Joe Bishop, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is among the final 27 players in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. He has never cashed in a WSOP tournament, yet finds himself on the brink of earning a seat at the game's biggest stage. He entered day 7 with just over 4.8 million in chips, which...
Poker annals are full of stories about chip leaders at the end of one day who crash-and-burn the next. The ability to maintain a consistent chip stack is vital to a player's success, and to do it at the top of the leader board is a rare feat. Jeremy Joseph has managed just that. Leading the...
Brad "Yukon" Booth is one of the better known poker players who calls Canada home, and he was off to a fast start in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. At the dinner break he had 90,000 in chips and stood third overall on day 1C. Booth, who cashed in the Omaha Hi/Lo event...
John Phan has his priorities. And, surprisingly, his first World Series of Poker championship bracelet isn't at the top of the list. It isn't even second. When Phan was facing elimination from his heads-up battle with Johnny Neckar in the $3,000 no-limit hold'em event at the 2008...
