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Originally hailing from Kansas City, Samantha Ryan is an adult film star and avid poker player. After attending the University of Kansas, Ryan picked up poker when she was in real estate. A few of her co-workers were blackjack players who frequented Las Vegas, and after tagging along with them numerous times, she eventually discovered…

Week two at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) began with nothing but excitement and anticipation, as Saturday marked my first event of the year. I set my alarm nice and early so I’d have time for a shower and a good breakfast before heading to the Rio. Four of us – Tim, Dan, Tristan,…

Whether you’re looking for to buy-in directly to a main event satellite or win a seat as cheaply has possible, Bodog Poker has a tournament for you. Main Event Cheap Seat Tournaments run every day at 3:30am and 2:15pm ET. The buy-in is just $1 and two $16.50 seats are guaranteed in every satellite. Primary…

Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Software Engineer Simon Watt arrived at the 2010 World Series of Poker with nothing but winning a bracelet on his mind. Despite playing poker only part time, the 27 year-old Kiwi had an impressive run in late 2009 when he won the Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in his hometown…

Walking into the Rio – home of the World Series of Poker -is a surefire way to bump into at least a few familiar faces you’ve seen on T.V. over the years. Unlike most other professional games, the Average Joes get to sit with the greats on a regular basis. Whether it be Phily Ivey,…

Team Titan member Marvin Rettenmaier, who hails from Germany, made waves in Event #11: $1500 No Limit Hold’em at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Rettenmaier and eight other players outlasted 2,563 runners to reach the final table. Among those who had a shot at a bracelet was Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, who also stood to…

Prior to the most recent Latin American Poker Tour event in Lima, Peru, no player had two LAPT titles to their name. However, with his victory in Peru – worth a hefty $250K – Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero became the first player to complete the feat. What’s perhaps more impressive is that this marks back-to-back LAPT…

Taking second place in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event would be slightly disappointing for any poker player, but $381,000 in cold hard cash might console most of them. For Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who finished second in Event #11: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em on Sunday, it was all about the bracelet. Dwan, one of…

As always, PokerStars was full of action this past weekend, with scores of players showing up to try to win life-changing money. Numbers were slightly down across the board, probably in part because of the weekend tournaments at the World Series of Poker, but there was still plenty of money to be won. First on…

One of PND’s reporters is on the other side of the news this year. JD is in Vegas for the WSOP, but he will not be conducting interviews or reporting chip counts; he is on a quest to win his first bracelet. We asked him to submit weekly updates of his WSOP experience as part…

DoylesRoom, which is part of the Cake Poker Network, recently unveiled their version of knockout tournaments –  Prime Time Fights. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, DoylesRoom will now feature $30+3 tournaments where every player has a $5 bounty on their head. Additionally, there’s incentive to play in the Prime Time Fights regularly as there are…

To put it lightly, Chris “Moorman1” Moorman is an online poker phenom. Born in Brighton, UK, he attended Essex University, where he began playing poker in home games with his friends. Before long he found online poker and, since winning $70 in a freeroll tournament, he hasn’t looked back. Initially a mid-stakes cash game player,…

Known online as ‘Whooookidd’ on PokerStars and ‘Bussa Buss’ on Full Tilt Poker and UB.com, David Baker is an extremely talented poker player. Born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Baker picked up poker while attending Michigan State College. He made the typical $50 online deposit but, as most novice players do, he lost it…

Hailing from Calabasas, California, David Oppenheim began playing poker while he was at college. After becoming obsessed with the game, he turned it into a career and has been playing professionally for the last 15 years. Over that span, Oppenheim has developed into one of the most well known cash game players in the world…

The World Series of Poker kicked-off last Friday, but there’s still a month before the Main Event begins, which means there’s  plenty of time for online players  to win their seat on PokerStars. The world’s largest online poker site remains the best place to qualify for the prestigious tournament, with winners receiving packages that include…

Brooklyn born Dwyte Pilgrim may not have flashy titles or bracelets yet, but make no mistake about it, he’s a professional poker player. A master of finishing off mid-stakes buy-in tournaments, Pilgrim has carved out a nice living for himself over the past few years. In 2009, Pilgrim won a $500 World Series of Poker…

Known online as ‘basebaldy’, Eric Baldwin was an all-star Division-III baseball player who led his school to the 2005 NCAA National Championship before he was ever a poker player. Upon completing his degree, however, Baldwin realized that he didn’t want to get a job in his field (psychology), so he took up poker in hopes…

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just saw the end of Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. The final table marked just the second time in WSOP history that two brothers made the final table of a tournament, with Robert Mizrachi holding the chip lead heading into play, while his brother, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi,…

To coincide with the start of the 2010 Word Series of Poker, PartyPoker recently launched their WSOP for Life promotion.The prize up for grabs is exactly what it sounds like: paid entry to the World Series of Poker Main Event for life (which, for the purposes of this promotion, is 20 years). The details of…