The first major live poker tournament since Black Friday in the United States kicked off Wednesday with the World Poker Tour at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida. One of the unknowns coming into the tournament was wether or not sponsored pros would show up wearing their patches. Only 13 players were found wearing [...]
Joe Cada of Shelby Township is on quite a roll. Cada, 21, who won a seat at the final table at the World Series of Poker Texas Hold-em Main Event to be played in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, took second place in a $150-rebuy online tournament through Full-Tilt poker on Sunday, winning $45,000. “I planned [...]
It’s been quite a few months for Roberto Romanello. After a few near misses the Welshman got the perfect Christmas present by winning his maiden EPT title in Prague in December and has followed it up with a first World Poker Tour victory. Romanello went into the final day in Slovakia as the chip leader [...]
Alexander Kuzmin, the top Russian professional poker player, ended up participating in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Southern Poker Championship, which is being held at the Beau Rivage, because of a brief delay in his flight back to Russia. The flight delay turned out to be more than lucky for the poker pro, who added [...]
Evelyn Ng is one of Poker’s rising stars. As a player who consistently improves every aspect of her game, Evelyn is starting to gain the recognition and respect that she deserves. With the help of superstar coach and fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu, it’s only a matter of time before Evelyn Ng establishes herself as one [...]
Entertaining at the tables, popular among both players and fans, Humberto Brenes is one of a kind. The native Costa Rican has been playing poker for 35 years, and now ranks 21st among all-time tournament money winners. He has numerous final tables on the World Poker Tour and at the World Series of Poker to [...]
