The tradition of United States Presidents who play poker may yet continue in President Elect Barack Obama.  It’s commonly known in the poker community that Obama played in a regular poker game as a US Senator.  However, some may not know that there is precedence for our nation’s leaders playing poker while at the White [...]

Today is Friday and that means it’s time for a little poker history from yours truly. I’ve been rolling with some player profiles and the things they have done to contribute to poker history and today is a continuation of that series. Today we’ll be talking about Greg Raymer, king of the goofy holographic sunglasses [...]

Poker History is something that everyone should think about from time to time. It showcases where players have been and where we come from today in the poker world. There are a lot of players who have made notable careers out of poker and add to the wholesome history that I have been showcasing in [...]

Once again all of you eager readers are graced with a new article about poker history! No, this isn’t History 101 from high school and I’m not here to bore you to death. This, as it has been every week, is background on the sport that we all enjoy and wish to be more familiar [...]

Every Friday I’ve been talking about poker history. This week is no different and today I will continue talking about historical or well known poker players. Today I choose Daniel Negreanu, a Canadian professional poker player. Many of you are likely familiar with Negreanu from the World Series of Poker or World Poker Tour. That’s [...]

Poker history can be a pretty wide area of poker to cover. There are tons of issues, hands or situations that could be thrown into the poker history category. Continuing on with the past couple weeks I am going to cover a particular player who has made great history for himself. This player has been [...]

Poker history applies to many facets of poker. Last week I told you about one of the most well known poker players in recent poker history, Doyle Brunson. Outlining the past of these iconic players has been interesting for me because it shows that these guys are regular people just like you and me. It [...]

Most of you are familiar with one of the, if not the most well known poker player in history. That poker player would be Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson. Most people familiar with poker at all have at least heard his name in passing, either referencing what he is doing in the World Series of Poker [...]

For those unfamiliar with Anette Obrestad I will give you a little bit of information on this big and upcoming professional poker player. Obrestad made poker history when she was the winner of the WSOP Europe£ 10,000 main event taking in the title of youngest player to ever win a bracelet in the WSOP. This [...]

A big step has been made for female poker players this month. Van Nguyen won the first televised World Poker Tour event by beating out 444 players and winning a large portion of the money donated to the event by Commerce. This is pretty exciting for women in the poker community. It showcases that women [...]