Poker Legends

Here you will find stories about players that have achieved legendary status in the game of poker. Tales from the 1970's and 80's when poker was in its infancy can also be found here. Stories about the history of the game of poker are also available in this category.

• Legends of Poker: Annie Duke

  February 07, 2006,

  Annie Duke is a media favorite these days. She has appeared on poker tournament broadcasts countless times, and serves as a spokesperson and advisor to Ultimatebet.com where she can be found playing poker on occasion.

   

• Legends of Poker - Mike Sexton

  January 31, 2006,

  These days most everybody has heard of Mike Sexton - or at least they have heard his voice as he and Vince Van Patten discuss hands during the World Poker Tour's broadcasts on TV....

   

• Legends of Poker: Dan Harrington

  January 24, 2006,

  I always thought Howard Lederer was quiet at the poker table, but when compared to Dan Harrington he is downright chatty. Dan's economy with words is only matched by his economy with money...

   

• Legends of Poker: Kathy Liebert

  January 17, 2006,

  Kathy Liebert was born on October 1st, 1967 in Nashville, TN. She grew up on Long Island in New York, and began playing poker at the age of 12...

   

• Legends of Poker: Howard Lederer

  January 10, 2006,

  It's 1987 in Las Vegas, 102 degrees on the street outside Binion's, and I've just finished a pizza in the casino two doors down that cost me $2. Life is good. The World Series of Poker is winding...

   

• Legends of Poker: Cyndy Violette

  December 27, 2005,

  Cyndy Violette was born in Queens, New York and credits her Uncle Ross with teaching her to play cards at home on the kitchen table...

   

• Legends of Poker: David Sklansky

  December 20, 2005,

  Nothing I write about David Sklansky is going to be as accurate (except statistics) as I would like, because David talks above my head so often.

   

• Legends of Poker: Barry Greenstein

  December 13, 2005,

  'I knew I was going to have to quit Symantec and go back to playing poker to support my family. I finally stopped working at Symantec in 1990'....

   

• Legends of Poker: Mike Caro

  December 06, 2005,

  Pity poor Mike Caro. The poker world went and got itself in a great big hurry to learn new games, and left Mike alone at a draw poker table.

   

• Legends of Poker: Howard "Tahoe" Andrew

  November 29, 2005,

  I played a lot of poker while going to high school in Walnut Creek, California, and I played a little basketball with Paul Johnson, who at 6 feet-nine inches tall was a bit taller than his little brother, Randy.

   

• Legends of Poker: Lyle Berman

  November 22, 2005,

  Lyle Berman. The name means different things to different people. People in the United States, especially the mid-west, think of the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Lakes Entertainment Inc....

   

• Legends of Poker: Berry Johnston

  November 15, 2005,

  When I started writing about the legends of poker, Nick "The Greek" and Johnny Moss were my first two "locks." Another obvious choice was Doyle Brunson....

   

• Legends of Poker: Ted Forrest

  November 08, 2005,

  Players from the southern United States dominated big-time poker, as well as the World Series of Poker, in the 1970's. Of the first nine main-event champions, only Puggy Pearson and Bobby Baldwin....

   

• Legends of Poker: Layne Flack

  November 01, 2005,

  Is it possible to be under forty years old and already a poker legend? Certainly Phil Ivey fits the category (and he's only 29), but are there really players out there that are already household names...

   

• Legends of Poker: Barbara Enright

  October 25, 2005,

  I admit it. I eavesdropped on Puggy Pearson recently from my hold'em table at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Pearson was chatting with a non-professional at the table beside me...

   

• Legends of Poker: Susie Isaacs

  October 18, 2005,

  Before Annie Duke became a household name by appearing on multiple TV broadcasts as a professional poker player, there were a handful of ladies who braved the male dominated world of poker...

   

• Legends of Poker: Phil Ivey

  October 11, 2005,

  Back before poker was a hot TV commodity, before every tournament-hand got analyzed by a million viewers, and before online poker turned everybody with a desktop into a legend in their own mind, there was live poker.

   

• Legends of Poker: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson

  October 04, 2005,

  Chris Ferguson makes good copy. He's an easy target at any poker tournament, and the gentleman poker player is greeted warmly at restaurants, bars, and just about any public place.

   

• Legends of Poker: Billy Baxter

  September 27, 2005,

  In my lifetime I've been lucky enough to meet and talk with the top (at least in my mind) dozen poker players of the twentieth century. Every one of those players has a common ground of competition...

   

• Legends of Poker: Jay Heimowitz

  September 20, 2005,

  I have a lot in common with Jay Heimowitz. For instance, both of us list our favorite celebrity as Albert Einstein. We both like skiing, and we both started playing poker...

   

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