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Basketball and poker might not strike you as natural bedfellows, but in actual fact, there’s a historic association between one of America’s greatest sports and the mind sport of poker. Doyle Brunson might well have been an NBA playerif it hadn’t been for an injury suffered in the early 1950’s. But from the other side of the ringside seats, who mig...
Paul Pierce is a basketball great, having been a professional for 19 seasons in the NBA. Pierce showed exactly why his nickname is ‘The Truth’ when he won a pot worth $40,000 at the start of the ‘GOAT Week’ on Poker After Dark. Pierce had pocket jacks and took down the slam dunk of a hand on PokerGO as you can see:
The 29-year-old NBA power forward currently plays for the Golden State Warriors. Green, a three-time NBA champion has also been named as an NBA All-Star on three separate occasions, and two years ago in 2017, Green won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year accolade to add to his ever-bulging trophy cabinet. Can he get a power bluff through Maria Ho,...
Chris Paul plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder since his trade there in July and has already won Rookie of the Year, an MVP award (Most Valuable Player, not Most Victorious Poker sessions) and even helped Team USA to two Olympic gold medals, first in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, then in London 2012. In both Olympic finals, Paul’s team was undefeat...
Seth Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry, and just two months ago, Curry married former professional volleyball player Callie Rivers, who, in a strange twist of fate is the daughter of Doc Rivers, legendary NBA head coach her brother Austin is also an NBA player. Marrie to basketball? You bet for Seth Curry, though when he’s not shooti...
The former NBA star David Lee may have split his time in the NBA predominantly between two teams, the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors, but Lee is far more than the man who went East Coast to West in his NBA career. He also plays a mean game of poker and doesn’t keep his love of games to the felt, appearing on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentic...
Russell Westbrook III to give him his full name, is an NBA legend. While he currently plies his trade for the Houston Rockets, Westbrook wore the colors of Oklahoma City Thunder for many years, 11 to be precise. Westbrook’s litany of awards from the game of basketball is incredible. He’s been an NBA All-Star eight times, and won back-to-back All-St...
Shawn Marion, known as ‘The Matrix’ was an incredible athlete, and while he played for several teams in his 16-year NBA career, he’ll be fondly remembered for his part in the Dallas Mavericks winning their first-ever NBA title in 2011. Marion’s legendary shooting form and ability to be the most important player all over the court earned him many pl...
Born in Belgium, the French-American superstar Tony Parker became an NBA champion in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. His legend is quite something, being the all-time leader in assists for San Antonio, as well as being inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier in 2007. Just as important for his national team of France, Tony Parker als...
With an interesting family line of Croatia via Australia, the Australian center Andre Bogut is a true legend of the game of basketball. Playing for the Milwaukee Bucks for seven years, he then traded to the Golden State Warriors and it was there that the 7-foot giant was named in the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2015 when he also won an NBA cha...
May 31, 2021 · by Steve Schult | Published: May 31, 2021. NBA legend Tony Parker is the first player confirmed to be playing in the 2021 World Series of Poker main event. According to a report from Yahoo!...
Apr 22, 2024 · We’ll be taking you through a list of top NBA stars who also love to see if they can win at the poker tables. Let’s see how many you recognise – and who you’re most surprised about! Top NBA poker players Michael Jordan. The most famous basketball player who is also a fan of poker is Michael Jordan.
Jun 25, 2021 · Many of poker's biggest names are already making plans for this fall's World Series of Poker. ... Fantasy Basketball. Fantasy Hockey. Franchise Games ... as well as the $50,000 Poker Players ...
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Jul 16, 2023 · There is no hard and fast rule regarding the amount, but many players keep it in the range of 3-5%. The WSOP in Conclusion. With a long history, it's hard to believe that the World Series of Poker started with a seven-player tournament with the winner picked by ballot. Now, more than 50 years later, the series feature over 100 events every year.
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The following is the list of World Series of Poker Main Event champions. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas. Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em ...
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.
