Posted by James on November 1, 2008
Generally it is believed that being a good person is incompatible with being a good poker player. But for Brian “Sailor” Roberts that was the picture he presented to the others. Growing up in San Angelo, TX, Roberts’ first gambling that he took a shine to was craps. As a 12 year old caddie in [...]
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A stately figure, 6’ 6” tall, ‘Treetop’ Jack Straus had a long and storied career. He played college basketball in 40s when he was at Texas A&M. He graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Business Administration but preferred to be a teacher. The manner in which he was attracted towards poker remains unclear. [...]
Posted by James on October 24, 2008
Scotty Nguyen, a great poker player, has a very interesting story to tell. Born in Vietnam and settled in the US at the age of 14, he practically lived in a card room instead of hitting the books in school, which resulted to his expulsion. When he moved to Las Vegas in his early 20’s, [...]
Posted by James on October 18, 2008
It is impossible to find a man quieter than Erik Seidel at the table. You can almost always see him well dressed and sitting quietly and if you talk to him you would think that he is no more than a quiet polite man. If you were to play against him, then you would believe [...]
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Who’s the person that everybody looks to when asked about the most tight or aggressive player? I’ll give you a hint; he started as champion backgammon and chess master. Still not sure? Well I guess I’ll tell you then. It’s Dan Harrington, just ask anybody who knows anything about poker. He started his poker habits [...]
Posted by Craig on October 16, 2008
Born in China, Johnny Chan has become one of the best players in World Series of Poker history. Johnny sits second all time with 10 WSOP bracelets just one behind Phil Hellmuth. Chan’s first World Series of Poker cash was in 1983 and he plays a full schedule to this day with 3 cashes in [...]
Posted by Craig on October 8, 2008
Every year poker players converge on Las Vegas to compete for World Series of Poker bracelets. As poker has become popular we have become familiar with a lot of the tops professional players in the world. Every year we expect to see guys like Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Scotty Nguyen on WSOP [...]
