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    <first_name>Yevgeniy</first_name>
    <last_name>Timoshenko</last_name>
    <city>Mukilteo</city>
    <state>WA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/54844-yevgeniy-timoshenko</link>
    <rank>16</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Alexander</first_name>
    <last_name>Kamberis</last_name>
    <city>Round Lake</city>
    <state>IL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/75026-alexander-kamberis</link>
    <rank>36</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Daniel</first_name>
    <last_name>Kelly</last_name>
    <city>Potomac</city>
    <state>MD</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/71587-daniel-kelly</link>
    <rank>10</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Steve</first_name>
    <last_name>Gross</last_name>
    <city>Marlboro</city>
    <state>NJ</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/52203-steve-gross</link>
    <rank>1</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Greg</first_name>
    <last_name>Hobson</last_name>
    <city>Bend</city>
    <state>OR</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/15063-greg-hobson</link>
    <rank>69</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Isaac</first_name>
    <last_name>Baron</last_name>
    <city>Menlo Park</city>
    <state>CA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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      <![CDATA[Isaac Baron, is a Menlo Park, California, native who burst on the poker scene by making several notable finishes in online poker's biggest events. Known as "westmenloAA," Baron has made more money than most adults have ever seen. He has won in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $254,517, the Full Tilt $750,000-guaranteed tournament ($133,000) and a $200 rebuy event on PokerStars ($75,000). He became the first-ever Card Player Online Player of the Year in 2007. 

Baron has also began to play in live events, competing in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (where he finished in 101st, for ($11,797) and the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship (18th, for $62,781). Most recently, Baron finished fourth out of 842 in the 2008 European Poker Tour Grand Final which pocketed him more than $931,000. This young gun has nothing but time on his side to win the biggest events poker has to offer.
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/34701-isaac-baron</link>
    <rank>250</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Shaun</first_name>
    <last_name>Deeb</last_name>
    <city>Troy</city>
    <state>NY</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/50142-shaun-deeb</link>
    <rank>3</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Carter</first_name>
    <last_name>King</last_name>
    <city>Columbia</city>
    <state>SC</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin></country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/138043-carter-king</link>
    <rank>279</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Luke</first_name>
    <last_name>Vrabel</last_name>
    <city>W. Hartford</city>
    <state>CT</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/68235-luke-vrabel</link>
    <rank>27</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Chris</first_name>
    <last_name>Moorman</last_name>
    <city>Brighton and Hove</city>
    <state></state>
    <country>GBR</country>
    <country_of_origin>GBR</country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/97173-chris-moorman</link>
    <rank>6</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Mike</first_name>
    <last_name>Sowers</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state>Thomasville, NC</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Mike Sowers can be found online playing under the screen names "Sowerss" and "SowersUNCC" on different online poker sites. He has won over $1 million in online poker tournaments.

He began to cross over into the live arena in 2007 and his first live tournament win came at the Borgata Winter Open in 2008, where he won a $5,000 no-limit hold'em preliminary to take home $399,000. Sowers has also made final tables at the World Series of Poker and on the World Poker Tour to establish his skill in live poker tournaments, and add to his online tournament success.]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/74197-mike-sowers</link>
    <rank>104</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Kevin</first_name>
    <last_name>Saul</last_name>
    <city>Chicago</city>
    <state>IL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Kevin Saul burst onto the poker scene by making numerous final tables online where he is known as "BeL0WaB0Ve." 

He made his first major cash in a live tournament at the Bellagio Cup II main event. After a few near misses, he snagged a coveted World Poker Tour title one year later at the Bellagio Cup III main event. He beat Mike "The Mouth" Matusow heads up to take home more than $1.3 million.]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/14700-kevin-saul</link>
    <rank>32</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Matt</first_name>
    <last_name>Kay</last_name>
    <city>Waterloo</city>
    <state>ON</state>
    <country>CAN</country>
    <country_of_origin>CAN</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/72387-matt-kay</link>
    <rank>87</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Zachary</first_name>
    <last_name>Clark</last_name>
    <city>Lafayette</city>
    <state>CA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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      <![CDATA[Splashing onto the poker scene in a big way in late August 2008 was Zach "CrazyZachary" Clark. The young poker pro from the Bay Area took the 2008 WPT Legends of Poker tournament by storm and played all the way to a third-place finish, good for $281,645. 

Clark gravitated to poker because of a major influence in his life, his late uncle Chip Reese. "I did a lot of 'investing' with Chip growing up," said Clark. "We'd bet baseball all the time. Chip staked me in the 2008 WSOP. Then I won the FTOPS [Full Tilt Online Poker Series] main event right after that. He wasn't big on staking people, but I don't think he had a choice seeing that I was his nephew. [Laughing] At least I made him a little money." A natural gambler, Clark took advantage of some loose California gaming restrictions to run a mini-casino from his home. "When I was in high school, I ran a little casino out of my house," recalled Clark. "We had blackjack and craps. We were legitimate. We had a six-deck shoe and everything. We had the poker table in the corner, with no rake of course. But yeah, that's pretty much how it started." Clark did his best to talk his childhood friends into trying poker, most notably Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson. Although Johnson had a much easier time making the switch to tournament poker. "We both grew up playing limit hold'em, and he made the transition to tournaments much easier than I did. He was so naturally aggressive to begin with, and I had to be pushed. [Dan] Harrington explains it perfectly: During the last two minutes of a football game, you can't be handing the ball off when you're down big, you have to throw the bomb. My limit hold'em style just didn't naturally carry over as fast as I'd have liked. It took about a year for me to get aggressive enough for me to become plus-EV [expected value] in these tournaments."
When asked what Reese would think of him making the final table of a major televised poker tournament, Clark shrugged off the notion that he was in some way following in his uncle's footsteps. "I think he'd be proud either way," explained Clark. "I mean, I love being here, and I'm going to make the most of it, but it's not for Chip. I think about Chip every day, and I miss him to death, but this is for me, and I have no doubt that he would agree with that."]]>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/67295-zachary-clark</link>
    <rank>130</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Jon</first_name>
    <last_name>Turner</last_name>
    <city>Las Vegas</city>
    <state>NV</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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      <![CDATA[Jon "Pearljammer" Turner rocks the online poker world almost as hard as the band Pearl Jam rocks the real one. The young man from Raleigh, North Carolina, has racked up over $87,000 in Online Player of the Year winnings since January. A multi-table tournament specialist with a devastating heads-up game, he has also netted over $361,000 in live tournaments. He cashed twice in the 2007 Winter Poker Open, first for third place ($59,138) in the $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em event and then twelfth in the $10,000-buy-in championship event, netting $72,003. 

Turner attended college but, like many other online pros, he was drawn to poker after Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker main event. He started in a home game he ran at his house. Instead of the usual $20-buy-in games, he was playing $1-$2 to $2-$4 no-limit. After repeatedly dominating his home game, he moved to Las Vegas to play professionally. He currently plays in live large-buy-in events as well as a large number of games online.

If you see him at your table, good luck; you'll need it.
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/15571-jon-turner</link>
    <rank>178</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Joseph</first_name>
    <last_name>Udine</last_name>
    <city>Voorhes</city>
    <state>NJ</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/43998-joseph-udine</link>
    <rank>7</rank>
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  <player>
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    <last_name></last_name>
    <screen_name>liberace</screen_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country></country>
    <country_of_origin></country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/110454-liberace</link>
    <rank>8257</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Chad</first_name>
    <last_name>Batista</last_name>
    <city>Coral Springs</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
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      <![CDATA[Everyone makes mistakes in their lives, and how they respond afterwards is what makes the difference.  After an admittedly troubled past, Chad Batista has emerged as one of the top poker players in the world.

The young man has been open with his mistakes and how he got where he is today. Batista did not make it past seventh grade, deciding to turn to the life of a hustler rather than that of a student. By the age of 18 he was in prison, and things looked bleak.  When he was released, he happened to meet Adam "Roothless" Levy, and for once his life, he was on the right track.  

Batista fell in love with poker, and instead of spending his time with the old friends that led him astray, he devoted himself to his new love.  

Batista is a self-made man, having never read a book on poker. He claims to use the mathematical side of the game sparingly, choosing instinct over cold calculations. It has clearly worked for him, and Batista has had one of the best runs in poker.  
>
Batista claims to have only played in a handful of live tournaments, but his results are impressive. He finished fourth in event 11 of the 2006 World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit at Caesars Indiana, for $16,762. He then won the next day's tournament, the $5,000 buy-in main event, for $262,002.  Batista played in his first WSOP in 2007, finishing fifth in a $1,000 no-limit hold'em (with rebuys) event, for $129,064.

As Batista plays more live tournaments, expect to see him rise to the top of the leader boards.]]>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/48938-chad-batista</link>
    <rank>112</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>James</first_name>
    <last_name>Obst</last_name>
    <city>Adelaide</city>
    <state></state>
    <country>AUS</country>
    <country_of_origin>AUS</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/87954-james-obst</link>
    <rank>176</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Thayer</first_name>
    <last_name>Rasmussen</last_name>
    <city>Orlando</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/43099-thayer-rasmussen</link>
    <rank>4</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>James</first_name>
    <last_name>Campbell</last_name>
    <city>Marlborough</city>
    <state>MA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/23892-james-campbell</link>
    <rank>160</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Nick</first_name>
    <last_name>Mitchell</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/96669-nick-mitchell</link>
    <rank>63</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>David</first_name>
    <last_name>Baker</last_name>
    <city>Bloomfield Hills</city>
    <state>MI</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/75209-david-baker</link>
    <rank>39</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Steven</first_name>
    <last_name>Burkholder</last_name>
    <city>Gainesville</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/90624-steven-burkholder</link>
    <rank>28</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Adam</first_name>
    <last_name>Geyer</last_name>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/45471-adam-geyer</link>
    <rank>79</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Will</first_name>
    <last_name>Haydon</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/51093-will-haydon</link>
    <rank>453</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Jeremiah</first_name>
    <last_name>Vinsant</last_name>
    <city>Murfreesboro</city>
    <state>TN</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/17171-jeremiah-vinsant</link>
    <rank>8</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Hunter</first_name>
    <last_name>Frey</last_name>
    <city>San Marcos</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/76646-hunter-frey</link>
    <rank>23</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Danny</first_name>
    <last_name>Ryan</last_name>
    <city>Grand Forks</city>
    <state>ND</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/50661-danny-ryan</link>
    <rank>182</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>James</first_name>
    <last_name>Mackey</last_name>
    <city>Pottsville</city>
    <state>AR</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[James Mackey studied medicine at the University of Missouri for two years before he decided to take a break to play poker. 

Mackey became quite successful online and is well known in the poker community. Then, at the 2007 World Series of Poker, he won the $5,000 no-limit hold'em event, taking home nearly $731,000.
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/5761-james-mackey</link>
    <rank>135</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Shawn</first_name>
    <last_name>Luman</last_name>
    <city>Cimarron</city>
    <state>KS</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/34473-shawn-luman</link>
    <rank>26</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name></first_name>
    <last_name></last_name>
    <screen_name>Halfrek</screen_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country></country>
    <country_of_origin></country_of_origin>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/106781-halfrek</link>
    <rank>793</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name></first_name>
    <last_name></last_name>
    <screen_name>Udon Wannit</screen_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country></country>
    <country_of_origin></country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/148719-udon-wannit</link>
    <rank>399</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Luke</first_name>
    <last_name>Staudenmaier</last_name>
    <city>Pittsburgh</city>
    <state>PA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Luke Staudenmaier is a poker professional from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He's known as "IWEARGOGGLES" online, where he's established his bankroll with money won in tournaments. In his first major live-tournament cash, Staudenmaier took down the championship event in the 2006 Empire State Poker Series for almost $188,000. He topped that when made the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV televised final table. Staudenmaier finished third for more than $452,000.]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/47060-luke-staudenmaier</link>
    <rank>108</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Scott</first_name>
    <last_name>Freeman</last_name>
    <city>Oak Park</city>
    <state>CA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/70861-scott-freeman</link>
    <rank>215</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Benjamin</first_name>
    <last_name>Zamani</last_name>
    <city>Boca Raton</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/68382-benjamin-zamani</link>
    <rank>53</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>David</first_name>
    <last_name>Sands</last_name>
    <city>Bozman</city>
    <state>MT</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/41489-david-sands</link>
    <rank>2</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Adam</first_name>
    <last_name>Levy</last_name>
    <city>Orlando</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Adam ?Roothlus? Levy, born June 1982, started his poker career while in college at the University of Central Florida and Santa Fe Community College, but he never found anything he enjoyed enough to seriously pursue. He said it is ?hard to do something well if you have no interest in it at all.? 

Levy is, however, thoroughly interested in poker. True to his axiom, he?s also proven himself a very good player of the game. Levy has been a dominating Internet tournament player for the last few years. He made the PokerStars Sunday Million final table twice within a five-week period in 2006 (when the fields were averaging 5,000-6,000 entrants each week), cashing for a total of $104,000. More recently, he landed final-table seats at the major Sunday tournament at Bodog twice in two weeks. 

As far as live poker, Levy?s gotten the ball rolling with quite a few small cashes in some major tournament series, including the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic and the 2006  Bellagio Cup II. At the 2007 World Poker Tour, Levy narrowly missed the televised final table by finishing ninth. He received his biggest live score yet at more than $81,000.
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/74752-adam-levy</link>
    <rank>66</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Anthony</first_name>
    <last_name>Spinella</last_name>
    <city>Port Jefferson</city>
    <state>NY</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/76096-anthony-spinella</link>
    <rank>30</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name></first_name>
    <last_name></last_name>
    <screen_name>mendieta19</screen_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country></country>
    <country_of_origin></country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/112391-mendieta19</link>
    <rank>45</rank>
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  <player>
    <first_name>Jonathan</first_name>
    <last_name>Delong</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/82616-jonathan-delong</link>
    <rank>5</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Travis</first_name>
    <last_name>Rice</last_name>
    <city>Dallas </city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/48837-travis-rice</link>
    <rank>42</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Aditya</first_name>
    <last_name>Agarwal</last_name>
    <city>Philadelphia</city>
    <state>PA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/43254-aditya-agarwal</link>
    <rank>19</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Laurence</first_name>
    <last_name>Houghton</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country>GBR</country>
    <country_of_origin>GBR</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/77029-laurence-houghton</link>
    <rank>39</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Jude</first_name>
    <last_name>Ainsworth</last_name>
    <city>Galway</city>
    <state></state>
    <country>IRL</country>
    <country_of_origin>IRL</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Jude Ainsworth won the 2009 Spring Championship of Online Poker $10,000 main event on PokerStars to win his first major title. He took home $963,338 in prize money for the win.]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/54706-jude-ainsworth</link>
    <rank>304</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Marco</first_name>
    <last_name>Johnson</last_name>
    <city>Walnut Creek</city>
    <state>CA</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson began playing poker at the age of 19 online, and by 21 he dropped out of Chico State to become a professional player. He lived the poker player's dream by traveling all over the world playing poker. The icing on the cake was when he moved to Las Vegas and took up residence with one of the best players in the game, Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby.  He has since moved back to Walnut Creek, CA.

After dominating online tournaments with numerous deep finishes in Sunday's biggest events, Johnson branched out into the live circuit. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Johnson cashed five times with one final-table finish.  He scored his biggest cash yet at the 2008 World Series of Poker when he finished in a heart-breaking second place in Event 48 for more than $490,000; losing the final hand for the bracelet with AA versus Alexandre Gomes' A10.

Look for Johnson to keep making waves in the future.
]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/49146-marco-johnson</link>
    <rank>99</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Brian</first_name>
    <last_name>Hawkins</last_name>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/68858-brian-hawkins</link>
    <rank>315</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Alvaro</first_name>
    <last_name>Ballesteros</last_name>
    <city>Madrid</city>
    <state></state>
    <country>ESP</country>
    <country_of_origin>ESP</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
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    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/69228-alvaro-ballesteros</link>
    <rank>91</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Cliff</first_name>
    <last_name>Josephy</last_name>
    <city>Syosset</city>
    <state>NY</state>
    <country>USA</country>
    <country_of_origin>USA</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[Cliff ?JohnnyBax? Josephy is one of the original legends of online poker. Formerly a Wall Street player who played on the side, he transitioned to online poker full-time when the company he worked for shut down. The Syosset, New York, resident likens his new career as a poker pro to a retiree ?doing a little something extra during his retirement.? 

Josephy consistently held the top spots on some of the most respected online poker tournament leader boards for the early part of his foray into online poker. 

Josephy has had significant success since venturing into brick-and-mortar poker tournaments. In the short time he?d been playing live, he?d already won a World Series of Poker bracelet, in the 2005 $1,500 seven-card stud event ? which was the first time he?d ever played stud. He also finished in second place it the 2006 UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic championship event, which was good for about $447,000.

Josephy also helps run a poker training site called PokerXFactor.com with fellow poker player and friend Eric ?sheets? Haber.]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/8367-cliff-josephy</link>
    <rank>96</rank>
  </player>
  <player>
    <first_name>Casey</first_name>
    <last_name>Jarzabek</last_name>
    <city>St. Catharine's</city>
    <state>ON</state>
    <country>CAN</country>
    <country_of_origin>CAN</country_of_origin>
    <bio>
      <![CDATA[]]>
    </bio>
    <link>http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/48754-casey-jarzabek</link>
    <rank>15</rank>
  </player>
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