Recently the induction to the Women in Poker Hall of Fame was completed with poker babe Jennifer Harman making the grade. Now it is tome for the gender neutral and more acknowledged WSOP sponsored Poker Hall of Fame to take center stage. The nomination process was underway from July 1 to August 31 and WSOP [...]
Tags: Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Poker, Phil-Hellmuth, Phil-Ivey, Poker Babes, Poker Players, WSOP
Full Tilt Poker is the online poker room where most of the high stakes action on the Internet takes place. HighstakesDB tracks the betting at Full Tilt Poker on a hand to hand basis and compiles the results into the biggest winners and losers every month.
Phil Ivey tops the list of winners for August 2010 [...]
Tags: Casinos, Dan Cates, durrrr, Full Tilt Poker, Gus Hansen, High Stakes Poker, Online Poker, patrik-antonius, Phil-Ivey, Poker Players
There is speculation that ace swimmer Michael Phelps may soon become a brand ambassador for UB.com and the reason for this speculation is that Phelps has started figuring a lot in Phil Hellmuth’s Tweets. Hellmuth even has a special name for Phelps, which is MP3. The Tweets do not directly state anything about Phelps joining [...]
Tags: Casinos, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle-Brunson, Lifestyle, Michael Phelps, Phil-Hellmuth, Poker Gossip, Poker Players, Ultimate Bet
Two female brand ambassadors associated with the online poker room UB.com have been in the news this week. Both are completely different from each other, have different roles to play and have been in the news for completely different reasons.
Trishelle Cannatella is the poker babe face of UB.com. Known as a “hot tub three-way specialist” [...]
Tags: Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Online Poker, Poker Babes, Poker Gossip, Poker Players, Pokerstars.com, Trishelle Cannatella, UB.com
Daniel Negreanu, known as “The Kid”, has always had strong views and has never shied of expressing them. Some time back he referred to some poker players as cheaters. But he has never, till now, crossed the limits of propriety in addressing his fellow poker professionals no matter how much he hates them. In an [...]
Tags: Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Jenny Woo. Ladies Events, Poker Gossip, Poker Players, WSOP
The poker community knows Leeann Tweeden as the sexy hostess of the NBC late night television show Poker After Dark. Many may also recall her as the even sexier model who has posed for leading magazines like Playboy and Swimwear USA. But very few know that Leeann is the daughter of an Air Force mechanic [...]
Tags: antonio-esfandiari, Leeann Tweeden, Lifestyle, Mike-Matusow, Poker After Dark, Poker Babes, Poker Players
In April 2010 the process of selecting appropriate women associated with poker for the Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) had begun. The selection is over and three women will be inducted into this august group on September 3 in a glittering ceremony at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.
The first of the [...]
Tags: Fun, Jennifer Harman, Kathy-Liebert, Poker, Poker Babes, Poker Gossip, Poker Players, Women in Poker Hall of Fame
It was not too long ago that the professional poker player Phil “The Unibomber” Laak broke the world record for endurance poker. His endurance skills will now come into play again because he was just involved in a major accident. The Unabomber had to be hospitalized with lacerations to his right eye and broken bones.
It [...]
Tags: antonio-esfandiari, Jennifer-Tilly, Lifestyle, Phil Laak, Poker Babes, Poker Gossip, Poker Players
In November 2008 Peter Eastgate made WSOP history by becoming the youngest player to win the Main Event. In the process he broke the record that had stood in Phil Hellmuth’s name for almost 20 years. In less than 20 months Eastgate is feeling the poker burnout and has announced that he is retiring from [...]
Tags: peter eastgate, Phil-Hellmuth, Poker Players, Pokerstars.com, WSOP
DoylesRoom has had an incredible run in the WSOP this year, though that luck has not spread to Doyle Brunson himself. Winnings among DoylesRoom players have reached over $2 million, and the main event is still to come. Daniel Kelly won a bracelet in event number 52, a $25,000 no limit holdem six-handed event. He [...]
Tags: doyles-room, Poker Players, WSOP
