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

Mike Matusow is known as The Mouth of poker but he’s also a great player with an amazing story: “I have to bet every game for $10k. I’m a degenerate”

1 Feb 2006

Six months in prison and $1m in sports betting losses didn’t put Mike Matusow off his poker, and he’s now one of the best in the world Most poker pros ar... Continue Reading

Phil Ivey is often called the world’s best poker player but how did he reach this position at such a young age? “It wasn’t that I was a genius or anything, but I won three or four hands in a row and it was over”

1 Jan 2006

PokerPlayer charts the meteoric rise of Phil Ivey, one of the most famous and feared players in the world Going into the final table of the Pot-Limit Omaha eve... Continue Reading

Phil Ivey says that when he’s playing his best he’s unbeatable so here’s his 3 Top PokerTips

1 Jan 2006

In just five years Phil Ivey has gone from relative obscurity to poker god Ivey admits that Lindgren is currently a much better golfer but the way he says it l... Continue Reading

Q&A with Phil Olivier, the acting poker player: “The fact that you can play it online and all it takes is for you to sit down for one night and learn the game and you’re hooked”

1 Nov 2005

We chatted to Phil Olivier the former Brookside star about his new-found love for poker You might recognise actor Philip Olivier from his stint as troubled tee... Continue Reading

Joe Hachem, The Poker King, talks exclusively to PokerPlayer about his road to glory: “I’d watched the movie Rounders, gave hold’em a shot, and I loved it straight away”

1 Oct 2005

Joseph Hachem won the World Series of Poker in July, picking up the richest prize in poker history. Poker players are supposed to be bolshy know-it-alls. In a ... Continue Reading

Stephen Hendry is the greatest snooker player of all time but he also loves poker: “Instead of practise snooker tables we have poker tables. Steve Davis was the first to start”

1 Oct 2005

Pocket aces suck. Just ask Stephen Hendry. We did… It’s your first WSOP. You’re playing tight because you want to see out the first day. Then you get poc... Continue Reading

We try landing The Devilfish Dave Ulliott so find out how we did here: “If sitting in a smoke-filled room for three days trying to eke out a living is masturbation, you’re a very kinky person”

1 Oct 2005

Poker showman Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott thinks the UK is still a way behind the US You’d expect someone who’s won more than $1.5 million on poker tables in two ... Continue Reading

Being Phil Hellmuth isn’t easy. We went off piste to get this exclusive interview: “I think I am the most famous poker player in the world”

1 Oct 2005

We track down Phil Hellmuth, the world’s most famous poker player, at the UltimatePoker.com Aruba Classic. Let the games begin Phil Hellmuth is arguably ... Continue Reading

TV presenter loved by the nation Helen Chamberlain has got the poker bug: “Where’s that ct who said I was just f*ing lucky?”

1 Oct 2005

Can celebrity poker regular Helen Chamberlain really play or is she just very lucky? Three hours into my first PokerPlayer assignment and a bra-less Helen Cham... Continue Reading

The cricketing cat, Phil Tufnell, is mad keen on poker as well: “I usually think f**k the odds, I’ll have a go”

1 Oct 2005

From wicket to thicket, Phil Tufnell gives PokerPlayer the spin As the country’s leading spin bowler during the 1990s ‘Tuffers’ has experienced more than his f... Continue Reading

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