All Entries in the "Poker People" Category
Daniel Negreanu Wins WSOP Asian Pacific Main Event
Kid Poker, known on his Canadian birth certificate as Daniel Negreanu, has racked up another big win in the poker world, capturing the title at the first World Series of Poker Asian Pacific main event of 2013. Beating out a 405 player field at the event held at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, Negreanu [...]
Big Wins In Live Poker This Week
Here are a couple of the big weeks notched up in professional poker this week. Phil Ivey, whose been on a steady losing streak since the start of this year (with one notable exception) finally had a good week at the table, walking away from his second biggest winning streak in 2013 with over $760K. [...]
Pros Head to Lock Poker to Compete
Lock Poker is a place where the pros come to play with a two-tiered Lock Pro program that tracks the performance of over 2 dozen poker pofessionals. Lock Pro Elite includes players like (TheGrinder) Michael Mizrachi, with over $14 million in cashes and 3 WSOP bracelets including two WSOP $50k Players Championship titles and a [...]
Next Poker Hall of Fame Inductees: Eric Drache and Brian Roberts
The late Brian “Sailor” Roberts and the still-live-and-kicking Eric Drache are the next two individuals to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, making them the 43rd and 44th people to join that esteemed group. Nominated by the public and then voted on by a panel of 36 member of the media and existing [...]
Gus Hansen, Viktor Blom, Tom Dwan All Rejoin Full Tilt Poker
Even while a few big named poker pros are still cleaning up the mess from their involvement in the old Full Tilt Poker, at least three of their former teammates on Team Full Tilt have signed back on to the team when the new Full Tilt Poker opens this November. Gus Hansen, known as “The [...]
Amarillo Slim Heads Off Into the Sunset
With his cowboy boots nearby (or possibly on) and his two horses by his hospice bedside, Amarillo Slim, poker legend, took his last few breaths of life before heading to the old cattle ranch in the sky. Or possibly to Vegas. Amarillo Slim became synonymous with poker in 1972 when he won the WSOP championship [...]
Jake Cody is the Newest Team PKR Pro
The world of poker hasn’t slowed down for one player after Black Friday, and that was Jake Cody, who is from the UK. While many poker players have had some big wins and picked up steam in terms of popularity over the past year; Cody has done more than that. He has made an incredible [...]
Lock Poker Adds Two New Players to Pro Team
Two English poker pros are the latest players to be signed to the Lock Poker team: LockPRO ELITE. Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans join Brett Jungblut, Eric Lynch and Jose Macedo as representatives of the site reputed of late to unseat the now defunct Full Tilt Poker as one of the biggest and most popular [...]
Michael Phelps, Other Athletes Play Poker in Their Free Time
Something that hasn’t been reported nearly as much as it should be, is the involvement of professional athletes in the poker world during their down times. Poker is one of the most popular hobbies for people throughout the world, and especially in places like Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and multiple other cities with casinos. While [...]
888 Poker Introduces A Por Ella Bounty Event
888 Poker has introduced a new event in which players have the chance to take on the Last Woman Standing in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, Leo Margets. Hailing from Spain, the 888 Poker pro finished 27th in a field of 6,000 players to claim a $352,000 payday and now you have [...]
