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by Todd Brunson | Published: Jan 18, '08

Editor's note: With the passing of Chip Reese, and the friendship that he, Doyle Brunson, and Todd Brunson shared, Todd has chosen to honor Chip with this column, a slightly revised version of his column that appeared in Card Player in January 2007. Chip and Doyle could be heard more often in a poker room […]

by Todd Brunson | Published: Mar 23, '07

Some say they can't see the forest for the trees. I sometimes can't see the Forrest – Ted Forrest, that is – for all the bad beats he has laid on me in a session. My head aches and my vision blurs as he beats my aces with 6-2 offsuit again and again. Ted is […]

by Todd Brunson | Published: Mar 15, '07

Lyle Berman started playing poker early in his childhood. As he became more involved in business and more "responsible endeavors," he steered more toward casino games, which took up less time, and moved away from poker. Around 1980, Lyle purchased my dad's book Super/System and, when he finally read it two years later, became interested […]

by Todd Brunson | Published: Mar 01, '07

Jennifer Harman is the only female to survive in the Big Game for any length of time, period. Any other story you hear about this woman did this or that and won in Vegas high-stakes poker is simply not true. While Jennifer suffers from emotional swings brought on by hormones (which she is forced to […]

by Todd Brunson | Published: Feb 12, '07

Chau Giang has probably been the biggest winner in the Big Game over the past 10 years or so. He lives in a mansion next door to my father with his wife of 12 years and his three small children. You might say Chau leads a charmed life, but it didn't start out the bed […]

by Todd Brunson | Published: Jan 25, '07

Chip and Doyle can be heard more often in a poker room than chips and salsa in a Mexican restaurant. When not trying to cut each other's throat at the table, these two have been the best of friends for more than 30 years now. Besides playing literally thousands of hours of poker together, these […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 18, '24

Barny Boatman spent much of his youth traveling the world, living in numerous countries and working a variety of jobs that included factory worker, bartender, journalist, English teacher, computer programmer, board game inventor, and even movie reviewer. But it was in the poker world that he found his true calling. The London-born player graduated from […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Jun 23, '23

Thomas Boivin started to get serious about poker while he was in college, starting on PokerStars. The Belgian was simultaneously getting his Master’s degree in civil engineering while building up his bankroll in 18-person and six-max turbo sit-n-go’s. After graduating, he decided to stick with poker while making the move to Malta. It was a […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: May 12, '23

What a difference a year can make, especially in the poker world. Jose Ignacio Barbero, known to his friends and opponents as ‘Nacho,’ found himself in a rough spot entering the 2022 World Series of Poker. Except poker wasn’t the problem. Barbero was already a highly-successful poker pro, racking up millions in tournament earnings during […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Mar 30, '23

They say that high-stakes tournaments are a hard way to make an easy living. After all, it’s called a grind for a reason, and perhaps no other player on the circuit is better equipped for that grind than rising star Stephen Song. At 27 years old, Song qualifies as a young gun these days in […]