http://www.pokernews.com/news/poker-people/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:40:45 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/the-pokernews-profile-yevgeniy-timoshenko-6892.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/the-pokernews-profile-yevgeniy-timoshenko-6892.htm On the biggest night of his young life, Yevgeniy Timoshenko dressed like he knew victory was his. Clad in a charcoal pinstripe suit... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/the-pokernews-top-10-celebrity-performances-in-poker-6875.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:45:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/the-pokernews-top-10-celebrity-performances-in-poker-6875.htm This is the week when celebrities descend upon the World Series of Poker, with the Ante Up for Africa Celebrity-Charity Tournament on Thursday... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-interview-ppa-executive-director-john-pappas-pt-1-6844.htm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-interview-ppa-executive-director-john-pappas-pt-1-6844.htm Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas is a native Arizonan who’s been involved in politics for his entire adult life... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/the-pokernews-profile-isaac-haxton-6838.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/the-pokernews-profile-isaac-haxton-6838.htm Isaac Haxton was born in suburban New York City and grew up in Syracuse, where his father was an English professor. Haxton was introduced to skill... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-profile-nam-le-6785.htm Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-profile-nam-le-6785.htm Nam Le is one of those rare poker players that can be a total chameleon on the felt when it comes to style. Watch him one day and he’s running... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/from-the-poker-vaults-billy-baxter-6778.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/from-the-poker-vaults-billy-baxter-6778.htm If Billy Baxter weren’t so good at everything else he did — playing gin, betting on sports, and managing boxers, just to name a few... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-top-ten-players-most-likely-triple-crown-6771.htm Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-top-ten-players-most-likely-triple-crown-6771.htm Roland De Wolfe’s stunning victory in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better event at the WSOP has put the “Triple Crown” on the collective brain... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-profile-dario-alioto-6732.htm Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:57:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/pokernews-profile-dario-alioto-6732.htm There’s no question as to Dario Alioto’s favorite form of poker. The man lives for pot-limit Omaha. If there’s a major PLO tournament... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/from-the-poker-vaults-bill-boyd-6726.htm Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/from-the-poker-vaults-bill-boyd-6726.htm Out of all the people who have been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, perhaps none has been more deserving than Bill Boyd... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/the-pokernews-profile-josh-arieh-6675.htm Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/06/the-pokernews-profile-josh-arieh-6675.htm Josh Arieh won his first WSOP bracelet a full five years before his first television appearance, the ESPN cameras capturing him in a few...