One-Man Poker Wrecking Crew

It was a moment to shatter the steeliest of nerves, on what should have been the tensest day of Padraig Parkinson's life. Here they were introducing the final table of the World Series of Poker, and Padraig was among the final six, his first time playing the championship event. The lineup...

Thursday Dec 01, 2005

published 1002 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 11

History Repeats

I was in a hotel elevator in Cardiff when I got my first real introduction to European poker. It was two hours before the filming of the first heat of the second series of Late Night Poker, and I was looking over a piece of paper on which I had jotted down odds for the tournament. I didn't...

Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

published 1010 days ago in
Card Player College Magazine Volume 1, Number 7

Erik Sagstrom - The Salmon

It's not that hard to find Erik Sagstrom, but getting to talk to him is another story. Just flip on your computer and Sagstrom is there. You can find the Swede night or day in his "office." It's just that Sagstrom's "office" is out in public, in basically the...

Tuesday Nov 01, 2005

published 1032 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 10

The Silly Season

If I'm not mistaken, we've just been through the first off-season in the history of poker. On the professional golf tour, there is a time of the year called the "silly season." It's the month when players who have spent nine months on the road realize there's a place...

Saturday Oct 01, 2005

published 1063 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 9

The Trial of the Century

On the Saturday after the 2005 World Series of Poker had ended, Irishman Padraig Parkinson went to the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport and showed his ticket. "Sir, your flight isn't until tomorrow," said the kind woman at the counter. "I know," said Padraig....

Thursday Sep 01, 2005

published 1093 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 8

2005 World Series of Poker

The sun shines down brightly and the pavement crackles, and deep inside a convention center toward the back of a Las Vegas airline highway, a bunch of poker players compete for the title of champion of the world. And where that person will hail from is a completely unknown prospect. As I write...

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