A Look at Michael Tureniec

One of the poker pros who have created big waves in the poker world is Michael Tureneic.  He was born in Sweden where he also grew up, and over the course of his poker career, he has accumulated more than $1.2 million in poker winnings alone.

Recent Tournaments

In August 2009, Tureniec participated at the Partouche Poker Tour, which was held in Cannes.  He got into the final table where he is also the leading player with the highest stack of chips.  The final table for the main event of this poker tournament will be on November 21, the first prize of which amounts to €1 million.

After his stint in Cannes, he then went on to play at the three-day event of the English Poker Open, which was held in Nottingham.  [Read][more][...]

Poker Players Who Got into the Poker Hall of Shame

If there is a Hall of Fame, then there surely is a Hall of Shame, and poker, being a very popular game, has its own number of players that got into the Hall of Shame.  Not only have they given poker a bad name, but they have also disgraced themselves in the eyes of their families and the public as well.  So, who are these sorry poker players who got into the Poker Hall of Shame?

Mike «The Mouth» Matusow

A portly professional poker player from the United States, Mike Matusow has three WSOP bracelets under his belt and has over $5 million poker winnings ever since he started playing pro, but whatever reputation he has built in the poker world was shot to hell when he was arrested for drug trafficking.  He was caught selling illegal substances like cocaine to an undercover law enforcement agent.  Aside from cocaine, he also sold the agent Percocet and Ecstasy pills.  He would have gotten 10 years in jail, but he pleaded guilty and was only incarcerated for six months. [Read][more][...]

The Poker-Playing Priest

Meet Father Andrew Trapp, the poker player priest from South Carolina.

Not only is he a good poker player, but he has also won $100,000 on the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge, which is the newest reality show on Fox that is based around poker.  Aside from this, he has also earned a seat into the championship that will be held on December, giving himself the chance to win the $1,000,000 prize.

Getting Into the Show

An avid soccer and paintball player, Father Trapp also enjoys the game of poker.  He has been playing Texas Hold'Em poker for years now, but only for fun, so when he heard about the show last summer, he decided to play at the qualifier online tournaments in PokerStars. [Read][more][...]

A Look at WSOP’s November Nine Phil Ivey

A living legend — that is what the poker world is calling Phil Ivey, and it is without a doubt that he is, indeed, a living legend.

Next month, Ivey is going back to the felt table and battle it out with some of the best poker players in the world as he plays at the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Poker Career

Ivey won his first WSOP bracelet at a $2,500 WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha when he was only 23 years old, and ever since then, he set a standard that was too high that only a few could ever match.  In 2002, he earned three WSOP bracelets.  He received another one in 2005 and two more in 2009. [Read][more][...]

Barry Shulman on Winning the 2009 WSOPE Championship

Barry Shulman, CEO of CardPlayer, won the 2009 WSOPE Championship after a heads-up play with Daniel Negreanu.

These two big names in the poker world each took their turn getting rid of one opponent after another until they were left as the last two players competing for the major prize.  The game lasted about five hours, with Negreanu having a 2:1 chip lead against Shulman, but in the end, Shulman pulled ahead of Negreanu in what can be called as a very dramatic final two hands.

Shulman Talks about WSOPE [Read][more][...]

A Grand Entrance for the Poker World’s Poker Brat

We all know that Phil Hellmuth is a great player, but he never fails to make us remember that he is, indeed, the poker brat of the poker world.

This year's World Series of Poker Europe Main Event was no different.  He arrived in his usual fashion — late.  And he arrived with his own regiment — soldiers and dancing maidens fit only for an emperor.

The Emperor of Poker

Phil Hellmuth being Phil Hellmuth created yet another dramatic entrance to the Main Event of WSOPE.  Not only did he arrive «fashionably» late, but he also arrived in full Roman gear. [Read][more][...]

2009 World Series of Poker Europe Won by a Brit

The WSOPE began last September 18 at the Empire Casino, London and, in fact, saw its biggest number of participants in its three-year history, having had 608 entrants.  The Main Event, which was to be a £1,000 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'Em, started last Monday, September 21, for a two-day event.

Aside from seeing the biggest number of participants, this year also marks the first year that a Brit won a World Series of Poker Europe title championship, and he is JP Kelly. [Read][more][...]

Victoria Coren Talks about Her Life

From playing poker with her brother and his friends to playing poker with the bigwigs, Victoria Coren is out to prove that winning poker is not in the gender, but it is in the skills.

Today, Coren did prove to the poker world that it takes skills to be able to bag a championship, and bag it she did when she landed the European Championship title, earning herself a hefty million dollars along the way.

Early Childhood

Coren was not interested in what usually interests 15-year-old girls when she was at that age.  In fact, when girls her age were dating and talking about dresses and boys, she was still climbing trees or going to her grandmother's house for a visit. [Read][more][...]

Get to Know the FireGoblin, Michael Overstreet

Although a relatively unknown name in the poker world, Michael Overstreet or the FireGoblin made his tentative splash in the poker world when he became a runner-up finisher on a $20 180-man sit and go tourney.  He admits this event to be his crowning achievement, but little did he know that he would be able to bag the WCOOP title a few months later.

A Brief History of Michael Overstreet

Overstreet's day job is being a software engineer, and although he plays poker now and then all throughout his five-year history of being a poker player, he admits to being far from becoming a poker player.  In fact, there were times that he would play continuously and times that he would have a sabbatical from the game for months. [Read][more][...]

Patrik Antonius Impersonator on Twitter

Patrik Antonius is in big trouble due to an overly eager fan of his posing as him on Twitter.  The poser has been posting false remarks about other players Patrik has played with.  Doyle Brunson, a fellow poker player has been offended by these tweets the fake Patrik has been posting on twitter.  Of course, Patrik then turned to coinflip.com to clear his name.

The Good and the Bad Side of Fans

Fans, of course, are great.  [Read][more][...]

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