A big deal
December 20, 2007
DOYLE BRUNSON (above, left) is a poker legend. Twice winner of the game’s most prestigious annual tournament, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), held in Las Vegas, the cowboy-hat-clad southerner affectionately known as Texas Dolly also wrote what many consider to be the bible of poker theory, “Super System: A Course in Power Poker”. His reputation among card-shufflers borders on the superhuman. Indeed, after fighting off supposedly terminal cancer in the 1960s, he celebrated his return to the cardrooms with 53 straight wins. Adding to the mystique, both of his World Series titles were won with exactly the same cards: a full house of tens over twos.
Now in his mid-70s, Mr Brunson is still going strong. But not strong enough for Annette Obrestad (above, right), who beat the old master and 361 other entrants in September to win the first ever WSOP event held outside America. Miss Obrestad’s victory, which netted her £1m ($2m), shows how much poker has changed since the days when Texas Dolly, Amarillo Slim Preston and Jack “Treetops” Straus held sway. She is only 19 (making her the youngest ever winner of a World Series bracelet) and she is, of course, a woman. She hails from Norway, not Nevada. And though she had previously won over $800,000 in internet tournaments, the event at London’s Empire Casino was the first time she had encountered serious opposition in the flesh. The poker press refers to her by her online moniker, annette_15.
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December 19, 2007
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David Pham is the 2007 Card Player Player of the Year
December 18, 2007
David “The Dragon” Pham is the 2007 Card Player Player of the Year (POY). He clinched his second POY title after Jonathan Little, the last remaining player who could’ve caught Pham with a victory at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic that’s still taking place at Bellagio, was eliminated and out of the running.
Pham also won the POY award in 2000. He joins Men Nguyen (four) and T.J. Cloutier (two) with multiple POY titles.
