All Entries in the "Poker People" Category
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 [...]
Bodog Europe signs Tatjana Pasalic
Bodog Europe has signed a new member of the team in the (very tasty) form of 26 year-old Tatjana Pasalic (@Tattytats) who will be joining Evelyn Ng (@EvyBabee) at the felts of the biggest tournaments in the world in the famous colours of the Bodog brand. Lakers fan Tatjana is well known on the poker [...]
US Online Poker Pros Moving Abroad
The crackdown of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB on Black Friday took the favorite pastime away from millions of American poker players. Other poker sites such as Lock Poker, Bodog and Cake Poker are working around the clock to provide all US players with a new home. They are doing a great [...]
Zigmund quits Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars
With everything going on in the poker world Finnish Poker Pro Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies, PowerPoker Pro, announced recently that his days playing at FullTiltPoker and PokerStars are over. Since the beginning of 2010, Sahamies has experienced an incredible downswing, losing over $2 million in the past 16 months. Most of this happened at FTP, after [...]
Chad Elie Marries a Playboy Bunny One Day After Online Poker Indictment
One of the men facing criminal charges stemming from the “Black Friday” online poker indictment didn’t waste any time after he made bail that same day. Chad Elie is facing major criminal charges including fraud, which is being prosecuted by the Federal Trade Commission. He was one of the several arrests made on April 15th, [...]
Lock Poker signs Portugal’s Jose “Girah” Macedo
Lock Poker is excited to announce the new addition to their LockPRO ELITE team, Jose “Girah” Macedo of Portugal. Jose represents the face of the new generation of online poker pros. He is one of the youngest poker players to hit the scene and do the impossible. His story is one of passion, determination and [...]
Chad Brown has Cancer Surgery
Chad Brown, poker player and actor had emergency surgery to remove a tumor Friday. The only reliable reports come from Chad’s (@downtownchad) twitter account and the account of his wife Vanessa Rousso (@vanessarousso). Vanessa tweeted Saturday that a large tumor was removed on Friday. Subsequent tweets from both their accounts describe it as a 10 [...]
Phil Laak in hospital after ATV crash
While out in Oregon having fun with friends Phil “The Unabomber” Laak crashed his ATV and was rushed to the hospital with non life threating injuries. According to Phil Twitter post he suffered a massive arm injury and lacerations to his right eye. We wish Phil a speedy recovery from his injuries.
Liv Boeree leaves UB
Though the move has been rumored for some time, it is now official. Liv Boeree has left team UB.com. Rumors swirled as the 2010 WSOP Main Event began and Boeree was not wearing any UB.com logos. Still almost a month went by before anyone could nail down the truth. There is no mention of her [...]
