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Elite Online Grinder Matt “ch0ppy” Kay Still Evolving, Crushing
Check any Sunday Majors results over the last five years and there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the online screen name “ch0ppy.”Canadian Matt “ch0ppy” Kay has flown under the radar in the live...
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Thailand ‘Heaven on Earth’ for U.S. Online Grinder Westmorland
The majority of the elite U.S. online poker community seems to have fled to either Mexico or Vancouver but a growing contingent is making their home base in Southeast Asia.Young online poker pro...
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Negreanu Crowned King of WSOP Asia-Pacific, Wins Fifth Bracelet
Daniel Negreanu put on a signature performance on the way to his fifth bracelet and (AUD) $1 million in the WSOP APAC Main Event on Monday night.The famous Canadian poker pro entertained the audience,...
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Glazier: “I’ll Quit Poker the Day I Dread Coming into a Poker Room”
There aren’t too many Australian poker players who have given the call to shuffle up and deal to kick off the World Series of Poker.In fact, until today it’s likely that there has been just two. Joe...
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Ryan Riess on World Champion Legacy: “I Hope I Did a Good Job”
With the 2014 November Nine around the corner, the reign of Ryan Riess as the most recent WSOP Main Event champion is about to come to an end.Riess knows all too well what’s it’s like to prepare for...
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Vanessa Rousso Still Hungry After Nearly a Decade of Poker
Vanessa Rousso is a survivor.Over the last nine years Rousso has stood the test of time in the poker world while having one of the most unusual career paths of anyone to play the game. Since bursting...
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The Art of Poker Table Talk: It's Good For the Game
There is no doubt that poker has changed a lot over the years.From dingy back rooms in underground clubs to the bright lights of Vegas and the modern glory of poker as we know it today. There are a...
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Oliver Gill: “If They Don’t Like Me, I’m Going To Destroy Them”
Wander into the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, Australia during the 2014 WSOP APAC and the first thing you might hear is the voice of Oliver Gill.It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to call Gill the...
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Daniel Negreanu on WSOP POY: “I Need to Have Some Big Results”
In 2013 Daniel Negreanu stormed back in the final moments of WSOP Europe to win the Player of the Year race. He will have to do the same again this year at the 2014 WSOP APAC if he wants to win his...
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Esfandiari, Rousso Recall Make-or-Break Moments in Poker
It’s every poker pro’s job to deal with the inevitable swings of the game but there are moments in every player’s career that can either elevate them to a different level or cast them into...
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Dan Heimiller: “I’m Tempted to Play $100K High Rollers”
Dan Heimiller has been prolific in 2014.He won the Seniors Event this past summer, claiming his second WSOP bracelet and more than $600,000. That’s just one of what is now 32 cashes this year alone...
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Ismael Bojang: “The WSOP is Soft, Especially if You Know Mix Games”
Ismael Bojang is an unheralded player from Germany who has quietly amassed nearly 40 tournament cashes over the last two years.He’s not as flashy as some of the more well-known German poker superstars...
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Mike Watson: “People Make a Living Grinding Fantasy Sports”
Scroll through a twitter feed of poker players and you will no doubt be bombarded with tweets about fantasy sports.You know it’s getting popular when there are almost as many fantasy sports related...
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Australian Jeff Rossiter on Breaking into Global High-Stakes Scene
Joe Hachem might be the most famous Aussie poker player but over the last few years Jeff Rossiter has certainly been the most prolific.In 2013 alone Rossiter posted almost $4 million in tournaments...
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Tony Hachem: From Fatherhood to WSOP Final Table
Juggling fatherhood and playing poker seems like it would be a tough gig.Prominent Aussie pro Tony Hachem, however, has so far done a good job as he has made the final table of the $1,650 Terminator...
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How $100 and Johnny Moss Changed Billy The Croc’s Life Forever
One day at the poker table could change your entire life.That day for Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros was back in 1989. It was the first year he had travelled to Las Vegas for...
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Brian Roberts: “Big Networks Aren’t Interested in Gambling Shows”
There was a time when poker fans were flooded with poker-related television programs.Not only were there hundreds of hours of programming of WPTs and the WSOP, there were multiple high stakes cash...
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Xuan Liu on Surviving "Rough" Swings of Poker
Poker isn’t all about what you do at the table.It’s also about making sure your mindset is right outside of the game. That means finding a balance between down time and game time. That’s what Canadian...
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Frank Kassela: “Player’s Championship Should Be Dealer’s Choice”
After a successful debut in Las Vegas, the WSOP has brought Dealer’s Choice to Australia.It was Robert Mizrachi who won the first bracelet awarded in a WSOP Dealer’s Choice tournament. He overcame 419...
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Stuart Rutter: Working with Prisoners the “Polar Opposite of Poker”
Stuart Rutter is one of the many poker pros who has started to look for ways to give back to society after years of profiting from people at the tables.Rutter is involved in a prisoner listening...
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Jesse Sylvia: November Nine Experience is “Absolutely Unreal”
The 2014 WSOP Main Event final table in November is fast approaching and Jesse Sylvia is one of the select players that knows exactly what that experience is like.Sylvia was one of the popular players...
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Greg Merson: “I Played Over 100k Hands Online in USA Last Month"
2012 Main Event winner Greg Merson has quietly become one of the best World Champions in recent history.The respected pro has amassed over $1 million in live tournament earnings since winning the Main...
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Casey Kastle: “My Goal is to Wear Shorts 250 Days a Year”
Ask a poker player why they love travelling the international tournament circuit and they will no doubt say they love seeing new places around the world.It’s arguable that no tournament player has...
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How Live Coverage is Redefining Poker Strategy
There was once a time when watching poker meant guessing what players were holding.If a player made a big fold, or a strange bet, the viewer, and players, were left wondering what they might have had....
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Jonathan Little on Next-Generation Poker Coaching
When it comes to blogging, writing books and coaching, there aren’t many many players more prolific than Jonathan Little.Over the last few years Little has certainly developed quite the catalogue in...
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Anthony Hachem: “Dad is Happy I Don’t Play Poker Full Time"
There aren’t many well-known successful father-son combos in pokerTodd and Doyle Brunson immediately spring to mind, but down in Australia it’s all about 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem and his...
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Jack Salter on Breakout Player Award: “Hopefully I’ve Got a Chance”
Many believe that poker is as tough as it’s ever been but that’s hasn’t kept players like Jack Salter from bursting onto the scene and subsequently tearing up the live circuit.The London native was...
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What’s the Future of Poker? Hint: PLO
Poker has changed so much over the last 20 years that it’s hard to imagine what might happen over the next 20 years.While most signs point to poker peaking in the mid-2000s some professional players...
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Eddy Sabat on Epic Main Event Run: “It Still Hurts”
It must be gut-wrenching to outlast more than 6,500 players in a tournament only to finish seven spots off a spot in the November Nine.That’s what Los Angeles native Eddy Sabat went through this...
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Brian Rast on First Trip to Australia, Fasting to Win
Brian Rast will take any edge he can get. Even if that means not eating.During the $5,000 8-Game Mixed tournament at the WSOP APAC, Rast told us that he had not eaten for a day and that fasting was...
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Poker's Sixth Sense: Does it Exist?
Poker players often make calls or folds that are in direct opposition to logic.All signs point to a player having a certain hand, or range of hands, but a player just feels like something isn’t right...
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