Professional Players

Phil Hellmuth prepares for another memorable grand entrance on September 26 in London.
Miami, FL (PRWeb) September 22, 2009 – You don’t have to wait outside of Buckingham Palace to spot royalty in London. UltimateBet’s Phil Hellmuth, arguably one of the kings of the poker world, will make his grand entrance to this year’s World Series [continue]

The life of high stakes professional Tom Dwan is rarely dull. As a regular instigator of nosebleed cash games on Full Tilt he plays daily for pots that run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. His aggressive playing style has also lead to some million dollar bankroll swings in the past year. Not to [continue]

Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, and Howard Lederer. Just a few of poker’s rich and famous who have their own Twitter accounts. Over 2,500 people believed that high-stakes cash player Patrick Antonius had also embraced the social-media zeitgeist, but like so many famous people before him Patrick had an impostor. What makes the reclusive [continue]

August 31st 2009 – In his biggest live win to date, RedKings Team Pro Ramzi Jelassi scooped €170,000 in San Remo stage of the Italian poker league. Not really understanding a lot of what the all Italian Final table players were saying, Ramzi let his cards do the talking and dominated the final sessions with [continue]

If there’s one thing Full Tilt Poker is known for more than any other online site, it’s that they’re the home of the pros. There are a great number of skilled professional players who compete in live events with Full Tilt patches or bear the distinctive red lettering online. With such a strong stable of [continue]

Popular gaming industry news site Gambling 911 recently featured an article by controversial contributor Thomas Somach in which he accused famed poker pro Daniel Negreanu of racism. The article centred around a blog post at Full Contact Poker in which Daniel’s aired his views on the controversial subject of race relations in America, particularly the [continue]

Absolute Poker has recently announced the signing of its newest poker pro, Lacey Jones.  Lacy, who is also a model, joins another young poker star, Matt Vengrin, as the newest faces of the Absolute Poker brand.
Lacey Jones began her poker career in 2005, when she was hired as a model to play in a charity [continue]

Marcel Lüske and Jason Mercier joined the team PokerStars! These accomplished pros are now part of the most prestigious team of poker pros in the world. I was surprised at first that they just made the announcement, as I had always thought that Marcel Lüske and Jason Mercier were a part of team PokerStars already!
Marcel [continue]

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009 – PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker site, has welcomed Jason Mercier, a 22-year-old poker pro from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into the elite Team PokerStars Pro.
Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, already a PokerStars SuperNova Elite, has proved he’s a force to be reckoned with on the live poker circuit [continue]

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009: PokerStars the world’s largest online poker site, has announced a new addition to Team PokerStars Pro after signing Marcel ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Luske. The highly experienced Dutch poker pro, who won the European Poker Awards ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ in 2008, has had a long and successful [continue]