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Randy Holland Biography

Joe Poker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:11:46 +0000

Randy Holland was born in 1951 in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is residing in Winnetka, California. He is a Graduate from the California State, Fullerton University and started his tournament poker carrier when he was in his 40s and was working with an appointed government position in Florida. Public poker is not allowed in Florida, so he played very low-limit home games when he was there. In 1984 he played poker for first time in a casino in Las Vegas.
In the year 1994 he won his first tournament, a Limit Hold’em event at the Gold Coast Open in Las Vegas. He finished 9th and 2nd in two events of WPT 2007, Mirage Poker Showdowns with cash of $ $46,110 and $52,708 respectively. Also he won the event 4 in the same WPT tournament cashing out $114,728. He also finished at good positions at several national poker championships and even many WSOPs, WPTS since 1994. He won the 27th Annual World Series of Poker in 1994. His latest tournament is the WSOP 2008 where he finished 13th in the 51st event. Till now he has earned $2,531,379 from poker which came along with 213 cashes, 28 first place finishes, 2 WSOP bracelets.

andy Holland – Mirage Poker

Home page URL: wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Holland

Eugene Katchalov Biography

Joe Poker — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:38:25 +0000

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Eugene Katchalov was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University (NYU) with a business degree, but he has been playing poker professionally for the past four years.
One of Katchalov’s biggest scores in a live tournament came in a $5,000 no-limit event during the 2007 Bellagio Cup III, where he earned $118,785. He also won the Sunday $750,000-guaranteed tournament on Full Tilt in November of 2007, but nothing can be compared with the $2.4 million that he snagged for winning the 2007 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic. Katchalov entered the televised final table as the chip leader and rode it all the way to victory. Four years prior to winning WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in December 2007, Katchalov has been playing poker professionally and has been making good cashes in tournaments including three WSOPs and a European Poker Tour. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,900,000.

Eugene Katchalov Wins the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond

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Kenna James Biography

Joe Poker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:35:17 +0000

He has born on December 18, 1963. Kenna James was actually born as Kenna Grob and was the third of four children in his lower-middle-class family. He spent the first half of his childhood in Chicago. James could be found playing at the low-limit Texas Hold’em tables. By 1997 he’d graduated to playing the $20/$40 limits regularly and branched into $20 buy-in tournaments.
That’s the year he began to have aspirations of becoming a professional, cashing in his first big tournament, and also the year he met his future wife, poker pro Marsha Waggoner. Since 1999 James has had several wins and cashes, adding to his bankroll and his poker notoriety. However, it was a win in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2004 Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge in Las Vegas where he gained a nickname, thereby solidifying his spot in poker history.
He’s also taken a more active role for the charity. During the 2006 WSOP James used his fame and performing talents to host a charity poker tournament that raised $70,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project, to which Mike section added his $100,000 winnings from the Tournament of Champions. his total winning is $929,144.

Karaoke With Kenna James: Singing n Playing

Home page URL: kennajames

Maciek Gracz Biography

Joe Poker — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:57:02 +0000

This famous player was born on October 23, 1980.His nickname is The kid, his current residence is Raleigh,N.C but his birth place was Warsaw ,Poland. Maciek, known as Mike, has a good friend, Chris Bell, who believes in his talent and helped pay his buy-ins when he was starting out. In 2005 partypoker.com million IV, he won an impressive $1,500,000.
Mike is eternally grateful to his friend Chris. He says, “My friend put me in at Atlantic City and other tournaments I have played. We went 50%. So, now when I shine, I want him to shine, too. Winning is great, but in all honesty, I’d like to make a final table with my friend Chris Bell. It’s a great feeling to cheer one another on.
He was named Card Player Magazine “Breakthrough Player of the Year” in 2005, winner of the 2005 Party Poker Million. Also he won a major WPT event as well as a WSOP bracelet in 2005. Maciek holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from North Carolina State University. His total winnings from poker are $2,396,807.
Home page : www.maciekgracz.com

Scott Clements Biography

Joe Poker — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:43:56 +0000

Scott Clements is a wash born player who resides in his own town. He worked as a mortgage broker before entering into the world of poker in the year 2005.He started his career as an online poker player. Then he took part in many live tournaments .He won three cash prizes in the 2006 world series of poker and also won the WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo event. He won the World Poker Tour Canadian Poker Open in October 2006. He took eighth-place finish at the WPT PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure in January 2007.
He did not appear at the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and played warm up matches in Commerce Casino in California and Rock Casino in British Columbia. He won his second WSOP bracelet in 2007. His first cash in the series came early with a final-table finish in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event and was placed fifth with $100k pay. He won his second WSOP by defeating three great players Andy Black, William Durkee and Eric Lynch. He is a Two-time WPT winner. He won thirteen cash prizes worth $2,336,003.

Scott Clements - Frustrated With His Play Against Phil

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Patrik Antonius Biography

Joe Poker — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:30:31 +0000

He is man with three nick names - I_Knockout_U, Finddagrind, and try_hrdr_fish_Luigi66369. Patrik was born to a working-class family in the suburbs of Helsinki, Finland, on December 13, 1980. He and his friends began playing poker almost daily at the tennis club. Patrik had first anted up at age 11 in a backyard game where the stakes were 50¢ to spend at the candy store.

At the tennis club the stakes were significantly higher: $50 pots and bragging rights. “It was a great time in my life,” Patrik says on his Web site, “right after school playing tennis and poker all afternoon. In 2005 he entered the live tournament circuit and scored a string of cashes. A 12th-place finish in the poker stars Caribbean Adventure netted him just over $34,000, and his efforts in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker landed him in 15th place with $40,000.
He moved on to the WSOP, where he placed in three events, but it wasn’t until later in the summer that he hit his stride. He cashed in eight international tournaments, including a ninth-place finish in the inaugural $50,000 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. event and a 15th-place finish in the $10,000 WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. His total winning is $2,252,547.

Jennifer Tilly Vs Patrick Antonius… Jennifer Tilly = donk

Home page URL: www.patrikantonius.com

David Benyamine Biography

Joe Poker — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:58:53 +0000

He was born on July 5, 1972. Now enjoys the no 1 poker player of the France in terms of earnings. He started out is professional career as a tennis player in his south of France but suffered a back injury. He has appeared in televised tournaments, including the 2003 Grand Prix de Paris, on which occasion he exuded confidence and won a tidy sum, maintaining his cool and composure in the face of tense play against Jan Boubli.
David called, winning the hand with a diamond flush, thus earning 357,800 Euros. He is on record as saying, “I would like to see the players behave, so it would be fun to play in a nice ambiance.” Furthermore, David believes that more penalties should be enforced to ensure that players comprehend the necessity of proper table etiquette.
David says that one of the factors behind his rapid advance in the poker world is his relentless desire to improve: “It’s a lot about knowing yourself. I think I don’t know myself enough right now.” In 2005 he had won the world poker tour battle of champions II. His total winnings are $2,504,178. David bets and bluffs well, calls down his opponents well, and is also capable of making great lay downs.

Phil Ivey vs David Benyamine vs Patrick Antonius

Amir Vahedi Biography and Video

Joe Poker — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:17:50 +0000

Amir Vahedi was born on 1961 in Teheran, Iran and worked for Iran army until at his mother’s request he left it and arrived in Los Angeles as a war refugee. Then he kept owning several businesses in LA and finally becoming a professional poker player. Amir is one of the most talented tournament players in poker which makes his opponent scared and his unpredictable style of playing pokers makes him un-readable by opponents. He also tutored poker to celebrity Ben Affleck especially the No-Limit Hold’em. Ben Affleck had star Jennifer Lopez has his girl friend in those times.
Amir was named he No-Limit Texas Hold’em Player of the Year in 2001 after a lot of final table appearances in the tournaments. In that year he ended 2nd in 1st Annual World Poker Challenge, 1st in America’s Poker Classic, 2001 and Jack Binion World Poker Open 4th Year - WPT Season 1, 2003. He won the Legends of Poker WPT Season 2 - Limit Hold’em in January 3, 2004 making it his new year gift. Also this player who is single, started playing poker in 1997 has total winnings of $3,123,094. He also is popular because of claiming himself as the best tournament player.

Amir Vahedi - 2008 WSOP Persian Cowboy

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Jeffrey Lisandro Biography

Joe Poker — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:48:56 +0000

Jeffrey Lisandro was born in Perth, Australia but now resides in Salerno, Italy. Besides being a professional poker player he’s a real estate investor who has his own homes at Las Vegas, Italy and Australia. Because of his calm nature and his special ability of taking on the best of poker players casually has yielded him nickname of ‘Iceman’. His total poker money is estimated at $3,128,065.
Untill 2007 he was one of the best players of poker without a single WSOP Bracelet as he won his maiden one in the 38th Annual World Series of Poker, Event 32 which was a $2,000 Seven-Card Stud event with top players like Howard Lederer and Daniel Negreanu sharing the final table with him. His recent WSOP feat was in 39th World Series of Poker 2008, June 9 where he ended in 2nd place with $347,004. In Heads Up Limit Hold’em Tournament, 2004 he ended with 1st place and defeated Howard Lederer. Next year in 2005 he won the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event winning $542,360 and defeating Phil Ivey heads-up.

JJeff Lisandro - 7th £2,500 HORSE WSOPE 2008

Raymond Rahme Biography

Joe Poker — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:47:26 +0000

Raymond Rahme is a 62 years old poker professional from Johannesburg, South Africa who had played stud for 30 years and now is into hold’em since 2006. At this old age he’s the only senior player participating in WSOP tournaments. When he finished 3rd place in the WSOP 2007 he created history by becoming the first African appearing in finals of WSOP (World Series of Poker). In this event he won a massive $3,048,025 besides being third.
He finished 4th place at All Africa Poker Championship which is the biggest poker event in African continent for which he was called to the WSOP 2007 where we won $3 million. He’s married to Teresa and has 6 children. Before retiring he won a breakfast and bed inn. If he continues with pokers he can use his experiences to make nice plays and he is into the US Poker circuits for last two years only. He loves comedy movies and aims to win a WSOP.
Raymond Rahme - 3rd Place Finisher WSOP 2007 Match