Poker Pro Profiles

There are several big names in poker and players who have really built a reputation for themselves as being some of the best poker players out there. We often times see these players on the WPT or hear about how well they played at the WSOP or other poker tournaments. This section has been put together to provide you with short poker biographies on some of the biggest names in poker out there.

		Name: Chris Ferguson Residence: Pacific Palisades, CA Born: 1963 Career Highlights: No Limit Texas Holdem WSOP winner in 2000, Holds 5 WSOP titles.

		Name: Scotty Nguyen Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1979 Career Highlights: Won acclaim for his role for his co-starring role in the 2003 poker movie "The Big Blind"

		Name: Erick Lindgren Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1979 Career Highlights: Erick is the first WPT player of the year.

		Name: Annie Duke Residence: Portland, Oregon Born: 1965 Career Highlights: Annie is the leading money winner for the WSOP with more WSOP money finishes then any other woman.

		Name: Howard Lederer Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1964 Career Highlights: Howard was able to make thirteen final tables at WSOP and also won a bracelet in the year 2000.

		Name: Phil Ivey Residence: Atlantic City, NJ Born: 1974 Career Highlights: First Place Poker Championship Turning Stone NLHE, placed well in several WPT games and also won 2000 WSOP Pot Limit Omaha.

		Name: Jennifer Harman Residence: Reno, Nevada Born: Unknown Career Highlights: Was the winner of the largest non-tournament poker game pot ever in a land based casino winning a total of $1.7 million dollars.

		Name: Doyle Brunson Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1933 Career Highlights: Considered the Grand master of Poker. Has won the WSOP 10 times. Run's great poker room Doyle's Room.

		Name: Daniel Negreanu Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1975 Career Highlights: Daniel won his first WSOP event he entered at the age of 23 making him one of the youngest WSOP winners ever.

		Name: Johnny Chan Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada Born: 1957 Career Highlights: Johnny has won ten WSOP Bracelets including winning both in 1987 and 1988 back to back.

		Name: Phil Hellmuth Residence: Paulo Alto, California Born: 1965 Career Highlights: Phil comes in close second for having won the most WSOP Bracelets . Youngest player to win the WSOP Championship

		Name: Gus Hansen Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark Born: 1973 Career Highlights: Gus has finished first in three televised WPT Championship Events and is an extremely good poker player.

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		Ultimate Bet		PokerRoom

		Pacific Poker		Empire Poker

		Paradise Poker		Doyles Room

		Absolute ...		Poker Stars

		Full Tilt ...		Noble Poker

		Titan Poker		Bodog Poker

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