The first few months of Matt "mattg1983" Graham's live career were a source of frustrating yet promising deep finishes. Other than a win in a preliminary event in Reno, Graham had yet to score big in a $10,000 event, nor on poker's biggest stage, the World Series of Poker. That......
Gambling’s most peculiar attribute is the fact that it is generally - if not always - an activity where all the odds are against you. To a player, it always seems as if he has an Everest to climb. As a mountaineer stands at the foot of the imposing Mountain looking up at the top of the world, so does a player stare at the imaginable small odds and uphill battle he...
Besting them all was David Peters, a 21-year old from Toledo, Ohio, who had given up his college studies at Bowling Green University to play poker. He pockets $130,178 for the win.
This is Peters' biggest win so far, though he's racked up more than $450,000 in total winnings so far. He turned 21 just six months ago to be able to play more U.S. events.
"I was a student at Bowling Green, but quit college to pursue poker," Peters said. "My parents have been very supportive, and...
The L.A. stop for the WSOP Academy also marks the addition of another prominent pro to the lineup of instructors. Kenny Tran will be helping teach during the seminars along with Annie Duke, poker tells expert Joe Navarro, Alex Outhred and more.
"The WSOP Academy is coming off another amazing summer at the World Series of Poker that saw one of our Academy grads again at a final table just days after attending our camp," said Brandon Rosen of Post Oak Productions, the company that...