Poker People

From player biographies to stories about the lives of today's top poker stars. This includes special events sponsored by players, and anything going on with their lives on and off the poker table.

• The PokerNews Profile: Jeff 'yellowsub86' Williams

  December 05, 2008,

  He's not a crazy Beatles fan or anything. "Yellow Submarine" just happened to be playing on the radio while Jeff Williams was choosing his email address many years ago, adding his birth year to the song's title. When he settled...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Katja Thater

  November 28, 2008,

  When asked to name the greatest "poker faces" of all time, one might immediately conjure up names like Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson or Howard Lederer. However, after watching Katja Thater at the table, one could make a serious case...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Roland de Wolfe

  November 21, 2008,

  Roland de Wolfe is living (nearly) every poker writer's dream. After being educated in the written word and landing a reporting job at a gaming magazine, he successfully transitioned from a life spent behind the ropes scribbling...

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight: Isabelle Mercier Runs Deep at EPT Warsaw

  November 20, 2008,

  On Saturday, November 15th, the Casino at the Hyatt Regency in Warsaw, Poland seated 217 players for the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Polish Open to battle for the largest Polish prize pool to date. The €1,172,973...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Johnny Lodden

  November 14, 2008,

  Finding Johnny Lodden in a poker room isn't too difficult a task, just keep an eye out for the bevy of gorgeous, blonde Scandinavian women sweating his every move. Lodden loves the ladies, they love him, and it's not difficult...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Dario Minieri

  November 07, 2008,

  He could be playing in Denmark in February or Las Vegas at the height of the desert's scorching summer heat, but you'll hardly ever find Dario Minieri playing a hand of poker without the maroon-and-gold-striped scarf that has...

   

• 2008 WSOP 'November Nine' Profile: David 'Chino' Rheem

  November 06, 2008,

  David 'Chino' Rheem may be the most visible member of the upcoming 2008 World Series of Poker's "November Nine," having amassed an already impressive poker career in just three years of major tournament play...

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight: Lisa Tenner

  November 06, 2008,

  When Lisa Tenner was a young ballerina, dancing in the New York City ballet, never did she imagine that her life would take the twists and turns that it did and bring her into a life of music, celebrities, business and poker...

   

• 2008 WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Ylon Schwartz

  November 04, 2008,

  Ylon Schwartz, a 38-year-old from Brooklyn, NY, is a man who likes games. Known now as a member of the November Nine, this gamer from Brooklyn, New York, is also a ranked chess master and former backgammon player. Like previous...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier

  October 31, 2008,

  Heads turned and eyebrows were raised when Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier walked into the tournament room at this year's APPT Macau. Perhaps inspired by that summer's runaway box office hit 'The Dark Knight,' the French poker sensation...

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight: Clonie Gowen Wins World Poker Open Main Event

  October 30, 2008,

  Nine players returned to the Gold Strike Casino on Tuesday to take their seats at the final table of the World Poker Open's $5,000 buy-in. The chip leader of those final nine was professional poker player Clonie Gowen...

   

• 2008 WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Darus Suharto

  October 29, 2008,

  An accountant by day, 39-year-old Darus Suharto has been playing poker recreationally for about three years. After only a year of playing, Suharto qualified through an online satellite for free entry into the 2006 WSOP Main Event...

   

• Andy Bloch Visits UNLV Campus; Talks Poker and MIT Blackjack Team

  October 26, 2008,

  This past week, a group of students attending the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus were given details from an inside perspective regarding one of the most famous instances of 'hitting it big in Vegas.' Poker professional and former...

   

• PokerNews WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Craig Marquis

  October 25, 2008,

  When compared to his counterparts, 2008 WSOP final-table participant Craig Marquis has somewhat limited experience in live tournament play. Marquis, however, has plenty of online knowledge instead, primarily at Full Tilt, where...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Jason Mercier

  October 24, 2008,

  For those of us following the European tournament circuit over the last year or so, Jason Mercier is hard to miss in a crowd. Just look for the crisp, white baseball cap donned askew and a massive tower of chips, constructed into...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner

  October 17, 2008,

  At the dawn of the poker boom, Jon Turner was studying computer science at the University of North Carolina - Raleigh. Like so many of us, he was introduced to no-limit hold'em while watching ESPN's broadcast of the 2003 World Series...

   

• PokerNews WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Peter Eastgate

  October 15, 2008,

  Peter Eastgate, the 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark, has only been playing poker for three year and has just four prior cashes on his resume, all from European tournaments. His previous biggest payday...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Phil Galfond

  October 10, 2008,

  With his choice of screen name, one might think that Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond is an unapologetic "American Idol" fan. Though he admits to having watched his fair share of the show, the story behind Galfond's online...

   

• PokerNews WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Kelly Kim

  October 08, 2008,

  Kelly Kim has to know the odds are against him. The 31-year-old poker pro from Whittier, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, is going into the final table of the 2008 WSOP Main Event with just 2,620,000 in chips...

   

• The PokerNews Profile: Erica Schoenberg

  October 03, 2008,

  Erica Schoenberg is one of those rare women who could stack you at no-limit hold'em in one moment and school you in beer pong the next. Equally at home in Manolo Blahnik stilettos or her beloved Cleveland Cavaliers jersey, Schoenberg...

   

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