Brad Booth Canadian Poker Pro
May 20, 2008
Bradley (Brad) Booth (born September 20th, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker. He is one of the most successful high limit players of the last decade. He was once referred to as a “poker savant” by Phil Laak and is rated as one of the best poker players in the world by Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson.
In 13th episode of the third season of High Stakes Poker, Booth stated that he has been playing poker every day for 14 years – first in Vancouver, then Calgary and then in Yukon hence his nickname “Yukon Brad” – but is now slowing down.
Booth appeared on the second season of NBC’s Poker After Dark on the episode “International Week” and finished in second place to Patrik Antonius.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $640,000.
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Chip Reese The Best Poker Player in the World
May 15, 2008
Chip Reese was born in Dayton, Ohio on March 28, 1951. His untimely death in December of 2007 was mourned by many of the top poker players in the world period. Players like Doyle Brunson considered Chip Reese to be the best poker betting player in the world. His tournament play was solid with total winnings exceeding 2.2 million dollars. This amount is small if one listens to the tales of his prowess in cash games. Chip Reese won three WSOP events out of the few times he played in the tournaments. His biggest payout in a tournament came in 2006 in the first WSOP HORSE tournament with its $50,000 Poker Betting buyin. Chip won 1.7 million poker betting dollars when he captured the prize after a seven-hour struggle at the final table.
Poker Pro Matthew Hilger Wins Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament
May 4, 2008
Matthew Hilger, poker author, poker publisher, and poker pro, won the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament this past Sunday evening giving him over $132K for first place. When asked about playing at Full Tilt, Hilger admitted “I’ve actually done very well in this particular tournament. In 9 or 10 tries this year, I have 3 top 100’s, 2 final tables, and now the big win”.
Matthew now has his eyes set on the World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he has cashed three of the last four years in the main event and nine times overall. The WSOP has exploded in popularity over the last few years, thanks in large part, to the support of online poker sites where many of the players win online satellites in the WSOP main event.
Hilger became inextricably associated with Internet Poker when he released his best-selling book, ‘Internet Texas Hold’em’ aka “ITH” at the dawn of the explosion the Internet has brought to Texas Holdem. Following the book, Hilger created an online community, poker forums, read strategy articles, and get exclusive poker bonuses.
This win was the exclamation point for a great month for Hilger, as his third child and first daughter, Isabel Teresa Hilger was born earlier in the month on April 2nd. His wife and newborn daughter are both doing well. One interesting coincidence that one of his friends pointed out is that his daughter’s initials are “ITH”, like his first book and online community.
Hilger is also a contributor to Card Player Magazine, has been featured in magazines and periodicals including the Wall Street Journal, All-In, and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, and serves on the board of directors for Colombianitos (http://www.colombianitos.org), a charity that helps disadvantaged children in Colombia.
Having had one of the busiest years imaginable thus far, including the birth of his daughter Isabel, the upcoming release of several new poker books, and growing the websites from his company Dimat Online, Matthew managed to find time to get back to what he likes to do best – play poker, and it sure has paid off. When asked if this would affect his WSOP plans, Hilger had this to say, “I definitely feel more ready than I ever have as I have played a lot more online than in past year so I won’t be rusty going into the WSOP. I must also say that working with Rizen, Pearljammer, and Apestyles on the poker hands book has been helpful in simply being able to talk with these guys on a regular basis as well as learning a few tricks here and there by reviewing their manuscript.” Rizen, Pearljammer, and Apestyles, are well known online pro’s whom he is working on upcoming books with.
Brad Booth
April 28, 2008
Bradley (Brad) Booth (born September 20th, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker. He is one of the most successful high limit players of the last decade. He was once referred to as a “poker savant” by Phil Laak and is rated as one of the best poker players in the world by Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson.
In 13th episode of the third season of High Stakes Poker, Booth stated that he has been playing poker every day for 14 years – first in Vancouver, then Calgary and then in Yukon hence his nickname “Yukon Brad” – but is now slowing down.
Booth appeared on the second season of NBC’s Poker After Dark on the episode “International Week” and finished in second place to Patrik Antonius.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $640,000.
Johnny Chan
April 18, 2008
Johnny Chan (Traditional Chinese: ?), born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a professional poker player. Read more
Erik Seidel
April 10, 2008
Erik Seidel (born in New York City) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada.Originally a tournament backgammon player for eight years, he eventually started playing the stock market, and then moved on to poker. He was one of the group of now famous players from the Mayfair Club, including Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington.
In his first major tournament, he came in second in the 1988 World Series of Poker main event to Johnny Chan. This final hand was featured in the movie Rounders.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,000,000.
Seidel is part of the design team for Full Tilt Poker.
In January 2007, Seidel finished in second place in the Aussie Millions $100k event and took home $550,000(AUD), beaten by Erick Lindgren in Heads-Up play when he moved all-in with KJ of hearts on a two-heart flop and Lindgren called with a pair of aces and his 7 kicker became an eventual straight.
Huck Seed
March 25, 2008
Huckleberry Seed (born November 30, 1968) is an American professional poker player.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School. He was a member of the 1987 Montana All-State basketball team. Huck Seed was an electrical engineering student at Caltech and a member of Fleming House. He took a leave of absence in 1989, started playing poker, and never returned to college. Seed was a star player on Caltech’s basketball team and is featured in the 2006 documentary Quantum Hoops.
Seed won the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, and the $1,000,000 first prize. He made the final table of the 1999 WSOP event, but finished 6th (eventual champion Noel Furlong eliminated him). In the 2007 Main Event, Seed finished 71st out of 6358 players.
Seed is often considered intimidating because of his height at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) and the fact that he rarely speaks at the table. An avid proposition gambler, he once lost $50,000 on a proposition bet with Phil Hellmuth, that he could stand in the ocean with water up to his shoulders for eighteen hours. He lasted only three hours. He then went on to win $24,000 back from Hellmuth by playing 9 Ball at $2,000 a game.
Seed recently played in NBC’s Poker After Dark series, where he finished second to Gus Hansen in the season’s first tournament.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,500,000. He has four WSOP bracelets.
Antonio Esfandiari
March 14, 2008
Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player.
He moved to San Jose, California when he was 9 years old, along with his family.
At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio, and became a professional magician. While he was performing magic, he was invited to a game of Texas Hold ‘em and started to play poker. In 2004, he won close to $1.4 million at the Commerce Casino. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet a few months later in Pot-Limit Texas Hold ‘em.
Esfandiari appeared in the second and third seasons of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. After finishing dead last the previous year, Antonio was able to redeem himself with an impressive 2nd place finish the third season. He was also in the first four seasons of GSN series High Stakes Poker and each season of NBC Poker After Dark.
While touring the poker circuit, he often shares a room with Phil Laak. He is also known for his chip trick techniques.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.
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