Dan Heimiller talks about how he enjoys playing at the final table of the celebrity tournament at the LAPC and overall how he enjoys playing live poker and online as well.

PND catches up with Lauren Kling, she mentions how her performance at the tables has improved and how much she enjoys playing live poker.

Chris DeMaci is a huge star in the world of online tournament poker who has proven in multiple big buy-in live events, he is a true force to be reckoned with. According to several online databases, DeMaci has over $1.47 in lifetime career earnings and hails from Newport Beach, CA in the United States. One [...]

Dwyte Pilgrim is a poker player that can no longer be considered one of the game’s best kept secrets, nor can he be considered one of poker’s best up-and-comers. After taking down a televised event on the World Poker Tour, Dwyte Pilgrim is now considered one of the best live tournament pros on the circuit [...]

Jason Mercier is a PokerStars Team Pro and one of the best tournament poker players in the world. He is a former Player of the Year winner and whether the games are played online or live, he’s usually got a deep run in him. Mercier joined us from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which [...]

Erick Lindgren is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner who also has a coveted WSOP Player of the Year title under his belt. In this interview, Lindgren discusses his passion for sports and his take on sports betting. Lindgren is well known in Las Vegas for being a more than capable sports bettor. When [...]

Faraz Jaka, one of the breakout poker superstars of 2010, joins us from the tournament floor to talk about how his 2011 has been progressing and as his tradition, shows off his latest bizarre but whimsical headgear. So what’s going on with his current hat that looks like a baby seal? Jaka explained, “I was [...]

Jason Senti rejoins us and talks about life after the November Nine and how poker is going for him in 2011. Senti recently participated in a November Nine reunion tournament at Foxwoods Casino. As rumor has it, some of the final table members from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have become genuine [...]

Prahlad Friedman is one of the best poker players on the planet, be it in live tournaments or cash games or when he’s playing online. He recently signed a deal to become UB.com’s frontman for their marketing and now bears a UB.com patch at events. We caught up with Friedman at the recent LAPC Main [...]

Mike Matusow talks about his life, poker in 2011 and more in this interview with Poker News Daily. Nicknamed “The Mouth”, Mike Matusow is one of the most popular poker pros on the planet. He has three World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, each in a different game of poker. His first bracelet [...]

Gavin Smith joins us to discuss poker, life, Canada and of course, hockey. When asked if he played hockey, Smith admitted he played the game for over 30 years. Is there a connection between hockey players and them being good poker players? “Well, I definitely don’t think there is a connection because there’s a lot [...]

2010 November Nine member Matt Jarvis visits us to discuss life after the World Series of Poker Main Event and how things have changed for this talented poker player. Jarvis had some bad luck at the final table and ended up finishing in 8th place for just over $1 million. In this interview, Jarvis discusses [...]

Taking down $1.1 million from FTOPS XIX’s Main event is just the latest accomplishment for poker pro Blair Hinkle. The young gun who goes by the online name of “Blur5f6″ and originally hails from Kansas City, also won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2008 in the $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event for over [...]

Season IX of the World Poker Tour debuted last night and we caught up with Vince Van Patten to talk about this radically new season that is shown on Fox Sports Net. Van Patten has been the co-host of the World Poker Tour, along with poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton, for every single year [...]

Joe Hachem joins us from a cocktail party in Las Vegas and briefly discusses topics on his home country of Australia and what it is to be a member of Team PokerStars Pro. In addition, he comments about welcoming Vanessa Selbst and David Williams to the team. When we asked Hachem, who won the World [...]

CardRunners instructor Verneer joins our newsmaker hotline to discuss his charity drive to turn a $200 bankroll on Full Tilt Poker into $10,000 and give it all away to charity. Verneer is planning to not just catalog his climb in the micro-stakes games but also make training videos to watch on CardRunners so that people [...]

Foxwoods Casino will be hosting a reunion of the 2010 WSOP November Nine this coming February at the Mega Stack Challenge, which kicks off on Friday, February 4th and runs through Saturday, February 13th, 2011. Foxwoods Casino spokesperson and ESPN personality Bernard Lee breaks the news on our news maker hotline exclusively at Poker News [...]

Robert Croak recently announced that he’s joining DeepStacks Live as a partner. Croak has gained huge acclaim as the creator and CEO of SillyBandz. He brings his expertise as a master marketer and brand manager to take the DeepStacks brand to the next level. In this exclusive interview with Poker News Daily, Croak explains first [...]

Sorel Mizzi was the poker coach for November Nine member Matt Jarvis. It was Mizzi’s hope to coach Jarvis all the way to the win at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, however, Jarvis fell short and was eliminated in eighth place. When asked about the relationship he has with Jarvis, Mizzi explained, [...]

George Lind, better known as Jorj95 online, is one of the sickest long-term grinders in online poker history. His exploits have earned him the top honor of the PokerStars VIP system in SuperNova Elite status every single year it has been available. We caught up with Jorj95 at the NAPT Los Angeles stop at the [...]

Adam “Roothlus” Levy is a poker player with over $3 million in career earnings and a true beast of online tournament poker. Sponsored by UB.com, Levy is coming off a sick run in the World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished 12th. Much of the interview focused on Levy’s mindset following such a [...]

Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin joins us for an interview, filmed at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles during the North American Poker Tour stop in Los Angeles. Baldwin is a player quickly gaining steam as one of the fastest rising stars in live tournament poker. Baldwin first made a comment about some of the internet exclusive [...]

Bryan Devonshire is a Team UB pro and well known in the live tournament circuit. His reputation is one of being a great guy off the felt that enjoys nature and the outdoors, which is a stark contrast to many of the poker players out there who never get to see the light of day. [...]

Liv Boeree one of the hot names in the world of poker right now. She’s worked in the industry as an interviewer and at the same time gained respect as a live tournament player. In this interview, Boeree talks about her perspective of winning the EPT San Remo event and how that has fueled her [...]

Norman Chad is the co-host of ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker. Fresh off the taping of the WSOP‘s Main Event Final Table, Chad joins us via our Newsmaker Hotline to discuss the coverage ESPN gave the World Series this year and talk about how this final table differed from past November Nine [...]

Randy “Nanonoko” Lew is one of the most popular online grinders in poker today. We caught up with Nanonoko at the NAPT Los Angeles stop for a rare on-camera interview to discuss online poker, his sponsorship deal with PokerStars and his live tournament play. We even got a quick comment regarding a recent downswing (his [...]

Jonathan Duhamel won the WSOP Main Event and the $8.9 million prize to go along with the coveted bracelet. Our cameras were on Duhamel as he addressed the media about twenty minutes after winning the top poker tournament of the year against John Racener. Duhamel became the first chip leader to go on to win [...]

Jonathan Duhamel enters heads up play at the WSOP Main Event final table against John Racener with a six to one chip lead. Duhamel entered the November Nine as the prohibitive favorite with a commanding chip lead, but during the course of the night would be overtaken by both Joseph Cheong and Michael Mizrachi. However, [...]

John Racener talks about being heads up in the WSOP Main Event final table at a press conference from the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I think anyone would be foolish to think they would be happy with just second. Going into the final table I was in fourth and I knew [...]

Joseph Cheong was eliminated in 3rd place from the WSOP Main Event. His play at the final table was considered the best, right up until the final thirty minutes of play where many questioned his 6bet shove against Jonathan Duhamel when holding just Ace Seven offsuit. Cheong came in as one of the middle stacks [...]

Filippo Candio was eliminated from the 2010 WSOP Main Event in fourth place. Our cameras were there to capture Candio’s exit interview press conference from the Rio Hotel and Casino for the World Series of Poker. Candio was the lone representative from Europe, or for that matter, outside of North America. During the epic November [...]

Michael Mizrachi was eliminated in fifth place at the World Series of Poker Main Event. We talked to The Grinder shortly after his elimination from the November Nine in this press conference, where he fielded questions about what happened. At one point during the night, and more specifically at the dinner break, Mizrachi was the [...]

John Dolan was eliminated in sixth place at the World Series of Poker, despite the fact that he came in at second place in chips at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table. For his efforts, Dolan made $1.8 million which is a huge payday for Dolan. On the fateful hand that eliminated Dolan, he [...]

Jason Senti, otherwise known as PBJaxx in the online poker world, was eliminated in 7th place at the World Series of Poker Main Event. Senti came into the November Nine in 2010 as the shortest stack with just 15 big blinds. Due to the fact that the blinds were so high and that his stack [...]

2010 WSOP Main Event November Nine member Matt Jarvis was eliminated in 8th place. Our cameras caught him at his exit interview just outside the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The fateful hand was a huge rollercoaster of emotions for everyone inside watching the event take place. [...]

A day before the WSOP Final Table plays we spoke with Jason Senti from the Rio Hotel and Casino inside the Penn & Teller theater. Senti goes into the final table of play for the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event as the shortest stack with approximately 15 big blinds. When asked about his [...]

Jonathan Duhamel talks to us one day before the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event is played out. Duhamel comes in as the chip leader and man with the giant target on his back going into play, which will start on November 6th at noon Pacific Time in Las Vegas. Filmed [...]

Men “The Master” Nguyen is a poker god – just ask him (we do). In this interview with the seven time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, we ask Nguyen about his status as one of the elite all time poker players in the game’s history. We also discuss him winning the $10,000 Stud World [...]

Andy Bloch joins us from the Ante Up For Africa tournament at the 2010 World Series of Poker. During this red carpet event, we caught up with several big names from poker as well as television, movie and sports celebrities that participated to raise awareness and money for the needy in Africa. Bloch is known [...]

Mark Kroon, known online as P0ker H0, talks about the WSOP and gives some insider tips for first timers that plan to make their way to the event next year. If you ever have dreamed of playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event but have never made the trip out, Kroon gives his [...]

PokerStars Team Canada pro Greg DeBora stars in the conclusion of the “Hot Tub Interview” series with site editor Dan Cypra. This interview was shot just after Day 1A of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event from The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. At this PokerStars cocktail party, they hosted many [...]

PND Editor Dan Cypra continues his “Hot Tub Interview” segment, hosting PokerStars Team Pro, Pat “TorontoToro” Pezzin. This interview was filmed at the PokerStars cocktail reception just after Day 1A had concluded from the World Series of Poker Main Event. Pezzin is a sponsored pro, hailing from Canada, who has played in the $10,000 Main [...]

Taped during the start of the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Chris Moneymaker joins us for an interview at the PokerStars cocktail reception. Chris Moneymaker is credited with being the catalyst for the “poker boom” during the previous decade, as his rise from unknown accountant from Tennessee to World Champion of the WSOP Main Event is [...]

Joe Stapleton, commentator for The PokerStars.net Big Game television show, joins us for the second of his two part interview. Stapleton’s rise to fame in the world of poker has inspired many to break into the industry and his work on the televised cash game poker show has drawn rave reviews from television critics and [...]

Joe Stapleton is the commentator for The PokerStars.net Big Game show on Fox. His inspiring story of a rise to fame in the world of televised poker is one of the most compelling stories of the year, which Stapleton retells in this exclusive interview with Poker News Daily. Stapleton recently ranked second in a poll [...]

Montel Williams is best known for his long running daytime talk show “The Montel Williams Show” as well as his many philanthropic activities. In this interview with site editor Dan Cypra, Williams joins us from the red carpet at the 2010 World Series of Poker during the Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. Williams enlisted [...]

Nolan Dalla is the Media Director of the World Series of Poker and joins us from the Rio to talk about this year’s Main Event and other happenings at this year’s World Series. He spent his entire summer at The Rio Hotel and Casino covering all events from the 2010 World Series of Poker on [...]

Evander Holyfield is considered to be one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time and was a decorated champion during his career. Hailing from the United States, he is a multiple world champion which earned him the nickname “The Real Deal” which is the moniker for his online poker site skin, RealDealPoker. Holyfield is [...]

Poker pro and TV host Kara Scott joins us from the CardRunners party in Las Vegas right on the strip. Site editor Dan Cypra, armed with camera and microphone, ran down Scott in the street before she could leave to get this exclusive interview which goes into depth about her professional poker life, her television [...]

Barry Greenstein and Chad Brown were together at the PokerStars Champions Reception cocktail party and joined us for a quick chat. The two are good friends and while the interview originally started as just being with Greenstein, a jovial Chad Brown decided to crash the party for some good natured ribbing. One of the first [...]

Matt Vengrin, known as “Plattsburgh” on PokerStars, is one of the hottest young online tournament professionals going today. He is known as “ENGMONEY” on UB.com, “mattyv” on Full Tilt Poker and “MATT_VENGRIN” on Absolute Poker. Vengrin has been playing professionally for a number of years and is a big supporter of PocketFives.com. A big win [...]

Ali Nejad is the announcer for NBC’s Poker After Dark as well as the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He joins us from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, where he talks about poker, his career and where he is hoping to branch out to in the future. He attended the World Poker Tour‘s recent [...]

This interview was taped from the Red Carpet at the WSOP Ante Up for Africa charity event with founders Annie Duke and Don Cheadle. The charity event takes place every year from the World Series of Poker and raises money and awareness for those suffering in the continent of Africa. Ante Up For Africa is [...]

The World Poker Tour‘s Executive Producer, Joe Grimm, is interviewed from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles which is hosting the Legends of Poker WPT event. Grimm was on hand at “The Bike” to watch auditions for a new segment which will appear during Season 9 of the WPT, dubbed “The Raw Deal”. The segment [...]

The co-hosts of the World Poker Tour join us from the auditions for “The Raw Deal” at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten were on hand in the audition area to see some of the try-outs from the general public to see who would get [...]

Vanessa Selbst is interviewed at the PokerStars cocktail party from the World Series of Poker at the official gathering announcing that she is now a member of Team PokerStars Pro. She joins the team along with David Williams, who was coming off a win at the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Selbst [...]

Joe Hachem won the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event and has been a force in poker ever since. While other winners of the Main Event since the Moneymaker effect went into place have for the most part been one-hit wonders, Hachem has continued to excel in the game. His first major tournament won [...]

As Alexa Fisher was showing interest in basic numbers, she ended up learning with a deck of cards. Being 3 years old, she noticed the relationship to the playing cards in hand and on TV, she wanted to “learn that game” Texas Hold’em. At 7 years old, already knowing every game played at the WSOP, [...]

Joe Cada is the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and joins Bernard Lee in his latest installment of “The Hijack Seat” right here on Poker News Daily. Cada, before he won the biggest tournament in the world, was an online Heads-Up cash game specialist for three year prior. He had gone through [...]

Norman Chad is the co-host of ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker and his color commentary often draws the biggest laughs in the industry. Combining poker wit with sharp humor, Chad is an industry favorite alongside his longtime broadcasting companion, Lon McEachern. Chad is a sportswriter by trade and a syndicated columnist for [...]

Jason Mercier, a sponsored pro at PokerStars, joins us in a new segment called Hot Tub Interview. This unique format was filmed at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada at the famed “Real World Suite” in the very hot tub that Trishelle Cannatella had three-way sex in during an episode of the [...]

Gavin Smith, fresh off his WSOP Bracelet victory, joins Poker News Daily courtesy of “The Hijack Seat” which is hosted by Bernard Lee. In this interview, Smith talks about what it was like to win his first WSOP bracelet. Smith won the bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker Event 44, the $2,500 buy-in [...]

Frank Kassela is a player that took his game to the next level during the 2010 World Series of Poker. He was the only man able to win multiple bracelets, assuming that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi does not win the Main Event in November. If Mizrachi fails to win it all, then Kassela will officially [...]

Jared Tendler is one of the most respected names in the world of mental game coaching in the poker industry. He was originally brought into the world of poker by Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt and became a coach on Stox Poker. From there he gained clients, including Matt “mbolt1” Bolt and other top online professionals. Currently [...]

Doyle Brunson is the living legend of poker and joins Bernard Lee for an interview which was filmed a few days ago during the World Series of Poker. Brunson is an old school icon who played in the days when players had guns in their pockets and the law after them at every turn. At [...]

Tiffany Michelle joined us at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, a day after she had concluded her Day 1A. A sponsored pro at UB.com, Michelle was a reporter doing on the floor interviews for a news site before she made her own splash at the tables. Her main claim to poker fame [...]

Phil Gordon joins Dan Cypra from the floor of the red carpet special in honor of the recently completed Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. Gordon is a professional poker player that was already independently wealthy before coming into the game. Born in Texas, he graduated from Georgia Tech at the age of 20 in [...]

Jonathan Duhamel is the chip leader for the 2010 WSOP November Nine. The Quebec native entered Day 7 in 7th out of 27 places but was able to take a hot run on Day 8 to take a massive chip lead in the world’s biggest poker tournament. Previously in this World Series of Poker, Duhamel [...]

Jason Senti was one of the chip leaders when play ended on Day 7 with only 27 players remaining. His chip stack for the better part of Day 8 remained in the 13-15 million neighborhood until play was down to just 10 players. Things weren’t going so well for Senti but he was able to [...]

Filippo Candio is the last European player standing in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and has made the prestigious November Nine. The 25-year-old Italian poker player hails from Cagliari, Italy and is known as both a live tournament player and an online cash game player. He previous won the Italian Pro Championship [...]

Soi Nguyen is this year’s everyday average Joe as the only true amateur in the November Nine field. The oldest competitor remaining at 37-years-old, the Santa Ana, CA native is playing in just his fourth live poker tournament ever. He does have a cash in the L.A. Poker Classic to his credit, so he’s not [...]

Matthew Jarvis is a member of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event November Nine. On his way to poker fame he was able to make several critical knockouts including Benjamin Statz in 16th place and Full Tilt Poker pro Scott Clements in 18th place when his A-K held up against A-Q. The biggest [...]

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi has had one of the most amazing World Series runs in history and joins us moments after clinching his spot in the 2010 WSOP November Nine. He comes in as the most accomplished professional poker player who has bracelets and WPT titles to his name. So far in his career he [...]

John Racener joins us shortly after making the November Nine and discusses what this feat means to him and what events lead up to this amazing run. Racener, who is known online as “$JMONEY$” made the 2010 WSOP November Nine thanks to some sick poker skills and of course, a little run-good. In this interview [...]

John Dolan joins us after making the coveted 2010 WSOP November Nine. Dolan is a young online pro from Fort Myers, Florida and paid his own way into the World Series of Poker Main Event. Dolan will enter the final table of play when it resumes in November with the second largest chip stack at [...]

Joseph Cheong joins us hours after making the 2010 November Nine from the Rio in Las Vegas. Many feel that Cheong might be the most dangerous player left in the field, even more so than Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. Cheong, who goes by the online name “subiime” is part of the World Series of Poker [...]

Jonathan Duhamel dominated the field on the final day of the 2010 WSOP Main Event and once he eliminated Matt Affleck, took the chip lead and never looked back. When play was down to just 14 players he joined us to talk about his style of play and what critical moments so far got him [...]

Brandon Steven is a native of Wichita, Kansas and rode a mix of skill and moxie to get himself to the final table at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Although he might be a 36-year-old father of five who has played in four Main Events, he takes time to help in the [...]

Jason Senti, better known as “PBJaxx” online, is in the top five in chips at the end of Day 7 from the WSOP Main Event. We met up with him right at the conclusion of Day 7 when play was down to just 27 players for the World Series of Poker Main Event. We talked [...]

Moritz Kranich joins us after winning the World Poker Tour‘s Bellagio Cup. He came into the final table with an impressive resume, having already won $1.2 million at the EPT Deauvile event as well as a 3rd place finish at a PokerStars WCOOP event. This might have been the most difficult final table in recent [...]

Mike “The Mouth” Matusow joins Bernard Lee on his segment, “The Hijack Seat” from the floor of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Matusow is one of the biggest names in poker and has gained popularity from his longevity in the industry and in recent years, story of redemption. Matusow is a multiple bracelet winner [...]

Maria Ho gained mainstream fame by appearing with her good friend Tiffany Michelle in the CBS reality show “The Amazing Race” last year. Those in the poker world, especially those that frequent the legendary Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, know that Maria Ho is a lot more than just a pretty face. Known for being [...]

Darvin Moon is the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up and is back in Las Vegas to take part in the world’s biggest poker tournament once again. He joins Bernard Lee on his segment, The Hijack Seat, and answers questions both about last year’s amazing run and what is in store for this [...]

Jack Effel is the Tournament Director of the World Series of Poker, a role that he has drawn industry acclaim for. We caught up with Effel on Day 1A of the 2010 WSOP Main Event and he discussed what makes the event the spectacle that it is, in addition to registration advice for people who [...]

Matt Damon joins us from the Ante Up for Africa event at the 2010 World Series of Poker straight from the red carpet. In this interview he is asked about the growth of the charity poker tournament as well as his beginnings in poker in the movie Rounders. He also addresses the rumor about Rounders [...]

The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee hosts Barry Greenstein, who is asked some great questions from none other than Bernard Lee. Greenstein is one of the most popular professional poker players around and addresses that fact when asked about the upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions event. He also answers hot-button questions like [...]

Jason Mercier is the reigning 2009 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year and has been dominating the live tournament poker scene for the better part of the last 18 months. He has been featured in multiple broadcasts on ESPN including the World Series of Poker Europe as well as the PokerStars NAPT which aired earlier [...]

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi joins Bernard Lee on The Hijack Seat in this interview that came from the tournament floor at the Rio during the 2010 World Series of Poker. During the interview, Lee asks Mizrachi about him potentially winning the Player of the Year race and how he is handling juggling family plus playing [...]

Amanda Musumeci is a sponsored pro at Bodog and a PocketFives member that recently won a competition to become the latest member of the Bodog stable of sponsored pros. She grinds small and medium stakes Sit N Gos and Tournaments and has been living in Las Vegas for the last few years. In this exclusive [...]

Dennis Phillips finished third in the World Series of Poker Main Event and backed up his finish by placing 45th in the Main Event the very next year. He’s a member of Team PokerStars Pro and is known for his amazing charity work. In this final piece of his interview with Bernard Lee, Phillips talks [...]

Dennis Phillips is known as one of the nicest guys in the poker industry, always wearing his signature St. Louis Cardinals baseball hat and a pair of jeans. He’s the everyday guy who had the normal job who found himself as the chip leader going into the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event in [...]

In the conclusion of our sit down interview with poker icon Phil Hellmuth, we hear about his goals of being on the covers of Time Magazine and Sports Illustrated. Host Sean Gibson predicts that all it will take is to win the WSOP Main Event again, which Hellmuth shares his thoughts about. Finally, Gibson asks [...]

In this third piece of our four part series with Phil Hellmuth, host Sean Gibson talks about deeper meaning in life behind poker and what makes Hellmuth tick away from the tables. The answers about the details of his charity work might surprise you, as well as his candid answers about whose advice he took [...]

We continue our interview with Phil Hellmuth which took place only days ago from his suite in Las Vegas during the WSOP. If you missed it part one of the interview you can watch it here. In this video, Hellmuth discusses his appearance in the “Sex Room” video and if any rap mogul lifestyle activities [...]

Phil Hellmuth gives Poker News Daily exclusive access to his Las Vegas hotel suite and provides an intimate look into perhaps the biggest name in the entire industry of poker. Interviewed by Daily Deal host Sean Gibson, the two spent twenty minutes talking about Hellmuth’s current mental state and where his game is right now [...]

Trishelle Cannatella is the official spokesperson for Absolute Poker and was formerly part of The Real World: Las Vegas cast. She recently finished at the final table to the World Poker Tour‘s Celebrity Invitational at Commerce Casino earlier in 2010. She joins us in this video interview from the Rio in Las Vegas from the [...]

The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee concludes its interview with one of the legends of the game, Howard Lederer. The first part of this video can be seen here In part one Lederer talked about Doyle Brunson‘s card protector but the focus of this second half of the interview looks at Lederer himself. He talks [...]

The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee is back, this time with guest Howard Lederer. Also known as “The Professor of Poker,” Lederer is one of only four poker players in history with multiple World Series of Poker bracelets and multiple World Poker Tour Victories. He is also a chess champion as well as a veteran [...]

Jennifer Tilly is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner as well as an award winning actress. We caught up with her at the Bellagio as she was spotting her boyfriend, poker player Phil “The Unabomber” Laak. He was busy playing the $10-$20 No Limit Hold’em table while setting the world record for poker endurance, [...]

Phil “The Unabomber” Laak set out to break the Guinness World Record for poker endurance because he always wanted to own a world record. Laak didn’t just end up breaking the world record, he crushed it by surpassing the old 78 hour milestone all the way to 115 straight hours of live poker. The record [...]

The Hijack Seat is back with poker legend Billy Baxter, interviewed by our own Bernard Lee. In this exclusive interview, Baxter discusses topics that include who might be the best 7-2 Lowball player in the world in addition to why it’s such a great poker game. Afterwards he talks about his WSOP experiences of the [...]

Bernard Lee and the new segment “The Hijack Seat” is back with the second and final part of the Greg “Fossilman” Raymer interview. If you missed the first part of this interview you can watch it here – Greg “Fossilman” Raymer Interview Part 1. In this second part of the interview, Raymer discusses what he [...]

In the debut of our new segment called “The Hijack Seat with Bernard Lee” we welcome 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer. Raymer and Lee are old friends who talk about the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker and Fossilman’s perspective of how the spectacle of the event has grown since he [...]

Sam Chauhan is the mental guru that has coached some of the top names in poker with amazing results. His most recent pupil was none other than David Williams, who was able to rebalance his mindset after a month of training and leverage that to a victory at the WPT Championship. Chauhan has published one [...]

Congressman Jim McDermott joins us to discuss issues surrounding HR4976, otherwise known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act. He has been a proponent of legalizing and taxing online gambling and poker and was in attendance at the recent Ways and Means Committee meeting. In this interview exclusive to Poker News Daily, Rep. [...]

Taylor Caby is the founding member of CardRunners.com and is an established high stakes pro poker player. He has specialized in heads-up play and made tons of money by being one of the most steady and aggressive players in online poker. Caby joined us for an interview and discussed his 2010 so far which involves [...]

Steve Soffa has won internationally recognized design awards for his amazing jewelry collection. He’s worked with some of the biggest companies in the world and as it turns out, he’s a poker buff. He recently opened a store in the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, showcasing some of the most unique designs for [...]

Dusty Schmidt, better known as “Leatherass” to the online poker community, has won over $3 million in his time grinding out online cash games. He was a lead instructor at Stox Poker, but now makes his teaching home at DragTheBar.com. He recently joined Team PokerStars Online and also self-published a book entitled “Treat Your Poker [...]

Christian “charder30″ Harder is one of the best tournament players in the game today. He’s no stranger to any final table, be it online or live and has built an impressive poker resume in a very short time. He won the Bellagio Cup V during WPT‘s Season 8 for a $204,550 cash and finished in [...]

David Ulliott, better known as Devilfish in poker circles, joined us on Poker News Daily for an interview from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. During the interview, Devilfish reveals to us his opinion on hyper aggressive internet players, how to win big tournaments as well as his goals for 2010. On top of that, he [...]

LeRon Washington is one of the best stories to come out of poker in 2010 so far. Playing on the freeroll website ClubWPT, he won an entry to the WPT Celebrity Invitational tournament played at the LAPC, at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Not only did Washington make the final table, but he took [...]

Tom Dwan, better known as durrrr, is one of the best poker players in the world and is sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. He gained fame by winning millions online and his battles in the Durrrr Challenge is being followed by millions worldwide. We caught up with durrrr for a quick interview at the Bellagio [...]

Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin just finished in 2nd place at the recent World Poker Tour‘s $25,000 Five-Diamond Championship Event. For his efforts he won $1 million and spoke just after the tournament was completed with us. We talked about how he was able to get heads-up against eventual champion David Williams as well as what it [...]

Amit “AMAK316″ Makhija is one of the best online and live tournament pros in the business. He has final tabled the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem event and made well over $1.5 million in just live tournament winnings alone. According to PocketFives, his most recent online scores include $138,300 in the [...]

Faraz Jaka is one of the hottest tournament players in poker today. He’s made millions going deep in tournaments around the world and joined us to talk about his great run. In this interview he also discusses where he likes to play and travel as well as his other interests outside of poker.

Shawn Buchanan has been holding or near the chip lead of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. He’s coming off a big showing at the NAPT Mohegan Sun and has taken this tournament by storm. We caught up with him from the floor during the final hours of Day 3.

We caught up with WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel at the Bellagio and discussed topics such as how is 2010 is going so far, how to approach big buy-in tournaments and his plans for the future.

An interview with World Series of Poker bracelet winner and The Apprentice runner-up Annie Duke. Topics covered include her new iPhone App called the Annie Duke Poker Tutor, Ante Up for Africa and her big run at the LAPC and win at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

By Sean Gibson for Poker News Daily.

By Sean Gibson for Poker News Daily.