Danzer also competed in the World Heads Up Championship under the Spotlight Heads Up – No Limit Hold’em event. He took home a money prize of $32,765 after finishing in the third spot. In his firs World Series of Poker (WSOP) appearance, he made it to the 305th position under the WSOP No Limit Hold’em Championship WSOP Final, competing with 8,773 players in one of the biggest tournament in the world. He managed to take home a cash prize of $38,759. In his second WSOP appearance, he made it to the final table of the WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo event finishing in at 9th place and bagging a total earnings of $13,597. In 2009, he participated in two European Poker Tour events – EPT Grand Final No Limit Hold’em and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $9,700 No Limit Hold’em Main – where he took home over $80,000 earnings. Just recently, he was signed in to be a member of Team PokerStars Pro, incidentally one of George’s goals in life.

In 2007 European Poker Tour Polish Open in Warsaw, she appeared in a final table in the No Limit Hold’em event securing herself the fifth spot and taking home a total prize money of 84,538 US dollars. Her biggest and notable win came in the 2007 WSOP. Playing in the $1,500 Razz Seven Card event, she scored her first bracelet and a sum of $132,653 prize money. In 2008, Thater was chosen to represent Germany in the Poker Nation’s Cup, an event closely equivalent to Olympic or World Cup in poker. Team Germany took home the second place after British Dave Ulliot defeated German Michael Keiner in the final heads up. She also appears in Women’s Poker Open although at first she said that she does not like playing in an all-female events only. But aftern PokerStars has put her in the event, she took the challenge and was looking forward on it. When Thater is not busy playing in tournaments, she breeds horses for competition and has recently signed in to be a member of PokerStars team.

But a poker player will always be attracted to bigger and live tournaments. In February 2008, Pier has appeared in his first tournament, the 7 Tappa Campionato Italiano finishing in at second and taking home a total money prize of 27,137 US dollars. A few months after, he joined the Campionato Pro 2008 finishing in at second again with a prize money of 6,346 US dollars. The arrival of Italian Poker Tour in his country made a lot of Italian poker players, including Fabretti himself, hopeful for the game become more accepted. He sees it as an opening for more tournaments to come, a chance to showcase their extraordinary card skills and taking home that pot prize. When Fabretti was invited to become a member of PokerStars, he was only thrilled about the news, believing that this will open more doors and chances for him to excel in his chosen career. When not playing online and joing tournaments, he likes to travel and meet new people and learning more about different cultures.

Though Simone has only cashed in in one game, the 2007 Italian Championships No Limit Hold’em event where he took the 38th spot taking home a total cash wins of $1,966, he is looking forward to appearing in more live and big tournaments especially in Italian Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour events. A man of a who likes reading a wide array of book genres, Simone also likes traveling around and hanging out with his friends. For him, being a member of the PokerStars Italian team has been a dream come true, something that he has looked forward for a long time since he has been a loyal PokerStars online player. Truly, not all people are granted their wish of being a part of a team that they have long to join, so Simone is looking forward to major events that he will join in the future. Make sure to watch for this budding Italian poker player in future tournaments.

His first circuit appearance came at the 2007 Venice Poker Open. He was able to make it to the final table finishing in at seventh spot taking home a total cash prize of $3,095. This only inspired Nicola to join in more tournaments. On his second tournament at Portorose, Slovenia, he found himself once again in the final table, this time at the third spot and earning himself a total of $4,468. When the start Italian Poker Tour was announced, he took this as a chance to improve his game and so set to make an appearance in the tournament’s many events. He was able to secure himself the 10th spot in a game where more than 200 players tried their skills and luck to best one another taking home a total cash wins of $7,794. Currently, Nicola Fideli is a member of PokerStars Italy team, where he feels very honored to be part of. Expect to see more from this judo expert in coming poker tournaments whether in his home soil or outside of it.

After training for years, getting cleaned out time and time again, and working odd jobs just to finance his poker “education”, Huck finally hit the jackpot. He took home a one million US dollars for winning the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 1996. He attempted to make another win three years later, in 1999, but he lost to another poker playing pro named Noel Furlong. He did however finish in sixth place, which was still quite rewarding. The most recent tournament he joined was the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. He finished at 73^rd place, battling out a sea of thousands of players in the process.

Some more accomplishments include winning four World Series of Poker Bracelets, his first one coming to him when he was only in his mid twenties. It was for a Pot Limit Omaha event. His second bracelet came in 1996 where he also went home a million dollars richer. His third bracelet was won from a Razz Poker event, and his fourth bracelet came in the year 2003. Considering most poker players can barely secure one bracelet, it’s safe to say that Huck, with four WSOP Bracelets, is a truly skilled player. Most recently, Huck won 100,000 Canadian dollars for a No Limit Hold ‘em tournament at Calgary and also finished 7th in a HORSE event at the 2008 WSOP. He bagged 280,000 US dollars. Throughout the duration of his career, Huck has amassed 5 million US dollars in winnings.

After some time, he decided to sign up for poker sites and play the game online. It was not long before his skills were honed and he found himself invited to play at the Million Euro Challenge during the year 2008. The event was held in Mainz, Germany and it was far from easy. Alex had to beat out almost three thousand hopeful players just to make it to the final table, which was featured on national television. This was Alex’s first tournament – and he emerged from the Million Euro Challenge 2008 as the champion.

Since then, Alex has made his presence felt in different poker communities all around the world. His total earnings from playing poker have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars in cold hard cash. He may be a new face, but Alex is certainly off to a great start!

Although she was passionate about blackjack and really good at it, she started catching the poker bug after she got together with some friends for a home poker game. She loved the strategies that she needed to learn, and she also loved the though of bringing more “girl power” into the game. Erica impressed a lot of people during her first ever tournament when she finished in sixteenth place and won more than 100,000 US dollars from the World Poker Classic for her efforts. Since then, she has continued to win small local tournaments and give impressive finishes in international events. Clearly, you can be blonde, beautiful and still smart.

That’s from a man who have no idea how famous he has become. Alan Boston may claim that he is still fairly unknown professional poker player, critics and media men will say otherwise. He might not be famous like other pro player, but many recognize him not only in the poker field but also as a sports bettor held as one of the best college basketball handicappers in the country. In fact, he is so good that he got his own radio show called “Beat Boston” announcing his picks every week and competing with other sports bettor and seeing who has the best bets. He has also been featured in two magazines, the ESPN magazine and Outside the Lines, for his extraordinary  knowledge in sports. As a sports bettor, his life was also documented in a couple of books namely The Odds and Lessons from Our Fathers.

In the field of poker, Alan Boston is known as a great seven stud player. With over 10 years of experience in WSOP events, his best play remains to be the 1994 World Series of Poker when he finished in at second overall taking home a total earnings of $66,000. He has appeared in a total of 11 WSOP final table events with impressive outcomes. In 2002 WSOP Limit Hold’em & Seven-Card Stud and Limit Seven-card Stud, he was able to finished as fifth and third place respectively, taking home a total of $42,440 earnings.

Even if Boston has won only one tournament in his poker career, it is not bad at all for someone who considers playing poker as a side game and but still manage to get a total earnings of over $200,000 throughout his career. When not teaching, Boston can be found dividing his time between his two homes in Las Vegas and Maine.

He left his home with plans of moving to Abbotsford, British Columbia to play junior hockey and try to make a living in playing poker. Suffice to say, his planned did not push through after a run in with police officers who insisted that he get alternative schooling. The young Booth was enjoying so much freedom driving his car, getting inside casinos even with so little money in hand. But the death of his mother sent him back home mulling over his life. He eventually broke out and made a name for himself in the north playing in different poker events. His newfound success in cash games made him set his goal into joining tournaments in Vegas. His first major tournament was the 2005 World Series of Poker $5,000 Short-handed No Limit Hold’em event where he managed to came in 12th place earning a total of $17,000.

It was followed by a succession of victories in WPT Events such as the Festa al Lago IV and Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic events. But his biggest winning came in Mandalay Bay Poker Championships, a World Poker Tour No Limit Hold’em Main Event, when he came third overall taking home a total of $319,180 earnings. That victory was followed by other impressive wins so much so that the man from the Yukon Territory got the admiration of other pro players such as Phil Hellmuth constantly referring to his as “the best unknown player in the world”.

It is safe to say that Farzad’s interest in poker wasn’t too strong in his early years and it wasn’t after he moved to United States in 1983 that poker caught his interest. Working as a proposition player in a casino, he was able to learn more about the game. Working in a casino helped Farzad a lot in improving his game, it was also a good opportunity for him to get his hands in all forms of poker that soon he was already playing at the highest limits available. His big break came when he was offered a hosting job at the high limit games in The Commerce Casino. He found himself playing against some of the worlds best poker players and making a name for himself particularly in L.A.

His first experience of sitting and competing at a table happened in 1997. It was his first trip to the WSOP participating in two events – No Limit Hold’em Championship and Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. But it was in 1998 when Farzad took home his first WSOP bracelet after winning the $2000 Limit Hold’em event. His second bracelet was from 2004 WSOP Main Event after winning the $2000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. The third bracelet came from 2005 WSOP No Limit Hold’em event when he finished first place once again taking home a total earning of $594,960. Nowadays, Farzad Bonyadi has taken a rest in playing in casinos but you can still find him playing online at Full Tilt.

The 1997 World Series of Poker Main Event was Black’s first major tournament and it would proved to be one unpleasant experience for the rookie player. He was faced with legendary pro Stu Ungar in one match and the two immediately hit it off, building a fast though brief friendship. It turns out that Ungar only used Black’s friendship, particularly trust, into driving his own goal of winning. It was a crushing defeat that he learned early on. Determined to win, Andy Black returned once again to compete in the WSOP Main Event, this time a documentary team behind him to chronicle his victory this time. Unfortunately, Black suffered another crushing defeat, this time in front of a larger television audience.

This experience led Black to leave everything behind him and live as a Buddhist. For five years, he lived as a semi-monastic Buddhist practicing everything from being calm and desireless to achieve nirvana. His return in 2004 proved to be a huge success. He was in good condition – emotionally, mentally and physically. He scored well in European Poker Tour in Pot Limit Hold’em finishing 8th in the event. He was also making waves in his home country, topping many events. But his best event so far was the 36th Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold’em event when he came in fifth overall and took home a whopping $1,750,000! Definitely a major victory from a man who got a bad beating in his first few years in the field.

In the field, Biorac is seen as a pretty well-rounded player mastering all sorts of games, not only focusing in one but a few event such as Pot Limit Omaha, Seven Card Stud and Hold’em. He has a total of 4 final table appearances from the time he started playing poker in 2005. One of his early memorable winning was the 2006 Bodensee Poker Chaspionships held in Austria when he finished 2nd overall taking home a total cash wins of $17,077 in the 200 Euro No Limit Hold’em. In his first ever European Poker Tour appearance in the following year at Monte Carlo, Biorac caught people’s attention by bagging a total prize of $22,148 in the Euro 10,000 No Limit Hold’em event. A few months after, it was followed by another successful win in Master Classics of Poker in Holland Casino. Biorac had a total earning of $31,058 in the Euro 5,000 No Limit Hold’em.

In the 39th World Series of Poker Event held in Las Vegas, Biorac finished as 35th overall in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em taking home a total of $5,242 cash wins. Not only that, he also managed to bag a total prize of $6,311 but this time in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em. Currently, he has a total earnings of over $200,000 in cash from all the tournaments he has joined throughout the years.

Elena is always elegant at the poker table. This lady, who now lives in the fantasy world of poker sports, believes that women should have equal rights as men in the poker table. Of course, these are not the legal rights but the ability to command respect during gameplay. She emphasizes that the double standards imposed on women is unfair and must be eradicated. “Just because we are women, they expect us to prove ourselves. Why do we need to prove ourselves? The table is not easier for women, the cards are not easier for women. In fact, the men make it harder for women.” says the 25 year old beauty.

Undeniably, the main source of judging a player is not by his or her gender, but the results of the game – and this girl has given impressive results indeed. It’s funny to imagine that Elena once found herself so bored by poker, back when she was just a “decoration” and everyone in the casino knew her as the lucky charm for her boyfriend (Gianluca Trebbi, ranking first hundred in Italian). After a while, this lucky charm started to bring in the luck for herself, playing the tables and truly living a lifestyle that revolved around poker.

It was not long before she was offered a contract to play professional poker by PokerStars Italy. This became her job. She is currently spending her time touring the world to play tournament after tournament, currently waiting for the Italian Championship of Online Poker (ICOOP) to take place as she is a strong competitor waiting for the huge € 400,000 guaranteed main event.

Luca started playing online poker and learned the ropes almost immediately. After gaining enough confidence to play in land casinos, he started to play at the free tables with no real money involved. It was during these “trial games” that Luca realized his amazing potential to excel at poker. He knew he was the player to beat, and so did the other players.

When Lucas finally started to play with actual cold hard cash, it’s safe to say that his life changed forever. The winnings started small – PokerStars online tournaments, low stakes cash tables, and even some of the smaller live tournaments. When he finally amassed enough wealth to build up his bank roll, Luca decided to join tournements with higher stakes.

His first major victory came in the form of 24,500 US dollars for the European Poker Tour Main Event last September of the year 2004. Four years later, we find him taking home more than half a million US dollars for winning the European Poker Tour’s No Limit Hold’em Main Event.  He currently holds the EPT’s world record for the player with the most number of cash wins, and Luba continues to play the tables and develop his poker skills until he can finally win the WSOP Bracelet someday.

This Italian born PokerStars Pro team player used to be a champion of a card game called Magic: The Gathering. It was a tricky mind game that involved a different set of cards and a lot of twists that deviated from your ordinary card tricks. He was so good at this game that eventually he was sponsored by the Magic organizations to compete around the world! In fact, he had to give up his college plans  to take up Psychology in a university. It wasn’t long before his friends took notice of what a talented card player he was, thus introducing him to the game of poker. It didn’t take long before Dario knew that this was what he wanted to do for a living.
He studied the game religiously, and was quick at picking up different tips and tricks to succeed as a professional poker player. It wasn’t long before Dario found himself competing in tournaments in online poker rooms and land casinos alike. The more money he started to make, the more motivated Dario was to stay in the game.

Using only his loyalty points from PokerStars, Dario was able to purchase his very own Porsche Cayman at the age of 22! He started playing in 2005, placing fourth during his very first tournament participation. One day later, he placed fourth again in a different tournament. After that lucky streak, it was a glory-filled ride to the top for this poker player, who has already won the much coveted gold WSOP Bracelet.

Playing poker and training for the game in secret seems to have done wonders for him though, not affecting his game in any negative way whatsoever. Guillen has made several decent finishes in prestigious poker events and tournaments, each finish with a corresponding cash value. He’s also made himself visible in the final table two times, his total poker earnings reaching more than 800,000 US dollars. The Mexican native continues to train hard in his current residence at Las Vegas, Nevada.

When not making a poker face with several other talented players in large scale Vegas casinos, Guillen loves to play chess, solve math problems and other number puzzles, read classic novels and educational books, and he also has a passion for travelling to different areas of the world, getting to know the different cultures and traditions of each new place he visits. However, his main focus as of now is to further hone his skills in poker so that he can play the perfect game.

JC first popped into the poker scene back in 2006 when he joined a No Limit Hold’em event of the World Series of Poker Tournament in Harrah’s New Orleans. Considering it was his first time, it is safe to say that his finish wasn’t too shabby. His second attempt at another WSOP event in Vegas brought him to the final table, besting over four hundred poker players for the No Limit Hold’em. Not only did he make it to the final table, he also finished sixth and won himself a fat sum of 28,665 US dollars. His ruthless and aggressive playing style brought him to the World Poker Tour’s Event # 19, where he once again played his game of choice – No Limit Hold’em – and came out 29,370 US dollars richer.

When not hitting the world’s biggest casinos for a poker game or two, JC enjoys watching and playing football, taking golf lessons and training for Mixed Martial Arts. His lifelong dream has always been to make it big in football, but his total poker earnings of 728,320 US dollars is not something he’s complaining about – in fact, it seems like a fair amount to give up his dream and enrich the poker industry with his superb talent.