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.