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2014-09-25 06:43

Jason Somerville - Reinventing Live Poker with Run it UP Live

In the fourth and final part of this series Jason Somerville speaks passionately about how he views the landscape of live poker tournaments. Somerville, a long time professional himself, has seen many poker tournaments all over the world and feels they all lack, in one way or another, an emphasized element of fun.…

2014-09-18 06:50

Jason Somerville - Big Swings and Shots on the High Stakes

This is the third of four parts in which Jason Somerville tells us his life story. In the previous parts you were able to read about Somerville’s goals and aspirations with his YouTube show ‘Run it Up,’ his childhood, being a karate teacher and starting to explore the options of being a professional poker player.…

2014-09-16 04:35

Jason Somerville - Battling Illness, Teaching Karate and Discovering Poker

This is the second of a four-part interview in which Jason Somerville tells us his life story. Today Somerville tells the story about his childhood, becoming a karate teacher at a very young age and his first contact with poker at 16.…

2014-09-12 09:24

Jason Somerville - Brings Back the Fun in Poker

In this in-depth four part series Jason Somerville tells us his life story. In Part 1 the poker pro talks about his YouTube show 'Run it Up' and analyses poker broadcasting in mainstream media.…

2014-09-10 03:51

Pratyush Buddiga: Spelling Bee Champ Rips US Education System

In the second part Buddiga opens up about everything that’s wrong with the school system in the United States, and how a University degree is worth a lot less than advertised. The 25-year old also opens up about his poker career, learning curve and potential.…

2014-09-08 04:42

Pratyush Buddiga: Spelling Bee Champ with a Brilliant Poker Mind

According to an SAT scores website there were more than 1.3 million American teens that took this test in 2006. Just 631 students scored 2380 or better, and Buddiga was one of them.…

2014-08-18 06:59

Anatoly Filatov Explains The Russian Playing Style

In the second and final part of this interview series with Russian poker pro Antoly Filatov the youngester talks about how he became a poker player. …

2014-08-15 04:31

Anatoly Filatov - The Life of a Russian Poker Pro

Russian poker professional Anatoly Filatov tells us what life in one of the biggest up and coming poker communities is like. By talking to Filatov you quickly realize that he's much more than just a poker player.…

2014-06-05 01:41

The Daniel Negreanu Story - Playing With Chip Reese, HSP and a $170MM Deal That Never Happened

In the final part of this four-part series Daniel Negreanu talks about playing with Chip Reese, appearing on High Stakes Poker and a $170MM deal that never happened.…

2014-06-03 01:35

The Daniel Negreanu Story - Becoming a Poker Celebrity, The Poker Boom and Stu Ungar

This is the third of a four-part series documenting the life of poker superstar Daniel Negreanu.…

2014-05-28 04:18

The Daniel Negreanu Story - Becoming The Youngest WSOP Bracelet Winner in 1998

In the second of four parts Daniel Negreanu talks about getting robbed in a private poker game in Toronto, playing at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas and his first bracelet win.…

2014-05-20 14:10

Eugene Katchalov Chooses Ukrainian TV Show over WSOP

What can we be sure of in life when even someone as successful as Eugene Katchalov decides to pass up on poker’s greatest tournament series?…

2014-04-30 03:33

Jeff Rossiter's Story - Australia's Poker Genius Pulls No Punches

Jeff Rossiter cuts to the chase, both at the poker table and when giving interviews. The young man from Adelaide in Australia has almost $5.5 million in live tournament earnings but he’s the first to admit that its not all that glitters is gold.…

2014-04-22 11:11

WSOP Bracelets: The True Trophies of Poker and How Josh Arieh Recovered His

“Monumental,” that’s what Josh Arieh called the feeling his World Series of Poker gold bracelets awoke in him when he found the trophies he thought were lost forever.…

2014-04-15 07:10

Interview with Napeu Victor Silvu - MTT Pro and Member of iGaming.org's Stable

Napeu Victor Silvu has been a long time member of the iGaming.org stable, an MTT pro and on top of that he runs his own stable as well. Silvu is probably the closest you’ll get to a full blooded online MTT pro, playing several hours every single day with plenty of results to show for. …

2014-04-10 07:08

Interview with Guillaume "Guimoura" Moorish, MTT Pro and iGaming.org Coach

Guillaume "Guimoura" Moorish is not just a great poker coach but also an excellent professional poker player. Moorish doesn’t live the average poker player lifestyle, as the 33-year old resides on a farm in Tatui, Brazil, and is married with two young children. …

2014-03-21 02:00

The Dan Smith Story - Beach House, Lucky Beers and The Year of Spice

This is the second and final part of an in-depth interview with Dan Smith, one of the biggest winners and still youngest players on the international poker circuit.…

2014-03-19 02:00

The Dan Smith Story - One Of The Best and Youngest

Dan Smith found poker at the right time and the game has been very kind to him. Smith sits near the top of nearly every leader board, and he’s not looking to slow down any time soon.…

2014-03-07 02:00

Daniel 'Jungleman12' Cates: "Online poker is dying"

Online poker super star Daniel 'Jungleman12' Cates received his Full Tilt Poker balance in full last week, and he responds to some questions we presented to him.…

2014-03-06 02:00

The Mike McDonald Story: Staring Down Ivey and Coaching a WSOP Champ

In the second part of the Mike McDonald story the Canadian pro speaks about staring down Phil Ivey, investing in both poker and stocks and how he coached a WSOP Main Event champion.…

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