Poker pro Daniel Cates shares advice on how to stay mentally tough even when you're losing, why reading people is the biggest skill you need in poker, and the mindset he used to become great at poker.
Daniel "Jungleman" Cates seems to be on cloud nine lately as the online poker legend, aside from the naked Playboy Bunny pictures taken in the French city of Cannes, he also has been spotted in what's described to be a softcore porn video.
Cards are in the air at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to WPT's website, 7 players (Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Cates, Jeff Gross, Max Altergott, local player Kinesh Pather, and back-to-back Alpha8 champion Philipp Gruissem) have registered for the Day 1 of the $100,000 buy-in tournament.
Sunday was an action-packed day at Full Tilt Poker's nosebleed tables with Daniel "jungleman12" Cates and "proudlikeagoat" ending up as the biggest winners with a profit of $200k+ each! proudlikeagoat, whose identity is unknown, made all his profits from a morning session at a $400/$800 No Limit Hold'em table. In total, he took down 2 of the 3 $200k+ pots of the day (both from a player called "MalACEsia") and called it a day when he had won $246.8k!
The sixth edition of PartyPoker Premier League is now running.The first heat of Group A concluded on Sunday after the former world champion Jonathan Duhamel defeated Sam Trickett heads up.
Place, Player, Points, Cash 1. Jonathan Duhamel 16 $32,000 2. Sam Trickett 11 $22,000 3. Marvin Rettenmaier 8 $16,000 4. Daniel Negreanu 6 $12,000 5. Phil Hellmuth 4 $8,000 6. Antonio Esfandiari 3 $6,000 7. Daniel Cates 2 $4,000 8. Scott Seiver 0 $0
The first round of the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship finished a few moments ago, with 32 players moving on to Round 2. One of the most interesting matches of Round 1 was the one between Viktor "Isildur1" Blom and Andrew Lichtenberger, who Daniel Negreanu predicted would win the tournament.
The 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship ($20,000 buy-in -- invitation-only) begins today and runs for the next 2 days. Viktor Blom, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Dan Cates and Tom Dwan are a few of the well-known players who take part in the tournament (64 players in total). Daniel Negreanu, who decided to withdraw from the tournament yesterday, has been replaced by David "Doc" Sands. Here is the official NBC Heads-Up bracket (click to enlarge):
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Daniel "Jungleman" Cates seems to be on cloud nine lately as the online poker legend, aside from the 
