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Joseph Cheong will be competing in this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event finals, as one of the November Nine. He will be entering the finals with 23,525,000 chips.
Cheong was born in Seoul, Korea. He lived there for six years until he and his family made their way to the United States. Tod…
John Dolan is one of this year’s November Nine. As a part of this elite group, he is one of 9 players still in the hunt for the title of World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, an outstanding honor and great accomplishment for the person able to best the field. When play begins again…
Jonathan Duhamel will be fighting it out for the World Series of Poker Main Event championships as one of this year’s November Nine. When play picks back up in November, Duhamel will be the chip leader, a pretty impressive feat considering the competition and the fact that he was able to accomplish…
Poker professional Antonio Esfandiari, has quite a story. A native of Iran, Esfandiari was a professional magician prior to becoming a poker pro. He still dabbles in magic, but poker is where he is making his mark. Antonio has won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship and is the youngest player…
Erick Lindgren has become one of the most well-known and successful poker players in recent years. Not yet 30 years of age, Lindgren has managed to do quite well for himself as a poker pro. Only 27 years old, he has earned more then $2 million dollars from his play in poker tournaments, already maki…
Jennifer Harman may be small and dainty in stature, but she’s a beast at the poker tables. Not yet 30, she has already won two-coveted WSOP gold bracelets. Referred to as “one of the best all around players on the planet” by high regarded poker pro Daniel Negreanu, Harman is a poker player definitely…
Jennifer Tilly is best known as a movie and television actress. She has had a pretty impressive career, working consistently. She has appeared in more then 100 movies and TV shows. Some of her best well known films include Bride of Chucky, Bound and Liar Liar. While she hasn’t had the career of Reece…
Josh Arieh is as known for his outstanding play as he is, is perceived arrogance. An aggressive player, he has also been a successful one. He’s earned a WSOP bracelet and is widely respected for his hold’em play.
Born in Rochester, New York, Josh grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. It was here that his…
2004 was Marcel Luske’s coming out party of sorts to the poker world at large. That year he would finish second to Joe Awada in a 7 Card Stud event, winning an impressive $120,800. Also in 2004, he placed 10th in the WSOP Main Event.
Known as the Flying Dutchman, Luske has managed to develop…
Poker professional, Mike Matusow, is known as The Mouth. He loves to talk, especially smack while at the poker table. Steve Badger, a fellow player has this to say about The Mouth, “When Mike stops talking, you feel like you should call the paramedics, just like if another person had stopped breathing.”Many…
Poker professional, Phil Laak was born in Dublin Ireland but today resides in the United States, splitting time between San Francisco and Los Angeles. An extremely colorful individual, there is hardly a dull moment with Phil Laak. When not playing poker, he sky dives, rides motorcycles, scuba dives and…
Ted Forrest’s career didn’t exactly get off to a great start. He wasn’t an overnight sensation by any stretch of the imagination. However, he did play well enough on a consistent basis that his winnings were enough to pay his way through college, though he never finished. He quit with less them…
David Williams is one of the hottest and hippest young professionals in the game of poker. Besides having great looks and sleek style, he also had a 4.0 GPA and even scored a 1550 on the SAT. Another random side not before we get to the poker, David is among the best players in…
The Stu Ungar story is one of a great talent whose tremendous talent was not only underutilized but cut short by substance abuse and tragedy. Ungar was an incredible card player, one of the best of all time. The winner of three World Series of Poker championships, Ungar also suffered from a very serious…
Huck Seed may be quiet and unassuming at the poker table but his game speaks volumes. Seed is a world champion, consistent top performer and one of the top players in the game. Huckleberry’s, as he likes to be called, earliest ambition was to become an electrical engineer. However, his propensity for…
Joseph Cada, from Shelby Charter Township, Michigan is known as the youngest person to ever win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker. Cada was the winner of the 2009 event as a member of TeamPokerStars. At 21 years old, he passed Peter Eastgate for the record. Prior to his major win, he…
John Juanda is a professional poker player from Indonesia. Although born in Indonesia, Juanda has Chinese ethnicity, and now currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up with his grandmother, being the first grand child born within his family was quite the honor for John. Juanda first came to the United…
Gregory Raymer, who will turn 46 years old in June, is a professional poker player that was born in Florida, later moving to St. Louis. He now makes his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. His claim to fame in the world of poker is winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event. He is…
At the age of 29, Michael Mizrachi is a professional poker player from Miami Florida. Michael is the younger brother of Robert Mizrachi, who has won numerous World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour titles. He also has a twin brother, Eric, who is also a poker player. As he grew up, Michael wanted…
Allen Cunningham is a 33 year old American poker player. Born and raised in Riverside, California, Cunningham initially started playing poker as an 18 year old at Indian Casino’s. Having chosen the University of California-Los Angeles to study civil engineering, Cunningham later elected to quit his…
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