Phil Ivey grew up in New Jersey and has won 5 World Series of Poker bracelets, the first in 2000 when he was only 23 years old. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Luciaetta. His grandfather taught him to play five-card stud as a child and by 16, Ivey started playing for money….
Kathy Liebert began playing poker as a prop player-a player who gets paid by casinos to start poker games or keep them going. It wasn’t long before the love of the game set in for this Las Vegas resident and soon, in 1994, she was playing full-time. Her claim-to-fame is winning first place in the…
Another example of how the government controls every aspect of our lives. 🙂 Poker is a game of skill, which means it should be allowed. Other countries can play, but the most powerful country in the world can’t! Are we free? Bush should be worried more about the schools, social security and stuff like that!!…
 James Woods was born in Vernal, Utah in 1947 and has been rumored to have a brain the size of a planet. He studied political science at M.I.T, but was unable to graduate when he decided to start his acting career. Woods made his film debut in ‘The Visitors’ directed by Elia Kazan in…
British officials have called for international coordination to regulate online gambling as policy makers and investors scramble to salvage high-stakes bets on the industry in the wake of an effective U.S. ban on the business. The industry has been very hard hit by the U.S. ban,” Tessa Jowell, the British culture minister, said at a…
In THE U.S., it’s OK to bet on horses, play Lotto, gamble at Indian casinos, wager in Atlantic City. And in Las Vegas, it’s virtually a patriotic duty to gamble. In all, you can legally bet in 46 of 50 states, but not over the Internet. Online gambling is illegal. Although the online side of…
Though the World Series of Poker made its official debut in 1970, the idea of the Horseshoe’s annual tournament was actually conceived more than two decades earlier. In the summer of 1949, as the story goes, inveterate gambler Nicholas “Nick the Greek” Dandolos approached Benny Binion with an unusual request – to challenge the best…
Darden is an aggressive player whose interest in poker was sparked early. His father owned a pool hall with a poker room in the back. But he had a career as a successful hip hop music promoter and nightclub owner before becoming a full-fledged poker professional. Like many successful pros, Darden’s genius is his ability…
Senator Bill Frist (R.- TN), focuses on other things than trying to become president. Frist, the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, used his position of power to ram through the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. He didn’t even give the members of Congress a chance to read the bill. They were told…
Kristy Gazes was born on October 28th, 1967 in Torrance, CA. A former documentary filmmaker, she has made her living playing poker for the last 12 years.(Kristy started playing poker in 1986). Initially, Kristy focused on the cash game, becoming an expert high-limit player. Prior to 2003, she only played 5 to 10 tournaments a…