hollywood home games Russ Hamilton is the consummate hustler. Over the years he... Continue Reading

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