Player Profiles

One of the fast rising young poker players in the game today is Germany’s Dominik Nitsche, who achieved his greatest tournament success before earning his high school diploma. Calling Minden, Germany home, Dominik weaned himself on poker through the 21st century equivalent of “fading the white s [...]

PROFILE Name: Anton Makiievskyi Age: 21 Hometown: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Online Handle: Unknown Anton Makiievskyi represents the Ukraine at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table as the youngest member of the November Nine. In fact, the 21-year-old student has a chance to replace Joe [...]

PROFILE Name: Badih “Bob” Bounahra Age: 49 Hometown: Belize City, Belize Online Handle: LEB_BEL At 49 years old, Badih Bounahra is the elder statesman of the 2011 November Nine. He’s also the first player from Belize to ever reach the final table of the World Series of Poker Main E [...]

PROFILE Name: Pius Heinz Age: 22 Hometown: Cologne, Germany Online Handle: MastaP89 Pius Heinz used his fearless style to become the first German ever to reach the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. The 22-year-old has an extensive online background, having won numerous tournaments on the [...]

PROFILE Name: Sam Holden Age: 22 Hometown: Canterbury, Great Britain Online Handle: SAMDMND Sam Holden is the lone Brit — and the short stack — at the 2011 World Series of Poker final table. Still, you can almost guarantee his rail will be the most rambunctious at the Penn and Teller The [...]

PROFILE Name: Ben Lamb Age: 26 Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma Online Handle: benba In 2011, Ben Lamb put together one of the most impressive performances the World Series of Poker has ever seen. And with a date at the Main Event final table set for November, Lamb’s fairy-tale series is far from ove [...]

PROFILE Name: Phil Collins Age: 26 Hometown: Aiken, South Carolina Online Handle: USCPhildo No, he’s not that Phil Collins. But you will hear dreadful versions of the popular musician’s songs during the WSOP Main Event final table, as Collins’ rowdy friends will definitely create a [...]