Player Interviews

James Akenhead Interview

James Akenhead had an epic 2009, winning nearly $2m and final-tabling both WSOP Main Events. We out why poker fame hasn’t affected Britain’s unassuming new star

Tom Dwan

Tom 'durrrr' Dwan is an amazing talent with a killer combination of fearlessness and raw intelligence reminiscent of Phil Ivey

Patrik Antonius

Patrik Antonius is an ice cool cash game specialist who fears nobody in the poker world

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth is the most successful player in WSOP history and one of the game's most controversial characters

Phil Hellmuth's Best Hand Ever

Former world champion Phil Hellmuth isn't shy when it comes to identifying his greatest plays, but this one – on his way to his ninth WSOP bracelet – is his all-time favourite...

Doyle Brunson

'The Godfather Of Poker' Doyle Brunson is the author of Super/System, owner of 10 WSOP bracelets and the most respected figure in poker

Chris Moneymaker

After winning the 2003 WSOP Main Event as an amateur, Chris Moneymaker lit the fuse for the poker boom

Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey is fearless both on and off the felt and arguably the most revered and talented all-round poker player in the world

Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow

Mike Matusow is a world class player who gained just as much fame through his blow-ups, meltdowns and self-destructive partying

Gus Hansen

Fun loving and fast playing both on and off the table, Gus Hansen is poker's playboy

Daniel 'Kid Poker' Negreanu
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is one of the most successful and marketable players in ...
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson is arguably the greatest WSOP player of the decade and - with ...
Joe Sebok And UB.com
Can UltimateBet ever escape its superuser scandal? Michael Kaplan talks to Joe Sebok – the ...

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Player Rankings

September 2008
Joe Grech and Sam Trickett make significant moves up the UK Player Rankings
August 2008
Joseph Grech is challenging the Devilfish hard, with Julian Thew also on the move this ...
July 2008
As the results come in from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, James ...

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The November Nine

Phil Ivey
The great Phil Ivey will enter the final table with 9,765,000 chips
James Akenhead
British star James Akenhead is the table short stack with 6,800,000 chips
Darvin Moon
Self-employed logger Darvin Moon is the monster chipleader with 58,930,000

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