Fri, 02/18/2011 – 18:34 – PokerPages Staff

#5 – Puggy Pearson
Our fifth place is held by the late Puggy Pearson, who said: “The real things to know is that folks will stand to lose more than they will to win.  That is the most important percentage there is.  I mean, if they lose, they’re willing’ to lose everything.  If they win, they are usually satisfied to win enough to pay for dinner and a show.  The best gamblers know that.”

#4 – Brian Koppelman and David Levien
These two penned the script for the excellent 1998 poker-themed movie “Rounders,” which contained the unforgettable line:  “If, after the first twenty minutes, you don’t know who the sucker at the table is, it’s you.”

#3 – Doyle Brunson
The Texas veteran can be relied upon to deliver words of wisdom and this is one of our favorites: “You don’t stop playing because you get old; you get old because you stop playing.”  Doyle has been playing for half a century and has ten WSOP bracelets to his name, so we figure he knows what he’s talking about.

#2 – Amarillo Slim
Another veteran of the game, Thomas Austin Jr, seizes the runner up slot.  He’s better known throughout the poker world as Amarillo Slim, of course: “It never hurts for potential opponents to think you’re more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it.”

#1 – Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott
This may be a little harsh, but we cannot help but place it in the number one slot because it is also very funny.  During a game with Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Dutch Boyd cheekily remarked, “Devilfish, you look like my father.”  To which the latter replied, “Well if I was your father, you’d be a lot better looking and a lot freaking’ smarter.”

Fri, 02/18/2011 – 13:07 – PokerPages Staff

Leading UK poker pros dominated the 2011 European Poker Awards in Paris on Sunday.

Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree was named as ‘Europe’s Leading Lady’ following her superb triumph in the €5,000 PokerStars European Poker Tour San Remo Main Event last April.

22 year-old Jake Cody took home two awards. The young Brit picked up the ‘Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Player of the Year’ gongs after a superb year on the live tournament scene.

Cody won the €5,000 PokerStars EPT Deauville for a $1,213,194 pay day in January 2010 before taking down the £5,000 World Poker Tour London Main Event. Cody added $425,492 to his bankroll for that victory.

James Bord pipped PokerStars EPT London champion David Vamplew to the ‘Oustanding Tournament Performance’ award for his deep run in the 2010 World Series of Poker London Main Event.

29 year-old Bord bested an elite field at the Casino at the Empire for a $1,281,048 first prize.

Team PokerStars Pro Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom had been favorite to lift the ‘Internet Player of the Year’ award but Norway’s Andreas Torbergsen took home that honor. Pot Limit Omaha specialist Torbergsen won over $4 million on the virtual felt last year.

Tony Guoga (Rob Memorial Award for the Poker Personality of 2010) and Gerard Serra Retamero (Poker Staff Person of the Year) were the other big winners in the French capital.