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 Interview: Josh Arieh

  October 10, 2007,

  A high-flying, outspoken, aggressive player in his younger days, Josh Arieh broke on to the scene by winning the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event at the 1999 World Series of Poker in his mid-twenties. Over the next several years...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Matt Savage

  October 05, 2007,

  One of the most well-liked and influential poker tournament directors around, Matt Savage has been more places than that guy that sang 'I've Been Everywhere.' He ran the World Series of Poker for a few years. He's the host of the WPT Bay 101...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Jordan 'iMsoLucky0' Morgan

  September 28, 2007,

  It would be hard, if not altogether incorrect, to say that Jordan Morgan's career as a professional poker player got off to a slow start. With over $800,000 in live tournament winnings in just two years of professional play, Morgan...

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight, September 27th - Linda Johnson, First-Class Business Woman

  September 27, 2007,

  The First Lady of Poker, Linda Johnson, should also be known as a First-Class Business Woman. Linda and I sat down in her new home in Las Vegas for an interview about her many accomplishments in poker and the poker industry...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Kristy Gazes

  September 21, 2007,

  Known as "Mixed Games" Gazes, Kristy Gazes is an all-around poker specialist. She can play any game at any level in cash games, and also does well in tournaments, making her a threat in just about any form of the game you can imagine...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Blair Rodman

  September 15, 2007,

  Blair Rodman has been a professional gambler since 1985, covering poker, golf, blackjack and just about anything worthwhile for the serious pro. He's also a poker author, having co-written the popular stick-it-to-the-pro book...

   

• WSOP Circuit-Tunica Special Report: Up Close with Glyn Banks

  September 13, 2007,

  Glyn Banks may not be a household name (yet), but this Smithville, Tennessee native they call "Ratchet" is certainly leaving his mark on the poker tables in Tunica, Mississippi. Last October, Glyn posted a third-place finish at the 2006...

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight, September 6th - Beth Shak, Rising Poker Star

  September 06, 2007,

  Beth Shak caught the poker nation's eye at the final table at this year's WSOP Event #28, No-Limit Hold'em. Beth's exceptional playing couldn't have been more noticeable with one exception -- she shared the final table with Phil Hellmuth...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: John Pappas

  August 31, 2007,

  The Poker Players Alliance is the first really serious effort at a political membership group for poker players. Launched in 2005, it's designed to take the fight for poker freedom directly to Washington and politicians. The PPA...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Katja Thater

  August 24, 2007,

  Katja Thater is a femme fatale with a German accent. She stands out among poker professionals because she's charming and talkative away from the table, but all business during the game. Her stare will end you....

   

• Women's Poker Spotlight, August 23rd, 2007: Pamela Brunson Wins Bike Ladies Legends Event

  August 23, 2007,

  The Bicycle Casino put on the fifth annual Ladies Night tournament this past weekend, August 18th and 19th, in Los Angeles, California. The champion turned out to be the daughter of perhaps the poker world's largest legend of all...

   

• Jean Robert Bellande Joins Cast of Survivor 15: China

  August 20, 2007,

  As has been long rumored, poker player Jean Robert-Bellande is officially part of the cast of the next season of 'Survivor'. Bellande's opponents include a former WWE wrestler, a professional grave digger, and a farmer who goes by the name 'Chicken'..

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Maria Ho

  August 17, 2007,

  The first impression a player might get from Maria Ho, the last woman standing in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, is that she's a stunning beauty – possibly one of the best-looking poker players in the Main Event. On second glance

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Mori Eskandani, Part Two

  August 11, 2007,

  Though well known as a cash-game player for many years, Mori Eskandani is better known in the modern poker world as one of the two brains behind POKER-PROductions, a poker-telecast production company that dominates the poker market...

   

• The PokerNews Interview: Mori Eskandani, Part One

  August 10, 2007,

  Though well known as a cash-game player for many years, Mori Eskandani is better known in the modern poker world as one of the two brains behind POKER-PROductions, a poker-telecast production company that dominates the poker market...

   

• Inside the Breakthrough: An Interview with WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider, Part Two

  August 04, 2007,

  In yesterday's Part One of PokerNews.com's extended interview with 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider, Schneider detailed the final table of his first bracelet-winning effort. In today's conclusion, he shares his thoughts on winning...

   

• Inside the Breakthrough: An Interview with WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider, Part One

  August 03, 2007,

  In poker terms, Tom Schneider's been around. Schneider first emerged on the tournament scene through his TV-table appearance in the WPT World Poker Challenge event in Reno in March 2006, where he finished third. Schneider is also known...

   

• Lindgren's Golf Prop Bet Win a Grind; RawVegas to Air Today

  June 29, 2007,

  It apparently started as many prop bets do – over a few cocktails, and some trash talking. Did Erick Lindgren want to play 72 holes of golf after a night out on the town? All he had to do was shoot under 100....

   

• Isabelle 'No Mercy' Mercier on Breaking Through in Poker

  April 25, 2007,

  If Isabelle Mercier hadn't been asked to take up a position as the manager of the Aviation Club in Paris eight years ago, and therefore decided against playing poker full time, you might very well have been able to hire her as your lawyer....

   

• Interview With Patrik Antonius, Part Two

  April 12, 2007,

  This is part two of our interview with Patrik Antonius. We caught up with Patrik as he was leaving Monte Carlo after the EPT Grand Final, and here is what he had to say....

   

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