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by Craig Tapscott | Published: Jul 09, '25
Bradley Ruben graduated from the University of Florida with an MBA, then moved to South Florida for a job in financial sales. He wasn’t passionate at all about the work and was having far more fun playing poker on the side. In 2012 Ruben decided to play full-time and he hasn’t looked back since. He decided […]
by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 09, '25
The 56th Annual World Series of Poker officially got underway on May 27 at the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. The first couple of weeks have been action-packed, with 24 bracelets awarded so far, already paying out more than $71.8 million in prize money. The total entries for the series currently sits at over 45,000, […]
by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jul 09, '25
Jesse Lonis is a throwback to a time before the Moneymaker Boom. The 29-year-old from Upstate New York has crafted a successful poker career out of a tireless grind, working his way up from a bankroll built on construction and odd jobs to the highest levels in the game. Although his lengthy list of accomplishments […]
by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jun 25, '25
Brock Wilson found his calling early. It was 2008, and the poker boom had somehow reached his middle school in New York. There was a brief phase where he was fascinated by basketball, followed by guitar lessons, skateboarding, hockey games, and the baseball team, but nothing stuck like poker. “I kind of never shifted away […]
by Paul Oresteen | Published: Jun 11, '25
Daniel Weinman’s pro poker story was as improbable as it was incredible, with two World Poker Tour wins, a WSOP Circuit ring, and two World Series of Poker bracelets, including the 2023 main event title. In fact, Weinman had already achieved prominent status in gambling circles long before he took center stage to bank a […]
by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jun 11, '25
Twelve months ago, you couldn’t have picked out a less likely poker player to be surrounded by controversy than Jonathan Tamayo. The 39-year-old from Houston has been attending the World Series of Poker every year since 2007, with highlights that included a runner-up showing in a $1,500 half limit, half no-limit hold’em event in 2008 […]
by Paul Oresteen | Published: May 28, '25
Poker is pain. But you won’t read about it much because wins sell the story that readers and advertisers want to read. Casinos, tour operators, online sites – they all want a smiling winner’s photo touting six-figure wins. But the harsh reality is that, for most, poker is a painful and losing endeavor. In the […]
by Paul Oresteen | Published: May 28, '25
The “Raminator,” the “Last True Amateur,” “Kingpin of Team Singh” – Raminder Singh has a few nicknames at the table as one of Florida’s most prolific poker players with hundreds of tournament cashes and dozens of wins totaling $3.5 million in earnings. This is despite maintaining an amateur status, running a white-collar IT and management […]
by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: May 20, '25
When it comes to the World Poker Tour, Darren Elias is king – with four titles, 13 final table appearances, and 47 cashes overall. The only WPT category he doesn’t lead is in total earnings, although he has won plenty, with $4.6 million of his career $13.9 million in cashes coming on the tour. His path to the top of […]
by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 09, '25
I’ll admit that I got a little hot and bothered during the debate surrounding Maurice Hawkins and his controversial WSOP Circuit win in Baltimore. Frankly, I was annoyed that there was even a debate taking place. A player was wrongly eliminated after a dealer misread the board with just three left at the final table. […]