News Archive – Page №71

I know, most of you all are thinking, who the heck is this kid with the Harry Potter scarf? Well, he’s an online cash game player from Rome, Italy who…

Gus Hansen finished Day 2B of the 2007 WSOP Main Event second in official chip counts. It’s just another day in the life of the Great Dane. Hansen started off…

J.C. Tran always wears a ball cap at poker tournaments. Although the rotating batch of New York Yankees hats has become the poker pro’s signature look, he’d be happy to…

Erik Seidel is huge, both literally and figuratively. The poker player stands about 6’5″ and has amassed eight bracelets and $6.5 million in tournaments winnings over the course of his…

Russ “Dutch” Boyd doesn’t look like a man who just won $169,000. After busting out in fifth at Saturday’s Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event, Boyd heads outdoors for a consolatory cigarette…

“Don’t do it; your mom is watching,” warns a chatterbox at the end of a table in Friday’s $1,000 Deuce-to-Seven Triple-Draw Lowball w/Rebuys tournament. He is speaking to Justin Bonomo,…

It’s easy to overlook Shannon Shorr at times. He’s not a flashy kind of guy. You don’t see him much on TV. You don’t catch him berating people when he…

Davidson Matthew isn’t crazy. But he definitely doesn’t mind if you think he is at the poker table. And in just two short years, he’s done a very good –…

In one of the most boisterous final tables of the World Series of Poker, John Guth beat out Robert Stevanovski for the title of Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better World Champion.

Torrence California’s Ryan Young, 23, came in to the final table of the 2007 WSOP Event 35 No-Limit Hold’em with a big chip lead, but he didn’t play the heavy.…

But not Shankar Pillai. After winning his very first WSOP bracelet in his very first WSOP event at his very first WSOP tournament, this guy was happy – on the…

It took just three victories to earn Don Baruch the No-Limit Hold’em Shootout bracelet. Once in a field of 900, once in a field of 90, then one last win…

There is no denying it – people love Daniel Negreanu. It’s easy to see why – singing and dancing his way to a huge chip stack through most of the…

Minutes before the cards are shuffled up and dealt at Event 2 of the Johnny Chan Poker Classic in Richmond, B.C., the man of the hour is outdoors, leaning against…

Joseph Hachem has discovered that fame and fortune can come with a big price. After receiving threatening phone calls and letters, he and his family have moved from their Melbourne,…

The 2007 LAPC main event is over and it was South African newcomer Eric Hershler who made it to number one. Beating out WPT final table veteran J.C. Tran in…

It was, in every way, an unusual end to an unusual tournament.

It’s on in the wee hours of the morning on NBC, but “Poker After Dark” is a little different than your average poker show and certainly worth the caffeine intake…

Dennis “Ironman” Perry is the winner of the World Series of Poker Circuit event at the Grand Casino in Tunica, Miss.

It was a long final table threatened by gale-force winds, rain clouds and extremely slow play, but after nine hours of poker, 22-year-old New Jersey native Ryan Daut emerged victorious…