Being David Benyamine isn’t easy. We chat with the Big Game legend: “I don’t really look at what I’m losing on a yearly basis”
When it comes to the highs and lows of high-stakes poker, David Benyamine has seen it all
Barry Greenstein talks about the H.O.R.S.E: “I never really felt threatened by anyone as far as the play goes”
After final-tabling the H.O.R.S.E. two years in a row, Barry Greenstein offered his take on the event… Was the field stronger or weaker this year? GREENS...
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Poker Player profiles: Patrik Antonius
Poker Player showcases player profiles with Patrik Antonius Although only the second best looking player in poker behind my good self, formidable Finn Patrik A...
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Marty Smyth tells us how it was to win his PLO bracelet: “I don’t want to sound cheesy, but it was probably the best day of my life”
There were no mainland British bracelet winners this year, but Belfast-born Marty Smyth captured the PLO Championship You’ve been racking up big results for th...
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Legendary poker star Scotty Nguyen chats to us about his WSOP win in his own inimitable style (baby)!
Scotty Nguyen makes up for his 2007 main event disappointment by taking down the $ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E. It was like stepping back in time. Walking into the Rio Ca...
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James Akenhead talks us through his £500k win at the WSOP: “I felt confident the entire tournament – from start to finish”
James Akenhead came agonisingly close to joining the elite club of British WSOP bracelet winners Hot Squad member Akenhead tells us about beating a huge field ...
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Profile of poker legend Eli Elezra
In a new feature, Poker Player showcases player profiles. This time its Eli Elezra A regular in poker’s biggest games, Eli’s defining moment came i...
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High stakes online whizz Sorel Mizzi talks us through his WSOP experience and what he thinks of live poker: “Live players are worse than online players at the higher levels generally speaking”
We caught up with Sorel Mizzi the online legend and live tournament pro during the WSOP At just 22, Canadian poker star Mizzi is regarded as one of the greates...
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We interview Phil Galfond about his first ever win in high stakes poker
Online high stakes cash player Phil Galfond, better known as OMGClayAiken, talks about his first win… POKERPLAYER: Has it sunk in yet? PHIL GALFOND: It k...
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Marty Smyth gives us the inside detail on his recent WSOP win: “but I don’t think they know the game of Omaha as well as I do”
Belfast man Marty Smyth opens up about his WSOP bracelet victory in the $10,000 PLO event THE ULTIMATE AMBITION OF COMING OVER WAS to get to a final table. I c...
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