Famous Gamblers

Pisces - March 10 John Hennigan, nicknamed "Johnny World" was born and raised in Philadelphia and later moved to Atlantic City where he picked up the game of pool. A natural born hustler and talented in billiards he eventually picked up poker because he couldn't find a pool game running....

Scorpio - 3 November 1966 Joe Hachem is the leading professional poker player coming from Australia who turned to playing poker after a debilitating illness forced him to retire as a chiropractor. It wasn't until the 2005 World Series of Poker that Hachem was thrown into the spotlight when he...

Jerry Yang is the WSOP 2007 Main Event Winner taking home over $8 million for 1st place. The 39 year old psychologist and social worker from Temecula, California is a complete unknown on the poker circuit having qualified at a casino in a $250 live satellite. Name: Jerry Yang Age:...

Jeff Shulman is the second most experienced player to make the November Nine, as the editor of Card Player Magazine and a professional poker player with nearly $1.4 million in career live tournament earnings. At 34 years of age, Jeff resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he works under his...

Jamie Gold has won the largest and richest game in poker history, the Main Event of the 2006 World Series of Poker. Gold's dominance of the field was unprecedented in the history of WSOP. He was the chip leader for the event's final four rounds, which lasted an entire week....

James Akenhead is a rather famous professional poker player in the UK, he is no stranger to live tournament play, or the World Series of Poker so making the November Nine for the WSOP 2009 is not a total surprise. A member of the Hit Squad, with 20 live cashes...

Aquarius - February 13, 1974 Gus Hansen, also referred to as "The Great Dane" was born in Denmark and prior to making it big in the poker world was a world class backgammon player and elite tennis player. It was in 1997 that he made the move to playing poker...

Leo - August 11, 1976 Erick Lindgren, aka E-Dog was born in Burney California. An established professional poker player and author, Lindgren plays for Team Full Tilt Poker and has placed in more money finishes than any other player. Earning himself a total of two World Poker Tour titles, one...

Eric Buchman is a professional poker player hailing from Valley Stream, New York. He has seen a good number of successful cashes in live poker tournaments, earning nearly $1 million over 22 cashes. At 29 years of age, he is now guaranteed to take home the biggest cash of his...

Gemini - June 9, 1980 David Williams is a professional Magic player, turned pro poker player. His career in Magic: The Gathering was only short-lived although profitable. He entered the Magic Pro Tour in the late 90's and during his first year had won over $30,000. During 2001 he earned...