Matthew LeLacheur is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Alberta and has had an interest in poker for many years. Matthew plays mostly No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, but also has a solid background in Fixed Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha. His hobbies include reading, writing and volunteering. His favourite food is sushi.
I developed an interest in poker more than ten years ago and have been playing regularly ever since. I even met my long-term boyfriend at a poker tournament. Even though I knocked him out of play, he still asked me out! We host weekly poker games at our home and enjoy the company of everyone who shares our love for poker!
Brett is 22 years old and a professional poker player. He has played poker since he was 16 and professionally since he was 19 when he dropped out of college to do so. He plays primarily full ring no limit hold'em. He enjoys eating, candy and running.
Aryan has been involved in online poker for three years. As an American, Black Friday hindered his poker career and put it at a temporary halt. Recently, he moved to South Korea to teach English while attempting to get his poker career back on track.
Courtney has been playing poker for a number of years. She currently has a goal to avoid 9 to 5 jobs for the rest of her life, and poker has been a major factor in achieving this goal so far. In her spare time she likes to eat good food and go to concerts.
A former PokerStars player, Josh now spends most of his time at the live tables. He counts baseball and books among his other passions. Follow him on Twitter @JWuss.
Dan is an aspiring writer under the pseudonym "surviva." He's in his final semester of graduate school to get an MFA in Creative Writing. He'd been playing poker professionally for just over two years when Black Friday hit. Now, he freelance edits, writes for blogs (both on FTR and his own blog) and works on his novel while finishing up school.
Gus is a poker enthusiast and an accounting student at the University of North Texas. Because he is an accounting major, he believes in an accrual world. He skates to one song and one song only.
Yevgeny has been a long-time poker fanatic and active member of the FTR forums. He is a Canadian professional musician based in Germany and likes to offset his artistic side by stacking people at live cash games whenever he finds time.