Gus Hansen, Doyle Brunson and Joe Hachem are all famous names in the world of poker. We’d like to let you get to know these and other famous poker players even better with our detailed profiles of them. Did you always want to know what exceptional job John Juanda financed his studies with, which poker star scared away burglars by faking a heart attack, why Dave Ulliottthrew $ 40,000 in the trash or what music Chris “Jesus” Ferguson likes to listen to the most? On our site you’ll get to know the stars privately and find out what lies close to their hearts, which people are most important in their lives and what they would like to change in the poker scene. We’ve translated numerous poker stars' blogs (online diaries) into English and other languages for you so you can take part in the lives of the professionals, first hand.
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I played event 2 a few days ago, the £5000 PLO. I lasted about four hours or so, i decided to gamble with 66xx on a 642 board in a three way pot when i knew at least one of my opponents had 35xx. I figured i'd have far more chance in the tourney with 45000 chips rather than 15000.
I'm through to Day 2 of the £10000 NL main event. I probably played the tightest i have done for ages in a big tournament, and i was never all in during the day. I'm like 20th in chips of the players that played Day1A, hopefully i can get a decent table draw for day 2, and run good.
I was the first person to cash at this year's WSOPE. Well it meant i was first to bust out in the money of the £1500 NL Holdem. Had ok chips going in ....
Just been looking through some stats and my blog has had over 500,000 hits since I started tracking it a few years ago. That’s a lot of people that have read ....
Just lost my third round match of the $25k HU on Full Tilt after beating Ivey and Williamson... had my opponent down to 1k to my 12k. Winning the 3rd ....
