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Poker Stories: Dan 'Jungleman' Cates
Poker Stories - January 25, 2022 02:50 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsDan Cates discovered poker in high school, and wasted no time immersing himself in the game online. By the time he dropped out of college, the man known as 'jungleman12' had already risen to the highest stakes and won millions against some of the top players in the world. According to HighStakes...
Poker Stories: Dan Cates
Poker Stories - January 25, 2022 02:50 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsDan Cates discovered poker in high school, and wasted no time immersing himself in the game online. By the time he dropped out of college, the man known as 'jungleman12' had already risen to the highest stakes and won millions against some of the top players in the world. According to HighStakes...
Poker Stories: Ryan Leng
Poker Stories - December 28, 2021 21:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsRyan Leng's first love was hockey, competing at the highest junior levels before catching the poker bug at his Illinois high school. He continued to play and deal cards while in college at Arizona State, eventually turning pro. He was a SuperNova Elite player online, splitting his time between C...
Poker Stories: Brian Hastings
Poker Stories - December 18, 2021 18:40 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsBrian Hastings is only 33 years old but he has already been playing poker at the highest stakes for half of his life and has put together one of the best resumes in the game. The Pennsylvania native discovered poker from his high school math teacher, and by the end of his senior year, he had alr...
Poker Stories: Josh Arieh
Poker Stories - December 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsJosh Arieh is best known for his deep run in the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, where he was featured on ESPN's broadcast en route to a third-place finish worth $2.5 million. But Arieh was not a product of the poker boom, having already won his first bracelet back in 1999. The Atlanta...
Poker Stories: Garrett Adelstein
Poker Stories - November 22, 2021 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsGarrett Adelstein is a high-stakes professional poker player best known for being a regular on live-streamed cash games. The Tucson, Arizona native and University of Arizona graduate has made a name for himself with superb play on shows such as Poker After Dark, Live At The Bike, and Hustler Cas...
Poker Stories: Toby Lewis
Poker Stories - October 30, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsToby Lewis got a very early start in poker, picking up the game as a teenager and learning ups and downs of gambling from his father. He was just 20 years old when he broke out on the live tournament circuit, winning the EPT Vilamoura main event for nearly $600,000. He continued to travel the ci...
Poker Stories: Mike Watson
Poker Stories - October 20, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsMike Watson has been one of the more consistent tournament performers over his 15-year poker career, having racked up more than $12.5 million on the circuit. The St. Johns, Newfoundland native broke out in 2008, winning the WPT Bellagio Cup main event for nearly $1.7 million. In addition to nume...
Poker Stories: Mark Herm
Poker Stories - September 30, 2021 23:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsMark Herm is a longtime professional poker player from Philadelphia who found the game in high school and has spent the last 15 years piling up results. Known as 'Dipthrong,' he has racked up more than $5 million online and was among the highest ranked players in the world for a time. Most recen...
Poker Stories: Fedor Holz
Poker Stories - September 16, 2021 23:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsFedor Holz is just 28 years old but has already put together one of the most impressive tournament résumés in poker history. The German phenom seemingly came out of nowhere in 2015 to tear up the high roller circuit, but he had already reached the highest levels online before making the transiti...
Poker Stories: Joe Stapleton
Poker Stories - August 17, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsJoe Stapleton got his start in the poker world at Card Player, working the WSOP while on hiatus from his job at Mad TV. The Albany, New York native then moved on to other projects, including writing and podcasting, and commentating work for a number of poker broadcasts and TV shows. Over the ...
Poker Stories: Lex Veldhuis
Poker Stories - July 25, 2021 21:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsLex Veldhuis was a gamer from an early age, and found poker shortly after the boom thanks to his friends in the StarCraft community. He quickly shot up the ranks, and it wasn't long before he was traveling the world, playing in some of the biggest buy-in tournaments and cash games available. He ...
Poker Stories: Andrew and Kristy Moreno
Poker Stories - July 08, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsKristy Arnett Moreno and Andrew Moreno met in college and simultaneously fell in love with each other and the game of poker. Together they made the move from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Las Vegas with the dream of making it in the poker world. Kristy landed a job in poker media, and almost immedia...
Poker Stories: Martin Jacobson
Poker Stories - June 17, 2021 01:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsMartin Jacobson found poker as a teenager, but his initial aspirations were focused on becoming a chef. After serving a year in the Royal Swedish Navy feeding the crew of a battleship, the Stockholm-native continued his culinary career while playing poker on the side. After turning a satellite w...
Poker Stories: Bernard Lee
Poker Stories - May 31, 2021 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsBernard Lee first learned the game from his father, and then later started playing more seriously while at Harvard University, but the Julliard-trained pianist spent years working as a marketing manager before he decided to make poker his focus and profession. In 2005, Lee made his first trip...
Poker Stories: Patrik Antonius
Poker Stories - May 04, 2021 01:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsPatrik Antonius started playing online poker in 1999, and was almost immediately competing at the highest-stakes available. The Finnish pro then broke out on the tournament circuit in 2005, winning an EPT main event and finishing second in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1.04 milli...
Poker Stories: Ali Imsirovic
Poker Stories - April 05, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsAli Imsirovic is just 26 years old, but has already established himself as a dominant force on the high roller circuit. The Bosnia-born, Washington-raised poker pro broke out in 2018 when he captured the purple jacket at the Poker Masters, and in the time since has gone on to rack up numerous fi...
Poker Stories: Lee Markholt
Poker Stories - March 23, 2021 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsLee Markholt has been a professional poker player for the last three decades, competing in some of the biggest cash games around while racking up $4.4 million in live tournament earnings along the way. The Washington native had aspirations to continue the family business of bull riding, but a lo...
Poker Stories: Benny Glaser
Poker Stories - March 09, 2021 03:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsBenny Glaser didn't earn his first cash at the World Series of Poker until 2015, but the Southampton, England pro has been able to accomplish a lot in his limited time on the felt. The 31-year-old part-time musician has won three WSOP bracelets during his short career, which is enough to make hi...
Poker Stories: Lon McEachern
Poker Stories - February 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsLon McEachern is a longtime sports commentator that is best known for being the "voice of poker," having worked as part of the broadcast team for ESPN's annual coverage of the World Series of Poker. Prior to that, he covered numerous other sports such as bowling, cycling, mixed-martial arts, ski...
Poker Stories: Ronnie Bardah
Poker Stories - February 08, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsRonnie Bardah is fresh off of a career-best score of $566,135 after he chopped the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open in late January. The 38-year-old poker pro from Brockton, Massachusetts now has nearly $2 million in career live tournament earnings. The limit hold'em stan...
Poker Stories: Norman Chad
Poker Stories - January 25, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsNorman Chad has been a familiar sight on World Series of Poker broadcasts since 2003, half of the iconic commentary duo along with Lon McEachern that helped to spark the poker boom with ESPN's main event coverage. "This is beyond fairy tale, it's inconceivable," Chad exclaimed as Chris Moneymake...
Poker Stories: Jon Van Fleet
Poker Stories - December 22, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsJonathan Van Fleet was one of original stars of the online poker boom, terrorizing opponents on the virtual tables under the name 'apestyles.' The Texas Tech graduate racked up millions in cashes and was one of the top-ranked MTT players, although his battles with addiction cost him his bankroll...
Poker Stories: Michael Schwimer
Poker Stories - December 11, 2020 01:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsMichael Schwimer grew up a standout athlete in Fairfax, Virginia and in high school was a star on his baseball and basketball teams. The 6'8'', 240-pound guard led his team to a championship and was even named MVP over future NBA center Roy Hibbert, but ultimately decided to turn down scholarshi...
Poker Stories: Nathan Gamble
Poker Stories - November 25, 2020 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsNathan Gamble was a child when he started playing cards, turning an Uno obsession into a modest poker bankroll before he was even a teenager. He continued to play throughout his time at Johnson and Wales University, and would take leave for poker while he was enlisted in the United States Army a...
Poker Stories: Gavin Griffin
Poker Stories - November 10, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsGavin Griffin was one of the original young stars of the poker boom, becoming the then-youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winner in history at the age of 22 at the 2004 summer series. The Darien, Illinois native earned $270,420 for taking down the $3,000 pot-limit hold'em event. He busted P...
Poker Stories: Dan Smith
Poker Stories - October 27, 2020 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsDan Smith has one of the greatest tournament poker resumes of all time, with $37 million in cashes during his time on the felt. Although he is only 31 years old, Smith has been playing cards for half of his life, having discovered the game as a child chess prodigy. The New Jersey native was alre...
Poker Stories: Mark Newhouse
Poker Stories - October 13, 2020 00:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsMark Newhouse grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and found poker during a couple of unsuccessful stints in college. After a few $50 deposits online, he was able to run up a six-figure bankroll, winning $100,000 in consecutive months. He turned pro immediately after turning 21, and was quick...
Poker Stories: Barry Shulman
Poker Stories - September 29, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsBarry Shulman found poker while studying at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington. He received his degree in accounting, but opted to forgo the family liquor business in order to build an empire of his own in real estate. His expertise in the field meant that he was often quoted by public...
Poker Stories: Seth Davies
Poker Stories - September 14, 2020 03:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsSeth Davies is a 31-year-old high-stakes pro who originally found poker when he was just in high school. The Bend, Oregon-native was a standout baseball player, and was recruited to play at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Nagging injuries and surgery kept him off the field, but it a...
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