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Did you know that after winning the 1997 WSOP Stu Ungar put the entire first prize onto a ball game the next day, and lost the lot? Or that when Doyle Brunson used to play in illegal poker games in Texas back in the 1950’s he was held up at gunpoint more than five times, and one time was even made to strip? Perhaps you know that Johnny Chan almost won three back-to-back WSOP Championships, but did you know that he always wanted to be a film star? In this section we are constantly adding profiles of history’s greatest poker players.
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Doyle Brunson |
| Doyle Brunson, ‘Texas Dolly’, is the unrivalled legend of poker. He is the Jack Nicklaus, the Pele, the Don Bradman of the world’s best known and best loved card game – the only difference is that he is still playing and still winning. |
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Johnny Chan |
| Johnny “The Orient Express” Chan is possibly the best known poker player in the world. Immortalised in film as well as in the poker records, Chan’s ten World Series of Poker bracelets include back-to-back WSOP Championship event wins in 1987 & 1988, the second of which is featured in the movie Rounders. |
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Phil Hellmuth Jr. |
| Phil Hellmuth is one of the greatest tournament poker players ever, with an almost unrivalled record in Hold’em events and a massive amount of tournament winnings to show for it. Hellmuth is also one of the world’s best known poker players, seemingly forever on the television and a regular feature in poker magazines across the globe. |
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Joe Hachem |
| Joseph Hachem rocketed to fame in 2005 with his win over the largest WSOP field in history, a win which earned him the biggest payout in any poker event ever.
Beating 5619 players to the title, Joe Hachem earned $7.5 million, making him the highest earning tournament player of all time – with just one win to his name.
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Chris Moneymaker |
| Moneymaker’s story is one of poker’s greatest; a truly remarkable tale of rags to riches, of winning against all odds, of guts, and of luck. And believe it or not, Chris Brian Moneymaker’s name is, well, his real name. Yes, it really is.
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20/06/2007 10:56:26
2007 WSOP: Events 27 – 29
We have now passed the half way line in the 2007 World Series, and some of the more exciting events are fast approaching, such as the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship, which last year produced one of the highest quality final tables of all time. In the meantime however, there is still plenty of money and jewellery to be won.
18/06/2007 11:38:58
2007 WSOP: Events 21 to 26
With 26 events now played the 2007 WSOP is almost at the half way stage. Although numbers have been slightly down on last year the Rio is still buzzing with thousands of poker players, and the overall feeling is definitely positive, especially for these lot:
14/06/2007 17:16:34
2007 WSOP: Events #17 - #21
The WSOP continues to roll on, and as we get further into proceedings it seems the pro players are beginning to get their teeth stuck into the final tables.
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