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The Online Railbird report: Million dollar surge for Tom Durrr Dwan
Aug 28, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Andy Bloch, Full Tilt Poker, Full Tilt Poker Pros, FullTiltPoker.com, Gavin Griffin, internet poker pros, John Juanda, Patrik Antonius, pro poker player, Tom Dwan
Swedish mystery man "martonas" continued to play extremely well on Full Tilt Poker this weekend with Pot-Limit. The main recipients of martonas' greenbacks was Tom "durrrr" Dwan, of course, who racked up more than $1.1 million in winnings in this ...
Full Tilt Poker Presents XI FTOPS Event
Jan 25, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, Hold'em, internet poker players, internet poker pros, Omaha, poker ftops
Releasing the minutiae for next months eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series FTOPS XI will run from February 4-15, 2009, and is currently offering a demanding 25-event agenda. As the line up of the internet poker pros to join this event is kept ...
Online Poker Players
Steve Dannenmann
May 12, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, internet poker pros, Steve Dannenmann, World Series of Poker, WSOP
Nickname: the Taxman
Current Residence: Severn, Maryland, United States
Birth Date: August 15, 1966
Birth Place: Brooklyn Park, Maryland, United States
Interesting Facts
Knocked Mike Matusow and 1994 World Champion Russ Hamilton out of the 2005 WSOP Main Event
Runner-up in the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event
Steve gained ...
Peter Eastgate
May 8, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, internet poker pros, Peter Eastgate, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WSOP, WSOP 2008 Winner Peter Eastgate
Nickname: Isser
Current Residence: Odense, Denmark
Birth Date: 1986
Poker Room: Poker Stars
Interesting Facts
Knocked poker reporter Tiffany Michelle out of the 2008 WSOP Main Event
Final-tabled at the 2008 WSOP Main Event
Dropped out of an economics degree to play poker full time
Is said to be down to earth and really nice
Eastgate ...
Marcel Luske
May 8, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, internet poker pros, Marcel Luske, World Series of Poker Pro
Nickname: The Flying Dutchman
Current Residence: Almere, Holland
Birth Date: November 30, 1952
Birth Place: Amsterdam, Holland
Interesting Facts
Ranked No. 1 player in Europe in 2001 and 2003
Founder of the International Poker Federation
Mentored fellow pros David Williams, Kiril Gerasimov and Noah Boeken
Known for wearing upside-down ...
Paul Wasicka
May 3, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, internet poker pros, Paul Wasicka, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro
Nickname: KwickFish
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: February 17, 1981
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker
Interesting Poker Facts
2007 NBC National Heads-Up Championship winner
Second place 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event .
He is the runner-up at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main ...
Paul Darden
Apr 17, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, WPT Player, internet poker pros, Paul Darden, world poker tour, World Poker Tour Pro, WPT
Nickname: The Truth
Current Residence: New Haven, Conn.
Birth Date: September 27, 1968
Birth Place: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Interesting Facts
In 2002, Darden won a World Poker Tour (WPT) title in the $3,000 main event of the Gold Rush tournament. He would later finish in 2nd place behind Gus Hansen in the WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event ...
Freddy Deeb
Mar 31, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, WPT Player, WSOP Player, internet poker pros, poker pro, world poker tour, World Poker Tour Pro, World Series of Poker, WPT, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro
Nickname: Freddy - Kid55
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: November 27, 1955
Birth Place: Beirut, Lebanon
Interesting Facts
Started playing poker professionally because he couldn’t work in the U.S. or afford to finish university
Is good friends with pro player Eli Eleza
Earned a gold bracelet in the 1996 WSOP 2-7 Draw ...
J. J. Liu
Mar 31, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Female Poker Players, internet poker pros, J.J. Liu, poker pro, world poker tour, WPT
Nickname: JJ
Current Residence: Palo Alto, Calif., United States Las Vegas, Nev., United States
Birth Date: April 10, 1965
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Interesting Facts
Known for her fun hat collection
Began playing poker in 1996
Highest placing woman in a WPT championship event
Won WPT Ladies Night IV
As of 2008, her total live ...
Erick Lindgren
Jan 22, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, WSOP Player, Erick Lindgren, internet poker pros, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro
Nickname: E-dog
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: August 11, 1976
Birth Place: Burney, Calif.
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker
Interesting Facts
In June 2006, Lindgren won the $600,000 first prize in the FullTiltPoker.net Poker Pro Showdown event, outlasting Mike Matusow, Clonie Gowen, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson and ...
Dewey Tomko
Jan 22, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, WSOP Player, Dewey Tomko, internet poker pros, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro
Current Residence: Winter Haven, Fla.
Birth Date: December 31, 1946
Birth Place: Glassport, Pa., United States
Nickname: Dewey
Interesting Facts
Holds the record for most World Series of Poker appearances
Is good friends with Doyle Brunson
Twice went out on the bubble in the WSOP Main Event
Former pro golfer
Former kindergarten ...
David Williams
Dec 29, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, WSOP Player, David Williams, internet poker pros, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro
Nickname: D-Dub
Current Residence: Dallas, Texas
Birth Date: June 9, 1980
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, United States
Poker Room: Bodog Poker
Interesting Fatcs
One of poker's top money earners
A top-ranked player on the Magic: The Gathering card game circuit prior to his poker career. First major tournament was the 2004 World Series ...
Antonio Esfandiari
Dec 26, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Antonio Esfandiari, internet poker pros, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, World Series of Poker, WSOP
Nickname: The Magician
Current Residence: San Francisco, Calif.
Birth Date: 1978
Birth Place: Tehran, Iran
Interesting Facts
Was once roommates with good friend Phil Laak
Grew up in San Jose
Professional magician
Hopes to open a magic-theme restaurant
In 2004, he won close to $1.4 million at the Commerce Casino. He won his first World Series of ...
Victor Ramdin
Dec 26, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: internet poker pros, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, Victor Ramdin, world poker tour, WPT
Nickname: Victor
Current Residence: Bronx, N.Y.
Birth Date: May 28, 1968
Birth Place: Georgetown , Guyana
Poker Room: Poker Stars
Interesting Facts
Mentored by Phil Ivey
Member of Team PokerStars
Formerly a “Friend” of Full Tilt Poker
Ramdin cashed four times ...
Andy Bloch
Dec 26, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Andy Bloch, Full Tilt Poker, Full Tilt Poker.com, FullTiltPoker.com, internet poker pros
Current Residence: Tacoma Park, Calif.
Birth Date: June 1, 1969
Birth Place: Orange, Connecticut, United States
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker
By the end of 1992, he had won one of the World Poker Finals tournaments, a $100(US) entry fee no-limit Texas hold'em tournament. That was the first time he ever played no-limit Texas hold 'em.
World Poker Finals win: 1
Amir Vahedi
Dec 26, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Amir Vahedi, internet poker pros, World Series of Poker, WSOP
Name: Amir Vahedi
Current Residence: Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Birth Date: 1961
Birth Place: Teheran, Iran
Interersting Facts
Vahedi was the first poker tutor of the actor Ben Affleck.
Vahedi is also the season three champion of the Ultimate Poker Challenge.
In 2003 he made the final table of the main event of the World Series of Poker and finished sixth ...
Alan Goehring
Dec 23, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Alan Goehring, internet poker pros, world poker tour, World Poker Tour Pro, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro, WPT, WSOP
Current Residence: Henderson, Nev.
Birth Date: February 21, 1962
Birth Place: Milwaukee, Wis.
Interesting Facts
Has earned over $5 million in poker tournament winnings
Won the WPT Season 4 L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in February 2006
Former junk bond trader and investment analyst
Claims to play poker only recreationally
Goehring first made his ...
Phil Hellmuth
Dec 19, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Pro. WSOP, WPT Player, WSOP Player, internet poker pros, Phil Hellmuth, Ultimate Bet, UltimateBet.com, UltimateBet.net, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro
Nickname: The Poker Brat
Current Residence: Palo Alto, Calif.
Birth Date: July 16, 1964
Birth Place: Madison, Wis.
Interesting Facts
Was inaugurated into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2007
Holds the record for most final table cashes at the WSOP
Almost $9 million in career tournament winnings
Youngest ever winner of the WSOP Main Event (1989) ...
Dan Harrington
Dec 2, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Dan Harrington, internet poker pros, Poker Pro Players, world poker tour, World Series of Poker, WPT, WSOP
Nickname: Action Dan
Current Residence: Santa Monica, Calif.
Birth Date: 1945
Birth Place: Cambridge, Mass.
Interesting Facts
Won the 1996 WSOP Main Event
One of the few players to have success at the WPT and WSOP
Made back to back final tables at the WSOP Main Event in 2003
His solid play allows him to make it to many final tables at large ...
Mimi Tran
Dec 2, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Female Poker Players, internet poker pros, Mimi Tran, Poker Pro Players, World Series of Poker, WSOP
Current Residence: Torrance, Calif.
Born July 5: 1960
Birth Place: Nha Trang, Vietnam
Interesting Facts
Tran has finished in the money in multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments, including two second-place finishes, a third-place finish and a fourth-place finish.
As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000. She also features highly in the list ...
