Poker Superstars
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
February
7, 2006
What is poker?
Basically poker is a
card game and the most popular of a class of games
called vying games in which players with fully or
partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot
after which the pot is awarded to the remaining player
or players with the best combination of cards. It can
also be refered to Video Poker which is a single-player
game seen in casinos much like a slot machine and hence
majority of poker games do share some common features,
especially betting in rounds and the ranking of hands.
Poker is commonly played in cardrooms often within
casinos that seem to divide into stud games, draw games,
and flop games and it is played even in private home
games where anything goes, including games that seem to
have no reason to be called poker.
Here some
poker superstars.
1.) Kirill Gerasimov: is a brilliant young Russian player, 26 years old, and winner of
the World Heads Up Championship in 2002 and has already
won No Limit Holdem tournaments in Paris and Vienna also
finished 2nd in the $25,000 World Poker Tour Bellagio
Event, in April 2003, taking home a half a million
dollars..
2.) Phil Ivey :
he is called the "Tiger Woods" of poker, because he is
world class at his sport, young, black and was one of
the hottest players in 2002 WSOP. He also took home
three gold bracelets in 2002.
3.) John Juanda: he is
31 year old,
originally from Indonesia won his first gold bracelet in
2002 also has won many major tournaments. He is
currently leading overall points for Player of the Year
and was second in 2001.
4.) Daniel Negreanu: he is a young Canadian who moved to Las Vegas to play poker
fulltime and in 1998; Canadian Daniel Negreanu became
the youngest World Series of Poker winner in history
when he won the $2000 Pot Limit Texas Hold’em event at
the age of 23.
5.) Allen Cunningham: he is said to be the brightest and politest young stars in poker
at the age of 25 years. He had been studying civil
engineering at UCLA but, deciding it wasn't for him and
began playing poker at Indian casinos when he was 18.
He has ice in his veins and nearly impossible to read
but he has won two WSOP gold bracelets to date.
6.) Julian Gardner: he is an accomplished young poker pro from Britain who earned
$1million finishing in 2nd place this year in the WSOP
Main Event and was the youngest millionaire in WSOP
history.
7.) Layne Flack: he is 28 years old, from Montana and he is known to be very
aggressive who also has no fear in the game; he won two
gold bracelets back-to-back In WSOP 2002.
8.) Erik Sagstrom: he is taking the online poker world by storm, and can be heard
from at twoplustwo.com or RGP poker discussion groups;
and if you believe the Brits, like the Hendon Mob, they
are all saying that this young Swedish kid is the next
superstar in poker.
9.) Huck
Seed: he
became World Champion when he was 27 years old,
winning the WSOP Main Event in 1996 and he didn't win
another bracelet until 2000.
10.) Perry Friedman: he is another big contributor to the online world, frequently
posting on RGP poker newsgroup though he may not stay on
the list at the age of 34. He won his first WSOP
bracelet in 2002 and he is also a
founding member of The
Tiltboys, a group of poker thugs.
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