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Brandi "The Queen of Hearts" Williams

2009-07-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

Brandi Williams is widely recognized in the poker community as the sexy host of the hit series Ultimate Poker Challenge. Even though she shares co-hosting duties, it is apparent that the camera loves her, as she seems to get more air-time than anyone else. Brandi Williams has been dubbed Brandi Williams has been dubbed as The Queen of Hearts and the Princess of Poker by numerous popular gambling magazines. At only 24 years old, she was named ‘One of the 50 Sexiest Women of 2005’ by the long-running Femme Fatales magazine. In 2004, she helped host America’s Party: New Years Live From Las Vegas, a show to ring in the New Year that featured musical acts and performances.

Brandi Williams got her boost of fame from the series Ultimate Poker Challenge. When the show premiered, it quickly became a hit and eventually went on to become one of the largest poker shows in syndication. The premise of the show is that each week represents a tournament with the players competing for a seat in the semi-finals. The players can qualify based on their points leaderboard for their finishing positions.

In the show, Brandi acts as co-host with actor Chad Brown. Brandi Williams provides player interviews and into and out-of commercial breaks. The show has featured big poker names such as Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, and Phil Laak. After four seasons, the show has been a viewer favorite in the ratings.

Erin Ness

2009-07-29T06:02:00.000-07:00

Erin Ness (born October 12, 1978) is an American poker player, photo assistant for Maxim Magazine, and television personality, including appearances on GSN's Poker Royale. In 2004 she was the third highest placing woman in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), finishing in the money in 207th place. She has subsequently parlayed that finish into a part-time poker career, including the television appearances and being part of Team PokerStars.

As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceed $20,000. A graduate of Georgetown University, Ness currently lives in New York City.

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Courtney Friel

2009-07-28T05:27:00.000-07:00

Friel was a sports anchor and entertainment reporter for GoTV Mobile Television, as well as the hostess for the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel. She was also the host of GameStop/EBGames "EB TV" which boasted of recently released and upcoming video games. Before that, she was the co-anchor of Court TV's The Saturday Night Solution.

Friel has also worked as a field reporter for various networks including: E! Entertainment, Oxygen Channel and Comcast Cable, the World Poker Tour, as well as the syndicated program, Extra. She also worked as an anchor at ABC affiliate WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee in 2003. She joined Fox News Channel in February 2007.

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Johnny "Orient Express" Chan

2009-07-27T05:20:00.000-07:00

How many poker players have been inspired by Johnny Chan? but it's been a lot. From china he came across to America to study and work. In finding how to make money, he found out that he can make money through playing poker which turned into his passion for playing.

Johnny Chan is one of three players to have back to back (1987 and 1988) WSOP Championship wins and Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss made the unique offer of a NBA Championship ring if he was able to pull off a three-peat. He nearly did, coming in second in 1989. Only two other players share the distinction of owning ten of the coveted WSOP bracelets and Johnny may be a few card games away from number eleven. This 2002 Poker Hall of Famer regularly finishes in the money at World Poker Tour events and dreams of owning and operating his own casino.

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Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari

2009-07-26T21:33:00.000-07:00

From Tehran, Iran , His mark had been made the poker world. He played in the 2004 WSOP and won the Bracelet and Money. He also become an author of a book, titled "World Poker Tour: In the Money" that was released in 2006.

In addition to finding a career that satisfies Antonio's craving for challenge and wealth, he has also gained the respect of his father. He has the notoriety which comes from appearances on the WPT, and he is living well, enjoying his youth. Antonio continues to travel around the world putting his sharp poker skills to work.

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Robin Hood of Poker - Barry Greenstein

2009-07-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

One-time Symantec software designer and math PhD Barry Greenstein grew up in Chicago, but eventually made his way out west and into the world of poker. His early years, however, consisted of obtaining a computer science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, then the PhD in mathematics. He retired from Symantec in 1991 at the age of 36, which was when he took the game that his father taught him at a young age and made it into a lucrative career.

Now known for his charity work and nickname "Robin Hood of Poker," Greenstein says people wrongly assumed he cashed out of Symantec a rich man. That was not the case. He made his poker roll playing poker.

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2009 WSOP Champion - Lisa Hamilton

2009-07-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

The 2009 World Series of Poker Ladies Poker Championship is Lisa Hamilton, from Las Vegas, NV. Lisa is originally from Hawaii. In 2005 Lisa moved to Vegas.

Hamilton does not describe herself as a 'professional poker player.' Yet she spends many hours playing poker (in big cash games). She explained she is shy and does not want to boast about playing poker for a living.

Hamilton also spends some of her time helping with the family business, which is in clothing retail.

Lisa Hamilton is a high-stakes cash-game player. She regularly sits in the upper strata of No-Limit games, from $10-20 up to $50-100 blinds, a big game by any standard. She rarely plays in poker tournaments.

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Jennifer "Unabombshell" Tilly

2009-07-21T05:26:00.000-07:00

On June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em event, outlasting 600 other players. She followed up this accomplishment on September 1, 2005, by also winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Tilly has appeared in the GSN Poker Royale series. She appeared in the third season of Poker Superstars but was eliminated in the preliminary round. Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006, on Bravo. Tilly was knocked out in third place by Bravo’s online poker champion Ida Siconolfi (the first non-celebrity to appear on the show) when her A♣ K♥ failed to improve against Ida's starting hand of K♣ K♠. Tilly appears as a celebrity, rather than a poker pro, in ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer.

In a television interview, Tilly stated that at this point in her career she is more interested in pursuing poker than acting. As of 2008, her live tournament winnings exceed $450,000. Tilly also appears in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition video game (along with current boyfriend, Phil Laak) that was released in 2007 by Activision. As of December 2008, Tilly retired from the pursuit of poker as a career. In the December, 2008, edition of Bluff Magazine she says: "I love poker but greatness in poker is an elusive dream. There are too many variants. Trying to find validation in poker is like trying to find a virgin in a whorehouse. I’m not giving up poker entirely — gambling is an addiction after all. I’m just going to treat it more like a hobby and less like a career."

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Vanessa "Lady Maverick" Rousso

2009-07-20T04:36:00.000-07:00

Rousso joined the professional poker tour in April 2006 and by October was among the top 80 in earnings that year. In her first year of playing, Rousso had multiple in the money tournament finishes, including a seventh place finish in a field of 605 at the $25,000 April 26, 2006 World Poker Tour (Season four) No-Limit Hold'em championship event in which she earned $263,625 in prize money.

By that time she was spending Tuesday through Thursday taking her law school classes, spending the rest of the week playing in poker tournaments and fielding endorsement offers from online poker clubs. On September 13, 2006 she won $285,450 with a first place finish at the 173-entrant $5,000 no limit hold 'em event at the 4th Borgata Open. At 2006 World Series of Poker she had three in the money finishes. She finished 80th in a field of 1068 in Event 4, $1,500 Limit Hold'em, 63rd in a field of 824 in Event 5, $2500 Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em, and she placed 8th of 507 in the Event 30, $5000 Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em event.

At 2009 World Series of Poker she had four in the money finishes: She placed 27 of 201 in Event 2, $40,000 No Limit Hold'em, placed 17 of 147 in Event 8, $2500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, placed 19 of 770 in Event 31, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., and 15 of 275 in the Event 45, $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em.

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Vicky Coren

2009-07-19T22:53:00.000-07:00

She was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, as well as being the first player to win both a televised professional tournament (EPT London 2006) and a televised celebrity tournament (Celebrity Poker Club 2005). She frequents the Victoria Casino in London's Edgware Road, where she Play Texas holdem .

As a commentator/presenter, she has presented Late Night Poker and The Poker Nations Cup for Channel 4, World Poker Tour for ITV2, and commentated on The Monte Carlo EPT and The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (Channel 4), Ultimate Poker Challenge (Channel 5), and William Hill Poker Grand Prix 2 (Sky Sports). During her poker career, she has become a close friend of The Hendon Mob, and mixes weekly home games with frequent visits to two regular casinos. Coren appeared in five episodes of Late Night Poker, although she never made it to a series grand final. However in Late Night Poker's spin-off Celebrity Poker Club, she defeated Willie Thorne to win the series two grand final before joining Jesse May as the commentator in series three. In the 2003 Hold-Em 100 tournament in London she was a guest dealer for the final table. On Sunday 24 September 2006 Coren won the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London earning a prize of £500,000.

After a gruelling four-day event she found herself heads up with Australian professional Emad Tahtouh. After only two hands of heads-up play the table saw a flop of 5-3-4. Emad bet out and Coren called. After a 10 on the turn, Emad moved all-in and Coren called instantly. Emad showed 8-6, and Coren had 6-7. Having flopped the straight and avoiding a seven on the river to give Emad a higher straight, she defeated her opponent. As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,200,000. Coren is a member of Team PokerStars Pro.

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Helen Chamberlain

2009-07-16T23:01:00.000-07:00

A pub-league level darts player when she was younger, Chamberlain beat Eric Bristow in a game of darts-cricket during a celebrity challenge, where the winner is the first player to go round the board while trying to gain trebles. Chamberlain finished second in the 2005 Poker Million tournament winning $400,000.

She spent her winnings on buying a Range Rover for her boyfriend, and the racehorse Birkspiel. The horse is trained by Simon Dow at Clear Height Stables in Epsom. On his first outing for the presenter, in April 2006, he won a €50,000 Group 3 race in Baden-Baden, Germany. One month later, he finished third in a Group 2 race in Cologne, Germany. She now also owns the flat racer Napoletano, related to Northern Dancer.

Joanne Dorin

2009-07-15T23:20:00.000-07:00

Joanne Dorin, rank 619 in PRO rank 1 and 3170 in Pro rank 2. Her total earnings since she start to play texas holdem poker and in the WSOP is $277,432.

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Isabelle Mercier

2009-07-14T05:21:00.000-07:00

Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months She then moved to Paris and earned a master's degree while working as the poker room manager at the Aviation Club de France, before turning to poker full-time. During her time working at the Aviation Club she was nominated for Staff Person of the Year twice at the European Poker Awards

In 2005 she finished tenth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €23,090, and outlasting players such as World Series of Poker (WSOP) runner-up Julian Gardner, WPT multi-tournament winner Gus Hansen, WPT season 2 champion Martin De Knijff and Barny Boatman. Also in 2005, she had three money finishes at the WSOP. Mercier made her first EPT final table in February 2006 in Deauville, finishing seventh at a final table also featuring Ram Vaswani and Kirill Gerasimov.

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Maria Ho

2009-07-13T22:39:00.000-07:00

Maria Ho is a professional poker player who lives in Arcadia, California. Maria was the last woman standing in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, out of a field of 6,358 players. Maria moved with her family to the United States when she was 4 years old. After a short stint in Syracuse, New York, her family settled in Arcadia in 1988. Maria attended high school at Sacred Heart, where she was a cheerleader.

In 2001, Maria started college at University of California San Diego, and majored in mass communications. She graduated in June 2005, and traveled the country and the world for a year. In 2006, she moved back to Arcadia. She currently lives there and hones her poker playing skills at the Commerce Casino. To date, her career winnings exceed $340,000. Maria has cashed twice in the World Poker Tour for over $50,000, both in her hometown casinos, The Bicycle Legends of Poker and The Commerce L.A. Poker Classic. She is ranked 37th in the Top 100 Women's All Time Money List.

Jennifer Liegh

2009-07-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Leigh - Leigh's nickname "Jennicide" was her alias on hacking bulletin boards when she was younger. She was at one time involved in beige boxing. Leigh has described herself as a nerd, with knowledge of Linux and Whilst Leigh is best known for playing online poker at under the screen name "Jennicide," she was also involved in the Poker Royale: Battle of the Ages series. She won two preliminary heats and went on to finish 5th in the Grand Final.

She finished in the money in the World Poker Tour (WPT) 2006 Caribbean Poker Adventure. Leigh has been romantically involved with several young poker professionals. She has indicated that she finds it difficult to maintain a relationship whilst playing poker.Jennicide loves video games, and recently blogged about reaching level 70 on World of Warcraft. She also played the MMORPG EverQuest.Leigh has also posed for FHM Online in 2007, and appeared in the May 2008 issue of Playboy.

Beth Shak

2009-07-09T05:46:00.000-07:00

Shak initially learned to play poker by logging on to Full Tilt Poker and using “play money” until she felt comfortable enough to start playing with real money. When she started playing live, she found it to be “very different” and had to learn not to let men intimidate her. She has said she wants to be known as a good player, not "a good player...for a woman.She has ten tournament cashes to her name, placing her amongst the top percentile of the Women's All Time Money List. She placed 8th in the 2005 World Series of Poker Ladies' event, which was only her second live tournament. At the 2007 World Series of Poker Shak placed 2nd (out of over 800 players) in the $3K No-Limit Hold ‘em event.Shak made it to the final day of Season 5 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) finishing in the top 30 out of over 500 players, according to the European Poker Tour season 5 results . Shak is developing a clothing line which she often claims the line will start with hoodies, because she’s “freezing in all these poker rooms!” She is also developing concepts for a high-end shoe line as well as a line of lingerie. As of 2009, her total live tournament winnings exceed $450,000. Of those winnings, $363,118 have come at the WSOP.

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Erica "Poker Babe" Schoenberg

2009-07-08T04:51:00.000-07:00

Erica plays poker professionally, and she made quite the impression on the poker world when she finished in 16th place at the 2006 World Poker Tour Championship tournament for more than $117,000. The WPT then invited her to participate in the Ladies Night event in 2006, where she finished fourth. She has a number of cashes under her belt to date, and she consistently works on improving her game through books, opponents, and her mentor, David Benyamine.

Source: World Poker Tour

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Shannon Elizabeth

2009-07-07T06:07:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth describes poker as her "second career" and has been called "one of the leading celebrity poker players.She visits Las Vegas up to three times each month to participate in poker games with the top players of the United States.

Elizabeth played in the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker and won a special tournament celebrating the opening of a new poker room at Caesars Palace hotel in January 2006, beating out 83 celebrities and poker professionals to win $55,000. She has also cashed four times in the World Series of Poker in 2006 and 2007, but again busted out of the Main Event early.

In 2007, she advanced to the semi-finals of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in a field consisting of the top poker professionals before losing to eventual champion Paul Wasicka. Among the four opponents she defeated were three World Series of Poker multiple bracelet winners: Jeff Madsen, Barry Greenstein, and Humberto Brenes.

Cecilia Reyes Mortensen

2009-07-06T05:21:00.000-07:00

Cecilia was only playing poker part-time. She soon began to play in tournaments. In 2003, she had her first big win. It was a Limit Hold'em event at The Fourth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica, Mississippi. First prize in that event was more than $58,000. The following year, she made two big tournament showings. At the World Series of Poker, she placed eighth in a Limit Hold'em event for a $25,000 pay day. A few months later, she went deep in a World Poker Tour event, the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City.

She went out in eighth place in this event as well, taking home more than $16,000. Reyes and Mortensen divorced in 2006. Both continue to play poker professionally. Cecilia is now one of the top-ranked female poker pros in the world. In 2005, she showed off her poker prowess in two ladies events. At the 36th World Series of Poker, she placed 4th in a Ladies Only No Limit Hold'em event. She took home more than $38,000 for that tournament. Then in September, she placed 4th in the WPT Ladies' Night special tournament at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

Source: World Poker Tour

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Clonie Gowen

2009-07-02T04:36:00.000-07:00

In 2002, Clonie demonstrated her poker skills in the first season of the World Poker Tour at the Costa Rica Classic by placing tenth. The following year, she was invited to play in the first WPT Ladies Night tournament and won over opponents like Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke, and Kathy Liebert.

The notoriety that ensued has never ceased, and she has gone on to cash in a number of tournaments since that time, all while juggling her personal life with two young children and living in Dallas.

Source: World Poker Tour

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Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu

2009-07-01T05:48:00.000-07:00

Daniel is one of the very best poker players in the game " and in the history of the game. With nearly $10 million in tournament winnings, he has a list of accomplishments that is no less than impressive. He has three WSOP bracelets and nearly two dozen cashes, along with two World Poker Tour titles and twelve other cashes. His two WPT wins came in 2004, which he admits was his best year ever in poker.

He won the Borgata Poker Open, then the Five Diamond World Poker Classic that year, which propelled him to the top of the WPT leader board where he captured that year's title of WPT Player of the Year. In 2006 and 2007, he found himself at several more final tables and hopes to add more titles to his resume in the near future. In the meantime, he plays in the highest stakes cash games in Las Vegas " the Big Game in which the limits are $4000-$8000 and the games are mixed. He has also authored several books and become involved in numerous sponsorship deals for video games, instructional videos, and online gaming endeavors.

Source: World Poker Tour

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Evelyn "Evybabee" Ng

2009-06-30T05:57:00.000-07:00

In Toronto, Evelyn Ng learned how to compete at an early age, as she began playing billiards for money at 14-years old. By the time she was 17, after graduating high school, she began dealing blackjack and poker, and she met Daniel Negreanu who became her friend and poker advisor. While he helped improve her game, he also introduced her to Las Vegas where she first realized that it was possible to make a career out of professional poker.

Soon after Evelyn's 21st birthday, she moved to Vegas where she continued to work as a dealer while she played cash games on the side and built a bankroll. In 2003, after being introduced to the tournament circuit, she entered and won a satellite for the World Poker Tour Ladies Night event. She took second place in the event but outlasted opponents such as Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke, and Kathy Liebert, thus firmly establishing herself as a formidable opponent in the poker world.

Evy continues to excel in tournaments, cashing in major events on a consistent basis. One of the most notable cashes was the 2005 WPT Borgata Poker Open where she placed 11th. She continues to improve her game through consistent play and intense study of the game, and her hope is to take down a well-deserved championship title in the near future. In the meantime, poker enthusiasts everywhere look forward to seeing her at the tables, especially as she perform.

Source: World Poker Tour

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Chantel McNulty

2009-06-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

From Lake Dallas, Texas, she play 7 Tournaments, in the World Poker Tour, she ranked 1994 in the cash earnings, though she don't have any titles, this hot and sexy lady is very popular in the world of Poker, specially to males.

Liz "The Poker Diva" Lieu

2009-06-26T05:43:00.000-07:00

Liz Lieu was born in Vietnam but moved with her family to Colorado when she was a young girl. Her parents worked several jobs to provide a good life for Liz and her sister. While Liz was still in high school, she was introduced to Chinese poker, then play texas holdem, and began dealing and running games before she was 18-years old. The experience gained from those experiences led her to move to Las Vegas and work her way up the casino game ladder until she was making enough money to not only support herself but her parents as well. She informed them that they could stop working, and she has supported them with her poker career ever since.

With a newfound interest in tournaments, Liz divided her time between major events and cash games. In 2006, she won the $1000 limit hold'em event at the L.A. Poker Classic in Los Angeles, and one year later won the $1000 no-limit hold'em event at the L.A.P.C., showing that her skills in limit and no-limit keep improving and putting her at the head of the field. She has cashed at two World Poker Tour events in less than two years as well. With sponsorship deals, business ventures, and a successful career in poker, Liz also prides herself in donating large percentages of her winnings to charities. With a healthy attitude, grand sense of style, and poker skills that are tough to challenge, Liz will be at more final tables, without a doubt.

Source: World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour Millionaire - Martin de Knijff

2009-06-25T05:15:00.000-07:00

With the total earnings of, $2,948,183, made him the top 15 millionaire in the World Poker Tour. He started Play 5-card draw since he was 15 years old. After moving to Texas he started to Play Texas Holdem and Omaha. He started reading book about poker, video poker, etc.This helps him to strategize game-plans for certain opponents based on evident strengths and weaknesses.

Having seen much success in tournament circuits in general, Martin's strategically developed perception of his opponents finally led him to break through and win his first major tournament, the WPT Championship at Bellagio in 2004.