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Phil Ivey
Nickname:The Tiger Woods of Poker
Born: New Jersey
Resides: Las Vegas
Phil grew up in New Jersey, he gambled from an early age with a fake ID in Atlantic City playing various casino games unsuccessfully, he then moved to Atlantic City when he was 20 to continue with his gambling education. By the time he turned 21, he was already reaching final tables at the World Series of Poker and has'nt looked back since then, winning 5 World Series of Poker bracelets.
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Gus Hansen
Nickname: The Great Dane
Born: Denmark
Resides: Monte Carlo
Gus led a very sporting childhood, he was a youth tennis champion back in Copenhagen. He began playing Backgammon through his love of numbers and became proficient enough to consider himself world class, he spent a few years living in New York gambling by playing Backgammon, but as he began to make more money from poker than Backgammon, he started playing more tournaments and became an overnight success, partially because of his 4 WPT wins over 2 seasons.
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Dave Ulliot
Nickname: The Devilfish
Born: Hull, UK
Resides: Hull, UK
Dave went to prison twice as a young man in his twenties, he once used a grandfather clock as a tournament buyin where he knew there was a furniture dealer playing, since then he has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour title
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Chris Ferguson
Nickname: Jesus
Born: California
Resides: California
A winner of 5 World Series of Poker bracelets aswell as 2 WSOP gold rings, Chris earned a PhD in computer science from UCLA and is a very mathematics oriented player, he is also capable of cutting vegetables by throwing playing cards at them.
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Johnny Chan
Nickname: The Orient Express
Born: Hong Kong
Resides: Las Vegas
Winner of 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, Johnny is also a member of the poker Hall of Fame. He is known for being a superstitous player and also for bringing an orange to the table to help mask the smell of tobacco.
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Doyle Brunson
Nickname: Texas Dolly
Born: Texas
Resides: Las Vegas
Doyle started his career 'on the road' sharking poker games and now has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, he beat cancer in the 1960's and then went onto become one of pokers biggest names, he is one of the more senior players on the Vegas circuit at the age of 74.
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TJ Cloutier
Nickname: The Albany Cowboy
Born: California
Resides: Texas
TJ served in the US Army where he learned to play poker, he also played American football professionaly until an injury prematurely ended his career. He started playing poker professionaly and has grown to become one of the best tournament specialists in the world.
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Daniel Negreanu
Nickname: Kid Poker
Born: Canada
Resides: Las Vegas
Arguably one of the most talented poker players in recent times winning two World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour titles, he was voted WSOP player of the year in 2004 and WPT player of the year in 2005.
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Phil Hellmuth
Nickname: The Poker Brat
Born: Wisconsin
Resides: California
Phil holds the record for most World Series of Poker tournaments won with 11 bracelets, he also has the most WSOP cashes and is tied with TJ Cloutier for the number of final table appearences, he is well known for lashing out at players who put a bad beat on him.
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Allen Cunningham
Nickname: Clever Piggy
Born: California
Resides: Las Vegas
Allen took the poker world by storm by winning his first major tournament and since then he has steadily built a reputation of a solid analytical player who won player of the year in 2005 and was also recently voted as the best all round player under 35.
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Barry Greenstein
Nickname: The Robin Hood of Poker
Born: Chicago
Resides: California
Barry is arguably one of the toughest cash game players in the world, he is well known for donating his tournament winnings to charity, he has won 2 World Series of Poker bracelets aswell as 2 World Poker Tour titles.
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Scotty Nguyen
Nickname: The Prince of Poker
Born: Vietnam
Resides: Las Vegas
Scotty was sent from Vietnam to the US by his family in search of a better standard of living, he was schooled in the US but was expelled for spending more time playing poker than in class, he took a job as a poker dealer where he refined his poker skills and started to play professionaly, he now has 4 World Series of Poker bracelets and sends money back home to his family in Vietnam.
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Howard Lederer
Nickname: The Professor
Born: New Hampshire
Resides: Las Vegas
Howard moved to New York after finishing college to attend Columbia university and play in the world renowned chess clubs as he was highly skilled at the game, it was there he first learned about poker and began playing, he is known for having gone broke many times while learning but now he is considered a success holding 2 World Series of Poker bracelets and 2 World Poker Tour titles.
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Dan Harrington
Nickname: Action Dan
Born: Massachusetts
Resides: California
Dan is a highly skilled games player, he is a champion backgammon player aswell as a US chess master, he was part of a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that cheated casinos at roulette, he has 2 World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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Annie Duke
Nickname: The Duchess of Poker
Born: New Hampshire
Resides: Oregon
Sister to Howard Lederer, Annie was assisted with her Texas Holdem poker education by her brother, Howard, she used her new found knowledge to teach Ben Affleck how to play, she has 1 World Series of Poker bracelet to her name.
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Marcel Luske
Nickname: The Flying Dutchman
Born: Netherlands
Resides: Netherlands
Marcel is known for wearing suits and upside down sunglasses when playing Texas Holdem poker, he mentored David Williams who went onto finish 2nd in the World Series of Poker main event in 2004, Luske has finished in 14th and 10th place in the 2003 and 2004 WSOP main events respectively, he has a black belt in Karate.
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Ram Vaswani
Nickname: Crazy Horse
Born: London
Resides: London
Ram started off as a snooker player for a few years but soon quit, his brother still plays the game professionaly, Ram now plays poker full time and is the youngest member of the Hendon Mob, he is well known for being a big gambler and making large wagers.
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