Huck Seed was a former engineering student at CalTech. He took a leave of absence in 1989, started playing poker, and never went back to college. It is said that he is a native of Montana. While imposing at 6’7″ tall, his quiet and private nature go far beyond the poker table. Stone cold silent […]
Month: November 2018
Greg Raymer – 2004 WSOP Main Event Winner
Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer shot to fame when he won the 2004 World Series of Poker and it’s $5 million first prize. He adopted the ‘Fossilman’ nickname due to the fossils he uses for card protectors while sitting at the poker table. He actually sold similar fossils to pad his bankroll in the early stages of […]
David Pham
David “The Dragon” Pham fled Vietnam for America at the age of 17 in a boat carrying 145 people (9 of whom died on the journey.) He is the cousin of Men “The Master” Nguyen. After Nguyen’s early success in professional poker, he opened up a cleaning business that David worked for. Like many of […]
Scotty Nguyen
In 1974, at the impressionable age of 14, Scotty Nguyen (pronounced ‘win’), his loved ones encouraged him to escape the poverty and hardship of his Vietnamese community. He took a few possessions and boarded a ship headed for the United States of America. The difficulties he experienced adjusting to a new country, culture, and lifestyle […]
Evelyn Ng
Evelyn Ng was born in Toronto, Canada in 1975 and is a former blackjack dealer and one time girlfriend of fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu. Ng has quickly become one of the most recognizable female poker players in the world. Known for her aggressive playing style and model good looks, this 5’11 beauty gained first achieved […]
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu is one of the most accomplished poker players in history – with an enviable poker resume spanning decades. He plays all the games (not just Hold’em!) at the very top level and stakes, and has the results and work ethic to be regarded as one of the top poker minds and players on […]
Carlos Mortensen – 2001 WSOP Main Event Champion
Carlos Mortenson made history in 2007 when he became the first player to win both a World Poker Tour Championship event and a World Series of Poker main event. Born in Ecuador, where his family had farms, he moved to Spain when he was 15 years old. Notably, poker wasn’t popular in Spain, and was […]
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker is often referred to as the man that ignited the poker boom. As ‘Money800’ on PokerStars, he entered, and won, a $39 satellite to the 2003 World Series of Poker. As Chris Moneymaker, he turned that seat in a World Series of Poker Championship and $2.5 million, capturing the world’s attention and highlighting […]
Tom McEvoy – 1983 WSOP Main Event Champion
Tom started playing poker on the knee of his grandmother, when he was only five years old. She taught Tom and his brothers how to play, staked them to about $1 each to play on, and then proceeded to win it back. It was either get better or keep losing to grandma. They got better. […]
Mansour Matloubi
Mansour was born in wales, but now lives in London, not much information is available on him. He was quite active in tournament poker in the 1990s, culminating with his win in the 1990 WSOP Main event. He does not play as many tournaments in the United States as he used to, preferring to play […]
Phil “Unabomber” Laak
Phil was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1972 but was raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Phil has had a variety of past jobs, including being a repo man. He legally stole cars and said it was a bit dangerous […]
Gentleman Jack Keller
Keller served in the United States Air Force prior to becoming a poker pro. He was an excellent player at all poker forms who loved to take risks. When Seven-Card Stud was popular Jack was know as one of the strongest stud players. And his low ball talent was described as “Murderous”. Jack played like […]
Berry Johnston – 1986 WSOP Main Event Winner
Berry won the 1986 WSOP Main Event, and placed 3rd and 5th in the1982 & 1990 respectively. He has made at least 26 final tables at the WSOP and has finished in the money at least 45 times. He has also cashed in the main event more times than any other player. He was inducted […]
Phil Hellmuth Jnr
Phil was born in Madison, Wisconsin, he started playing poker while a student at the University of Wisconsin. After three years at the University he dropped out to play poker full time. Phil found success quickly, becoming the youngest ever World Champion in 1989 at just 24. His 9 WSOP bracelets are behind only legends […]
Dan Harrington – 1995 WSOP Main Event Winner
Dan was born and raised in Boston, and graduated from Suffolk Law School in Boston. After graduating, Dan spent nearly 10 years working in Boston as a bankruptcy lawyer, but the work made him weary.- he felt stagnant and unfulfilled,.Harrington now runs Anchor Loans, where he loans money while at the same time investing in […]
Jennifer Harman
Jennifer got her start in poker at age 8 when her father asked her to join his home game. She performed so well he regularly asked her advice on tough decisions in future hands. Jennifer tuned pro when she turned 21 slowly working her way up from middle limit games, always playing within her bankroll. […]
Russ Hamilton – 1994 WSOP Winner
Russ moved from Detroit, Michigan to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1984 apparently for better weather. He opened a burglar alarm business, but success at gambling, including betting on basketball and playing poker proved to be better business. Russ won the main event of the 1994 WSOP taking a $1,000,000 prize. Because it was the silver […]
Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem was born in Lebanon but moved to Melbourne, Australia, with his family in 1972. He took up poker after he was forced to give up his chiropractic practice due to a rare blood disorder in his hands. In 2005 he survived a field of 5619 players to win the World Series of Poker […]
Clonie Gowen
Clonies real name is Cycalona, its inspired by the fact that she was born during a powerful storm. A high school jock, she was on a state championship basketball team and was ranked seventh in the high jump in track and field. At the age of fifteen, Gowen was crowned Miss Teen McAlester, Oklahoma. Introduced […]
Jamie Gold – 2006 WSOP Main Event Winner
Jamie Gold came from nowhere to dominate and win the 2006 World Series of Poker main event. Mentored by two time winner, Johnny Chan, Gold held the chip lead for the final 5 days of play – longer than any previous champion. He also walked away with the biggest tournament poker payout in history – […]
