If your name happens to be Huckleberry Seed, people will probably have made up their mind about you before you even open your mouth. Chances are they will expect that you have a rich uncle named "Jed" and refer to the swimming pool as a "cement pond". The words "World Class Poker Pro" will most likely never be immediately associated with anybody named Huckleberry. This is ironic seeing as one of the most decorated poker players in ...
Russ Hamilton began to play poker at the age of 7. In 1984 he moved to Las Vegas. He said that he made it for better weather, but I don’t belive. Back in 1984 he was already a succesful ...
Hamid Dastmalchi began to play poker at the age of 12 in Iran. Then he moved to the United States and became a real-estate investor. Though Dastmalchi is famous only for the year 1992 he is No. 6 on ...
Scotty Nguyen likes the idea that he was born with a deck in his hand. He says that during his birth his hand was deformed into a fist. When doctors at last managed to open his little ...
Brad Daugherty was "infected" with poker frenzy in 1968 by his schoolmates. And after that he used any opportunity to play poker though his first prize was only $3. But this "big" prize ...