Poker news tagged with 'story'

Phil Galfond,27, has won millions of dollars both online and live and he has also won a World Series of Poker bracelet and appeared on multiple seasons of GSN's High Stakes Poker. Yesterday, Galfond wrote about how he started playing poker in a blog entry titled "My Poker (+other) Story. It's very interesting reading (over 5000 words). In fact, it's a must read for all poker lovers out there...

Read more » High Stakes: Phil Galfond Tells His Story

Scotty Nguyen, 47, the ex-WSOP CHAMP, doesn't need any closer presentation as he has been a "regular" in the poker headlines (for many different reasons) for many, many years. There has been so much things going on in his life that many have asked themselves why he never writes a book about it?

Well, maybe we don't have to wait so much longer before there is a book in the stores. Scotty has just announced on his Twitter that he's looking for someone to write a book about his life. But, he doesn't want to write it himself and hire a so-called ghost writer - - Scotty wants one of his fans to write the book about his colorful life.

Read more » Scotty Nguyen: "I need an author, baby!"

The Danish Poker Pro Peter "Zupp" Jepsen had everything the most poker players could ever dream of - money, sponsorships, investments and a beloved girlfriend. However, during 2009, his life took a fast u-turn and suddenly everything went wrong. It all started with that he didn't win money in a single tournament and that he couldn't win a single big pot in the cash games he played in. On top of that, his investments didn't pay off at all and the friends he had lend money to couldn't pay him back. Peter "Zupp" Jepsen was dead broke after this and couldn't even afford to buy himself an ice-cream.

Unfortunately this was just the beginning as he was about to lose his health and the "love of his life".....

Read more » The tragic story about the Danish Poker Pro who lost it all