Full-Throttle - The Grind Pays Off for Joe Bartholdi

In June 2005, Rolling Stone magazine featured a story about "The Crew," the now relatively famous conglomerate of young poker players who made a splash at the 2004 World Series of Poker. The magazine had this to say about little-known member Joe Bartholdi: "Bartholdi, a high school...

Saturday Apr 01, 2006

published 827 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 7
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 5

'The Grinder's' Life: Not Such a Grind These Days

During the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic, I had a rare chance to sit down with Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. I say rare only because he happened not to make the final table at this year's event. Had he done so, it would have been a record three World Poker Tour final tables in a row. A...

Saturday Apr 01, 2006

published 827 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 6
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 5
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 4

Player of the Year Bash Lives Up to the Hype: Poker's Superstars Hit Hollywood for the Card Player 2005 Player of the Year Awards

Calvin Ayre and the Bodog girls Men "The Master" Nguyen The anticipation leading up to the Card Player 2005 Player of the Year Awards was nothing short of gargantuan. In the weeks preceding the Feb. 15 event, the poker world was buzzing with talk of the upcoming trip to the Henry Fonda...

Wednesday Feb 15, 2006

published 872 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 4
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 3

The Poker Diva: Liz Lieu Is a Breath of Fresh Air

A walk through your typical tournament poker room can turn into a nightmarish dream sequence of three-day-old beards and accompanying body smells, half-chewed food resting unnoticed on T-shirt-covered potbellies, and scowls and stares from men whose poker faces still hint at troubled and...

Tuesday Jan 10, 2006

published 908 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 26
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 2

Kid Poker

The trophies, plaques, and various other awards that adorn the area over Daniel Negreanu's front door archway tell the story of poker success that most of us can't even fathom. They also tell the story of an obsession with poker that few could ever understand. From a teenage grinder in...

Wednesday Nov 09, 2005

published 970 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 23
Card Player College Magazine Volume 1, Number 6

David Williams: Living the Dream

Play on, playa David Williams is living the dream. Let's make a list. Wealthy, young, and independent - check. Dating playmates and actresses - check. Traveling the world to hang out with society's upper crust - check. Oh yeah, and playing poker for a living - check. Forget that...

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