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Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1977) [3] is an American professional poker player who has won eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables. Ivey is regarded by numerous poker observers and contemporaries as the best all-around player in the world.
Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event [1] and the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. He is the first and only ...
Greenstein often uses his poker winnings to further his philanthropic and charitable interests, earning him the "Robin Hood of Poker" nickname. After winning $770,000 at Larry Flynt 's $1 million Seven-Card Stud event in 2003, [ 21 ] he donated $440,000 to Children Incorporated – a gift of $1,000 to each of the charity's 440 employees. [ 1 ]
Anargyros Nicholas Karabourniotis [2] (Greek: Ανάργυρος Καραβουρνιώτης; November 1, 1950 – September 7, 2024), commonly known as Archie Karas, was a Greek-American gambler, high roller, poker player, and pool shark famous for the largest and longest documented winning streak in casino gambling history, simply known as The Run, when he drove to Las Vegas with $50 in ...
As a result, Stupak gave Chan the nickname "the Orient Express". [3] Chan won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the America's Cup of Poker in consecutive years in 1982 and 1983. [26] [27] Chan played in the 2004 and 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions events and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in the same years ...
Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) [ 4 ] and the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), and he ...
Jimmy Fricke (born April 19, 1987) [1] is a professional poker player from Mahomet, Illinois. In 2005 Fricke dropped out of college to play full-time Internet poker under the screen name "Gobboboy". At age 19, he started on the live poker scene, cashing in two major events within eight days.