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. […]
Category: Professional Poker Players
Find out more about some of the World’s top professional poker players
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 – […]
Noel Furlong – Irish Poker Open Champion, 1999
Noel went to local all-Irish schools where they didn’t speak English, instead every subject was studied through the medium of Gaelic. He left college at 17 and never attended university. Noel’s father owned a large snooker hall, it was ideal to turn into a carpet barn, so when he retired Noel converted it into one. […]
Ted Forrest
Ted’s tournament achievements are numerous, he has been known primarily as a high-stakes cash game player since 1987. He is one of the most consistent high limit poker players in the world, and is known for his ability to play almost any hand against his competitors. Ted became acquainted with casino poker while working as […]
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson – 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion
Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson has an unmatched record in tournament poker over the past decade. He can remember playing in the 4th grade, losing his last 35c when his trip Queens lost to a heart flush. He promised himself at that time that he would never go broke again and he hasn’t looked back since. After […]
Annie Duke
Annie began playing poker with her family when she was very young. Her older brother, Howard Lederer, suggested she should try tournament poker after she dropped out of a Ph.D. candidate program in cognitive psychology. After a few lessons from Howard and having read every poker book available she begin playing tournaments and hasn’t looked […]
Brad Daugherty
Brad was introduced to card playing by watching his family play when he was growing up in Idaho. It must have made an impact because at one point he won a trip to Kansas City he played poker on the train for two days straight. In the Seventies, while working mainly in the construction business, […]
Hamid Dastmalchi – 1992 WSOP Main Event Winner
Hamid grew up in Iran, later moving to the United States where he became a real-estate investor. Hamid’s interest of poker began as a youth in Iran, this eventually led him to enter several tournaments once in the US, with several cash ins and wins. While Hamid is best known for his win in the […]
Johnny Chan – WSOP Main Event Winner
Johnny moved with his family from Hong Kong to Phoenix and then onto to Houston where his family owned some restaurants. He was expected to continue in the family business, even attending the University of Houston, where is was majoring in hotel and restaurant management. Knowing his yearly salary would only be enough for him […]
Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson
Doyle was born in a small town in Texas and saw sport as his best chance to get out and make something of himself. In high school he was chosen as one of the five best basketball players in the state of Texas and he was also the best high school miler. Offers poured in […]
Jim Bechtel – 1993 WSOP Main Event Winner
Jim is one of the quietest players in WSOP history, and there little information to be found on him. He has played in the WSOP for many years. In 1986, 1988 & 1989 he finished in the money at the main event, and in 1993 he took the top prize of $1 million and his […]
Bobby Baldwin – WSOP Main Event Winner 1978
Bobby rose to fame with several tournament wins in the late seventies. His World Series of Poker win in 1978 made him the youngest winner in history, a feat soon erased when Stu Ungar won in 1980. Bobby won a total of 4 bracelets from 1977-1979. In 1982 he became a consultant for the Golden […]
Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh hails from Marietta, Georgia, and is considered one of the best all around tournament poker players on the circuit. His brash yet calculated style embodies the “new breed” of a professional poker player — combining experience and intuition with relentless aggression. In 1999, Josh won his first World Series Of Poker bracelet, and […]
