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Famous Poker Players (WSOP Winners)
Great… you have succeeded in qualifying for WSOP! Now gear up and collect as much information you can collect about the past WSOP winners. Once you know about them, you can easily find out how they managed to win the WSOP. To see you name in the list of winners soon, this is the first step you need to take towards your success.
The winner of the WSOP (1976,1977) Doyle Brunson, has not only been successful twice at this game but has also helped and inspired other potential winners to play poker to the best of their ability. He wrote a book on the game of poker, which is now referred to as the rule book of poker. Doyle Brunson was among the first few who considered gambling as a noble profession. He had an aggressive style of playing. His success was a result of his understanding about his opponent’s state of mind.
Chris Moneymaker, another great player won the $39 satellite at pokerstar.com and got a chance to play the WSOP 2003. After that there was no looking back for Chris, who won the first prize of $2,500,000. Those who would like to play an online game with Chris as their opponent can do so by logging to pokerstars.com. As a part of Pokerstars he is often available online. The other players on pokerstars are Greg Raymer, Tom McEvoy, Wil Weaton, Isabelle Mercier and Evelyn Ng.
In the world of poker, Howard Lederer is considered to be the Professor. With two World poker tour titles, two hall of titles, 2 WSOP bracelets and several Bellegio titles to his credit the honor given to him is very much justified. In the year 1994, he moved to Las Vegas to participate in high-stakes games.
Aggressive player Gus Hansen, The Great Dane is known for his success using his immense wits and strategy at the poker table. Gus Hansen said, “Always play the player and not the player's cards".
Be a winner at the WSOP by learning in detail about these great players and what made them so great. Learn to be as great as them and the victory could also will be yours!