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Opinion: Michael Phelps - So, The Golden Boy Plays Poker

submitted by pokerman 701 days ago (via pokernews.com)

It's been a long time since I felt like the Olympics were a big deal to us Americans. Maybe the last Olympics that felt this 'present' in American culture was 1976. Bruce Jenner was winning decathlon Gold, Nadia Comeneci was cute as a button...

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The PokerNews Profile: Tom Dwan

submitted by pokerman 691 days ago (via pokernews.com)

'How did you come up with the name 'durrrr'?' is almost always the first question asked of 22-year-old poker professional Tom Dwan. He'll tell you that he wanted to select a screen name that sounded so ridiculous, so inane that it would...

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The PokerNews Profile: Erica Schoenberg

submitted by pokerman 664 days ago (via pokernews.com)

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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PokerNews WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Kelly Kim

submitted by pokerman 660 days ago (via pokernews.com)

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...

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PokerNews WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Peter Eastgate

submitted by pokerman 652 days ago (via pokernews.com)

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...

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The PokerNews Profile: Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner

submitted by pokerman 649 days ago (via pokernews.com)

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...

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

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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...

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2008 WSOP 'November Nine' Focus: Darus Suharto

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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 Even...

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The PokerNews Profile: Katja Thater

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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...

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The PokerNews Profile: Robert Mizrachi

submitted by pokerman 594 days ago (via pokernews.com)

Before Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi or his twin Eric ever learned what a flop was, their older brother Robert was racking up some impressive tournament results. Chris Moneymaker was still a Tennessee accountant...

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