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Player Interview: Richard Gryko
“I really didn’t give any thought to the title specifically, although my thoughts did wander a couple of times in a dreamy kind of way about winning the tournament once I got a stack on Day Two.”
12 August 2009
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Best of British #1 – Kara Scott
"I wasn’t so much intent on laddering as I was at beating my last year’s result. Having that as a goal was great but it still didn’t really change how I played."
11 August 2009
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Player Interview: Sammy George
"Me and Teddy are very good friends. We play all the time, mostly at Maxims. Teddy’s a good player. He’s very patient and can take hours before playing a hand, so when you come up against him, you know you have to have the goods."
07 August 2009
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Player Interview: Roland De Wolfe
“When I'm on my game, I'm good, and I have a way of getting through these tournaments and getting towards the business end in a way that people in the UK can't seem to do.”
24 July 2009
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Player Interview: Jeff Lisandro
“My father’s Italian and I have that citizenship, so If I want them to say I’m Italian, I’m Italian, and if a few people don’t like it, then they can go to hell."
20 July 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: Adam Latimer
“I don’t play poker to be a millionaire, I do it because I enjoy it and wouldn’t want to do any other job. I don’t need to be rich to play poker.”
13 July 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: Sida Yuen
“I felt this crunch, and when I looked at the tissue, there was a half squished cockroach. I screamed so loud, and then ran out of the toilet with my pants still down.”
08 July 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: James Keys
“I’m 100 percent competitive and never back down. Sometimes this means I get into massive pots, but in the long run I think it’s plus EV because I never concede an edge.”
04 July 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: Jamie Roberts
“I don't want to have got the Brown Belt because of my dad, I really hope I didn't. I don't feel too much pressure though, I've got a good a 30 years to catch up on him.”
29 June 2009
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Player Interview: John Kabbaj
“When I first met Kirill in 2001, he would ask me a lot of questions about the game. He was a poker beginner at the time and so he learned a lot from me in those days.”
28 June 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: David Tighe
“There is one guy that I’d better not name. He irritates the fuck out of me when I see him on TV, and the couple of times I’ve played against him, he’s appeared to have a very fake personality.”
23 June 2009
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Vegas 8 Profile: Richard Hawes
“Matusow was very gabby, as is his reputation. He talked to me a bit, but I didn’t say much back to him or engage in conversation.”
18 June 2009
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Player Interview: JP Kelly
“Even heads-up I was just focused on winning the tournament. When the bracelet was put on the table, I didn’t even look at it.”
11 June 2009
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Player Interview: Freddy Deeb
“Money is the most important thing when I play. I will play a game even if I don’t feel like playing, as long as it’s profitable.”
07 June 2009
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Player Interview: Rolf Slotboom
"I plan to make my second book, ‘Secrets of Short-Handed Pot Limit Omaha’ as successful as the first. I’ve co-written it with Rob Hollink."
20 May 2009
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Player Interview: Dan Carter
“Unfortunately, the standard is pretty good, but sometimes you can wait all day and eventually get some monkey sitting down for the full amount with what is, essentially, wasted money.”
30 April 2009
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Player Interview: Barry Greenstein
" ... I’ve been playing poker since I was 12, but never did I establish the idea that I’d be playing professionally, I just knew that I was good at it and that I could make money."
04 April 2009
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Player Interview: Marty Smyth
“I’m not just trying to be modest here,” he says, braced for an outburst of modesty, “but the reason why I’ve won so much is luck, it really is."
03 April 2009
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Player Interview: John Tabatabai
"With the bracelet, the prestige and everything, that shit doesn’t happen again. In that respect, it’s pretty demoralising, but as time goes by, you realise it’s just part of the game."
02 April 2009
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