Wednesday Dec 05, 2007

published 259 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 24
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 5

Checkmate!

Inside Dan Harrington's penthouse condo, an ornate desk stacked with presentation binders occupies the focal point of a large living room. An antique chess table abuts the glass and chrome window wall, offering panoramic views of Santa Monica's posh Third Street promenade. The large...

Wednesday Jul 18, 2007

published 399 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 14
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 9

Poker Brat Parlays Gold Into Big Business

Seated at his second final table at the 2007 World Series of Poker, this scene is all too familiar for Phil Hellmuth. With the blinds at $15,000-$30,000, he raises it to $90,000, leaving himself with just $170,000 behind. Phil riffles his few remaining neon orange and purple chips under the final...

Tuesday Jun 12, 2007

published 435 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 11
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 11

Stacking Up Another Title

Carlos Mortensen couldn't care less about being famous. When I pull up to his Summerlin home just outside Las Vegas on an 85-degree sunny morning, he's tuning up a collection of tough-looking four-wheelers and motorcycles that look like they're fresh out of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome....

Tuesday Nov 28, 2006

published 631 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 23
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 2

The French Connection

In just over a year, David Benyamine has entered the lexicon of all of poker's highest-stakes players. And it is likely that, in return, Benyamine has entered a fair number of their wallets and extracted some serious cash. The man who sailed into Vegas with gamble in his blood, a desire to...

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