Archives for May 2009
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Negreanu versus Hansen – sick hand
Wow, this is one sick hand. I saw this one on the High Stakes Poker show. Gus Hansen got so so so lucky in this hand 
I feel really bad for Daniel Negreanu. I know his pain. I don’t think he could get away from this hand.
Oh btw, did you see Antionio Esfandiari throw away his AQ preflop because he was out of position. That’s a nice move. I don’t see a lot players do that. I like his style, he’s one of my favourite players 
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Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu: Profile
Daniel Negreanu was Born in Canada, in Toronto. Although he dreamt to become a professional snooker player, he learnt how to play poker when he reached the age of 15. When he was 16, he passed time in pool halls, sports betting and playing cards. When he was several credits short of graduation, Daniel dropped out of high school and began his life as a rounder playing at the local charity casinos, looking for illegal games around the city. When he gathered enough money for a decent bankroll, he left Toronto and left for Las Vegas to become a professionel poker player. Later he moved back home to Toronto after some loss.
Nowadays Negreanu is considerd one of Worlds best poker tournament players, winning two World Poker Tour (WPT) events, another three World Series bracelets, and appearing at 12 final tables. Also he has the title of “Best WSOP player of the year of 2004″ Daniel is also a member of Team Pokerstars. Daniel Negreanu is a real poker celebrity, he played poker on a lot TV shows like Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker and is a commentator on Ultimate Poker Challenge.
Related sites:
Daniel Negreanu Fansite
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Sammy Farha: the cigarette
Wondering why Sam Farha always has an unlit cigarette hanging out of his mouth while playing poker? Well, let Farha explain this himself
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Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson: Profile
Doyle Brunson was born in Longworth, Texas in 1933. He played baseball and ran for his school, but at basketball he really starred. He even played for the NBA’s Lakers. But his sporting career would come to an abrupt end before it really began when an accident at work severely damaged his knee.
Brunson had begun playing poker before his injury but started to play more often after his injury and he started to gain some big winnings quite soon. After graduating, he worked as a business machines salesman but, on his first day, he was invited to play in a poker game and earned over a month’s salary . Later heleft the company and became a professional poker player.
Brunson has been playing poker over 50 years and has won a lot of prizes. Brunson is also the first player ever to earn $1 million in poker tournaments and has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets . He won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker multiple times, which he did in 1976 and 1977. Doyle Brunson nickname is “Texas Dolly”. Brunson has the honor of having a Texas hold’em hand named after him. This is the T2 of any suit, as he won the World Series of Poker two years in a row with them (1976 and 1977), both with a full house.
Other than his poker success, his greatest achievement is probably a book he wrote called Super/System, which probably is regarded one of most authoritative books about poker. Originally self-published in 1978, Super/System was the book that transformed poker by giving ordinary players an insight into the way that professionals such as Brunson played and won.
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Sam Farha
Sam Farha: Profile
Sammy Farha was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959 as Ihsan Farha. Currently he lives in Houston Texas, and makes his living as a professional poker player.
When Farha was a teenager he moved to the USA, settling in Kansas in 1977. He graduated with a degree in business administration and later moved to Houston. There he discovered the game of poker, and fell in love immediately. In 1990 he quit his job and become a full-time professional poker player.
His greatest achievement in the World Series of Poker was in the WSOP 2003, where he ended runner-up behind Chris Moneymaker. This second place earned him $1.300.000. Sammy Farha possesses two WSOP bracelets, both achieved in the Omaha events (1996 and 2006).
Farha is known to be a real gambler who doesn’t need good cards to play a lot of pots. His style is known as very loose agressive, constantly playing any combination of small cards, trying to hit the flop and outplay his opponents. Sammy definitely got style: he’s cool, always has an unlit cigarette in his mouth and wears stylish costumes of Armani, Gucci and Valentino.
As of 2008, his total winnings are over $2,000,000 in live tournament poker games, although he’s more knows to be a Omaha cash game player. Farha also made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film, Lucky You.
Related sites:
Official website
Please Mr. Farha
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Doyle Brunson about poker
To head off , I’ll post a little fragment about Big Papa’s opinion what poker is all about. Enjoy
We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing.
hehe lovely :p