Poker Players: Interviews, advice & profiles with the World's best players

Poker pro Vanessa Rousso tells us why there aren’t more winning women on the poker circuit

1 Sep 2006

2006 should have been the year of the woman at the World Series of Poker, so what happened to Vanessa Rousso? We desperately wanted a woman to win the Main Eve... Continue Reading

Controversial poker pro and businessman Howard Lederer talks exclusively to PokerPlayer

1 Sep 2006

We caught up with Howard Lederer during the World Series to find out why he felt it was time to act against the WPT PokerPlayer: So what exactly is the problem... Continue Reading

We get inside the mind of the truly great Johnny Chan, 10 times world poker champion: “I suppose the only regret I might have is that I didn’t beat Phil Hellmuth”

1 Sep 2006

With 10 WSOP bracelets, Jonny Chan, the Orient Express, is one of poker’s true legends What’s your game? I play limit poker – $1,000-$2,000 and higher. In the ... Continue Reading

Mike Matusow: Sex, drugs and on parole…

1 Aug 2006

You might have seen Mike Matusow on TV but behind the blow-ups and trash talk lies one of the most amazing stories of excess in the poker world. Michael Kaplan... Continue Reading

WSOP champion Joe Hachem explains how he became the biggest name in poker: “I was playing hundreds of thousands of hands, but I sucked so bad”

1 Jul 2006

We find out how Australian Joe Hachem shot straight to the top of the WSOP money-list by winning the 2005 Main Event In 2003 Chris Moneymaker changed the face ... Continue Reading

The other side of Ivey

1 Jun 2006

Friday night in the Tropicana Casino. An elderly woman sits in a wheelchair in front of a slot machine, a tube runs out of her nose into an oxygen tank strappe... Continue Reading

Doyle Brunson is the most famous poker player of all time, but what’s his story?: “Brunson became a marked man and he was arrested five times on gambling charges”

1 Jun 2006

We talk to Doyle Brunson the man who epitomises the look, the hook, and the book of poker Poker’s not exactly lacking in superstar players. Guys like Dave ‘Dev... Continue Reading

Comedian Norman Pace is a poker lover so we spoke to hime about how he got into the great game: “He typed into the chat: ‘How’s it going Norm?’ I replied: ‘You’ve ruined my life”

1 Jun 2006

Over a civilised cocktail and a quick sit-and-go, Norman Pace clinks glasses with PokerPlayer As the slimmer, moustache-free half of 1990s TV comedy duo Hale a... Continue Reading

Glamour model and poker fan Leilani Dowding gets it off her chest: “I don’t want to be known as the model that can’t really play, but gets freerolled anyway”

1 May 2006

Leilani Dowding, the UK’s smartest glamour model and Celebrity Poker player, gets her chips out! With 11 GCSEs and three ‘A’ Levels, glamour model Leilani Dowd... Continue Reading

Jean-Robert Bellande plays his poker in the famous celeb games in L.A.: “Bellande threw parties for the likes of Leonardo Di Caprio, Carmen Electra and Shaquille O’Neal”

1 May 2006

WPT bad boy Jean-Robert Bellande on the LA scene, from the 24-hour cardrooms to the infamous celebrity home games Few players know the City of Angels as well a... Continue Reading

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