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WSOP main event champion Jamie Gold revealed. “I’ve heard others describe me as the first player to tell people the truth”

WSOP main event champion Jamie Gold revealed. “I’ve heard others describe me as the first player to tell people the truth”

1 Oct 2007

Everyone has an opinion on last year’s WSOP main event winner, but does anyone really know Jamie Gold? We reveal the man behind the myth in a revealing and sea... Continue Reading

Stu Ungar is one of the most famous players in poker’s long history. We find out why: “This success was testament to the ferocious chip-gathering style he employed years before it became the forte of many modern tournament pros”

Stu Ungar is one of the most famous players in poker’s long history. We find out why: “This success was testament to the ferocious chip-gathering style he employed years before it became the forte of many modern tournament pros”

1 Oct 2007

He wrote the script on how no-limit Hold’em should be played and claimed that the only player who could beat him was ‘himself’. Sadly, Stu Ungar was proved rig... Continue Reading

WSOP world champion Jerry Yang tells us his amazing story: “We tried to escape to Thailand, but were caught by Communist soldiers who pointed AK- 47s in my face”

WSOP world champion Jerry Yang tells us his amazing story: “We tried to escape to Thailand, but were caught by Communist soldiers who pointed AK- 47s in my face”

1 Oct 2007

We catch up with the 2007 WSOP World Champion and discover his incredible story The player Part-time player Jerry Yang won this year’s WSOP $10,000 Main Event,... Continue Reading

World Champion Freddy Deeb explains how he won his title: “It wasn’t easy – I had to work very hard. I definitely played the best poker of my life”

World Champion Freddy Deeb explains how he won his title: “It wasn’t easy – I had to work very hard. I definitely played the best poker of my life”

1 Oct 2007

Shelley Rubenstein gets the first word from this year’s H.O.R.S.E. world champion You don’t seem to play that many tournaments, so why the H.O.R.S.E.? I knew I... Continue Reading

Shannon Elizabeth is a rising star in poker & a well known actress. But here are some facts you didn’t know about here

Shannon Elizabeth is a rising star in poker & a well known actress. But here are some facts you didn’t know about here

1 Oct 2007

Seven facts you always wanted to know about Shannon Elizabeth – rising star in the poker world 1 She just won $125,000 at poker. Shannon Elizabeth is etc... Continue Reading

UK veteran poker star Ram Vaswani talks about his WSOP bracelet win: “Yeah, I think it was just a matter of time – but it could have been 20 years!”

UK veteran poker star Ram Vaswani talks about his WSOP bracelet win: “Yeah, I think it was just a matter of time – but it could have been 20 years!”

1 Oct 2007

Dave Woods meets the man who became the only UK player to win a bracelet at the WSOP this year You’re a very confident player. Did you always feel that you’d w... Continue Reading

Poker pro Annie Duke talks to PokerPlayer about everything thats on here mind: “That was probably the most hurtful thing that anyone could say about me, because I really pride myself on my honesty”

Poker pro Annie Duke talks to PokerPlayer about everything thats on here mind: “That was probably the most hurtful thing that anyone could say about me, because I really pride myself on my honesty”

1 Oct 2007

Poker’s first lady tells the truth about Ben Affleck, her Hollywood dreams, and why she’s not letting poker take a back seat Annie Duke has never been afraid t... Continue Reading

We tell the tale of Andy Black, the ‘mad monk’: “So mesmerising was Ungar’s charisma that Black turned into a calling station and off-loaded all those hard-earned chips in just two hands”

We tell the tale of Andy Black, the ‘mad monk’: “So mesmerising was Ungar’s charisma that Black turned into a calling station and off-loaded all those hard-earned chips in just two hands”

1 Oct 2007

Andy Black is an enigma. He’s one of the most talented tournament players in the world and also a devout Buddhist. PokerPlayer discovers how Stu Ungar and drug... Continue Reading

Dewey Tomko is a poker legend you may not have heard of, so we tracked him down: “I remember playing one night at the Golden Nugget with Benny Binion’s bodyguard. He was drunk, and when he was drunk he was liable to take you out to the desert”

Dewey Tomko is a poker legend you may not have heard of, so we tracked him down: “I remember playing one night at the Golden Nugget with Benny Binion’s bodyguard. He was drunk, and when he was drunk he was liable to take you out to the desert”

1 Sep 2007

We track down Dewey Tomk, one of the game’s greatest legends to find out how he wrote poker history Dewey Tomko has played more consecutive World Series of Pok... Continue Reading

UK poker pro Dave Colclough gives us his take on life in poker and much more: “Now I would love to tell you that I played brilliantly for three days, but the truth is the deck just hit me in the face”

UK poker pro Dave Colclough gives us his take on life in poker and much more: “Now I would love to tell you that I played brilliantly for three days, but the truth is the deck just hit me in the face”

1 Sep 2007

Dave Colclough says the world may have been watching Italia ‘90, but back home in Luton, it was all kicking off After arriving in Manchester under a cloud of u... Continue Reading

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