Q&A: You Gotta Hand It To Chris Klodnicki, Winner Of The Third EPL Main Event
Posted December 21, 2011, 9:03 pm by BigLeadSports (2 Comments)
Last week, the top 10 players in the world squared off for the third Epic Poker League Main Event in Las Vegas. At the end of the five-day tournament, Chris Klodnicki emerged victorious, taking $801,680 and the champion’s ring.
[ Read More... ]Doyle Brunson Gets Lifetime Honor From Epic Poker League
Posted December 15, 2011, 3:15 am by BigLeadSports (1 Comment)
Doyle Brunson, a legend in the world of poker with more than 50 years of playing the game, has another honor to add to his collection: the Epic Poker League has awarded him its first Lifetime Card.
[ Read More... ]Raising the Stakes: Poker Strategy is Evolving
Posted November 29, 2011, 1:24 pm by BigLeadSports Comments Off
Blog By Annie Duke
I have been thinking a lot lately about how much Poker has evolved since I started playing. In a lot of ways, the evolution of the game itself mimics the evolution of the individual player.
Professional Poker: From Dark Rooms To The Bright Lights
Posted November 11, 2011, 11:07 am by BigLeadSports Comments Off
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When I first started playing poker back in 1992, I suspected I was choosing a life of guaranteed anonymity. Back then no one really understood that playing poker could be an actual profession. Blog By Annie Duke
Poker Takes Me Back To The Future
Posted November 1, 2011, 4:05 pm by BigLeadSports Comments Off
I was interviewed recently by The Daily Pennsylvanian, the school newspaper of one of my alma maters, the University of Pennsylvania, which got me thinking about how far poker has come, and how much this sport has evolved in the nearly two decades since I started playing. By Annie Duke
[ Read More... ]Behind the GPI: Phil Hellmuth is Back on His Feet
Posted October 18, 2011, 1:39 am by BigLeadSports (No Comments)
Although his trio of runner-up finishes at the 2011 World Series of Poker have quieted his critics, the bigger questions remain: How good was Phil Hellmuth in his prime? How good is he now?
[ Read More... ]EPL: Putting The Pro (And Grow) In Professional Poker
Posted October 8, 2011, 6:00 am by BigLeadSports Comments Off
Poker has been an anomaly among televised sports because it has operated on the somewhat odd premise that if anyone can play poker then televised tournaments should be open to anyone. That, of course, is just some strange logic. Blog By Annie Duke
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