Tag Archive | "World Poker Tour"
David Benyamine
When most people think of the name David Benyamine, they typically think high-stakes cash game player. While this is true, Benyamine is also a fearsome tournament player as well. Poker was not always his intended career path. Benyamine had intended to become a professional Tennis player, but back problems forced him to give up that [...]
Continue reading...David “The Dragon” Pham
Sunday, November 2, 2008
David “The Dragon” Pham was born in South Vietnam in 1967. He fled Vietnam when he was 17 on a boat of 145 people who were looking to make it to America. Only 46 of them survived to see the United States. Once Pham was in the US, he went to work for his cousin [...]
Continue reading...Paul “Eskimo” Clark
Friday, October 31, 2008
Paul “Eskimo” Clark was born in New Orleans, LA. He served during the Vietnam War where he served as a medic. Not much else is known about the background for this long time players other than those facts. For over 20 years, Clark has been spotted at many high stakes games and in tournaments around [...]
Continue reading...John Gale
Friday, October 31, 2008
John Gale’s ascent to the heights of tournament poker is very reminincent of John Bonetti’s beginnings in poker. Gale had been a business consultant for many years and had even started his own business. He did play poker on the side but not seriously. It wasn’t until won a satellite on PokerStars.com for the 2005 [...]
Continue reading...Josh Arieh
Friday, October 31, 2008
Josh Arieh started his poker career as an aside to playing pool. After the games would finish, he would many times go back to play poker with them. He soon discovered that poker was insanely profitably and so he started working on his game. Soon he started hosting his own games and then moved on [...]
Continue reading...“Captain” Tom Franklin
Friday, October 31, 2008
“Captain” Tom Franklin has been a regular in the poker world for nearly 30 years. At some point during his life, he received training as a pilot, and that’s where he earned his nickname of “Captain.” He started playing poker in the 70’s, but from his tournament records, it looks like he focused primarily on [...]
Continue reading...Humberto Brenes
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Humberto Brenes was born in 1951 in San Jose, Costa Rica. He learned how to play poker at a very young age from his father. Unlike many professional poker players, Brenes went ahead and received an education, graduating from the University of Costa Rica with a degree in industrial engineering. After graduating he would go [...]
Continue reading...Thomas “Thunder” Keller
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thomas “Thunder” Keller got his start in poker in a different kind of card game. He was an avid “Magic: The Gathering” player and was a regular on the Magic tournament circuit. Sills from playing the game of Magic were easily transferable to poker such as calculating odds, counting outs, and the ability to bluff. [...]
Continue reading...Al Krux
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Al Krux has been a professional poker player for over 30 years. He has been a face at the tables for many years and has been a face at some of the biggest final tables in history. Before getting into poker, he was a diamond merchant. Also, at one point in his career Krux did [...]
Continue reading...Joe Awada
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Joe Awada was born in Lebanon and learned to play poker at an early age by learning Five Card Stud. He was forced to leave Lebanon in 1971 due to the rising tensions in the country. He was left in the U.S. to try and make a living to send money home to his family. [...]
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