What do you think, is the foremost requirement for sporting the game of poker? Is it the rules of poker? Is the theory of the game? Or is it wagering on the table? Is it the shuffling of the deck? or what? Rules and words can be located in books. These are merely the components,…

Phil Hellmuth: Or You Can Fondly Call Him The ‘Poker Brat’. Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. a.k.a Phil Hellmuth was born in Madison, Wisconsin on July 16 of 1964. He has won fifteen WSOP bracelets and topped the Main Event of the 1989 WSOP and the Main Event of the 2012 WSOPE. He is also an inductee…

Phil Ivey: Youngest To Be In The Poker Hall Of Fame. “You get your chips your way, I’ll get my chips mine. – Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. a.k.a Phil Ivey was born in Riverside, California. He is considered one of the best poker players in the world. Ivey is the youngest player to…

Texas Dolly: The Legend, Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson was born in 1933 in Longworth, Texas. He earned a Masters’s Degree in Business from Hardin-Simmon University. Doyle has known to play in the biggest cash poker games in Vegas He is twice World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. Brunson was the first-ever player to…

Name, Game, & Short Story of Stu Ungar (Stuart Errol Ungar) a.k.a ‘The Kid’ a.k.a Stu Ungar was born in 1953 on the 8th of September. He is a professional poker, blackjack, and gin rummy player. He is one of the two players in poker history to win the WSOP Main Event thrice. Stu is…

Chris Moneymaker: Keeping up with his name, Aye! Christopher Bryan Moneymaker also called Chris Moneymaker was born on November 21 in 1975 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. He won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 bag is said to have turned poker around. He happens to be…

From Pool to Poker- A Brief of John Hennigan John Hennigan was born on August 10, 1970, and is nicknamed “Johnny World”. Hennigan is an American professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hennigan finished at the 19th position in the no-limit Texas hold ’em main event at the 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He…

The Orient Express: The Legendary Poker Player Johnny Chan Johnny Chan was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets. Interestingly he won the  1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively. Johnny Chan has been the World Series of Poker Main Event Champion for consecutive…

Johnny Moss: The Greatest Poker Player Of His Generation Johnny Moss was The Greatest Of his time Was The Inaugural Winner Of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Johnny Moss was born on May 14, 1907, and lived until December 16, 1995. Moss was born on May 14 of 1907, in the city of…

Scotty Nguyen: The Self-made Poker Prince. Scotty Nguyen was born on October 28 in 1962.  He was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Nguyen played and dealt poker in his early 20s in the cardrooms of Southern California.  From 1988-to 1989 he started playing small poker games in Las Vegas. He made his first major cash…