Tue, 04/05/2011 – 02:24 – PokerPages Staff

#5 Bertrand Grospellier
A Frenchman by birth, Grospellier now lives in South Korea.  There he became a cyber-gamer with exceptional skills, when a friend introduced him to poker; he soon discovered that his gaming skills could translate to the game of poker.  Starting out on PokerStars where he set out to reach ‘Supernova’ status.  Playing online as ‘ElkY’, he continues to make himself a world-class contender.

#4 David Williams
A Team PokerStars Pro, Williams entered the scene in 2004 in the WSOP $10,000 Main Event where as runner up; he gained himself a bankroll to be able to enter any event of his choosing by taking home $3,500,000. He has continued to establish himself as a world-class contender. He can be found playing poker online as ‘dwilliams’.

#3 Daniel Negreanu
Negreanu plays online as ‘KidPoker’.  He is probably the most recognizable face and name in internet poker and live play, as he often works as a commentator and is an author as well as poker player.  He had hopes of being a snooker player growing up in Toronto, Canada, but his career choice took a turn when he discovered poker.  In just ten years, his record has become one the most impressive.

#2 Vanessa Rousso
On the internet, she is known as ‘Lady Maverick’.  Miss Rousso is a scholar as well as a poker player and is trying to balance a poker career with her law degree studies.  She has had impressive live play wins at championship tables, the first finishing seventh at the WPT Championship in 2006.

#1 Chris Moneymaker
Moneymaker began player poker as a pastime on the internet.  A $39 entry into a WSOP Satellite that earned him a chance to play in Las Vegas at a championship would change the accountant’s life forever. The win at the WSOP $10,000 Main Event in 2003 would in a way make him an internet player legend.  Despite other successes and winnings, the story of the internet amateur that took on the pros and won in 2003, will always be what he is remembered for. He plays online as ‘Money800′.

Tue, 03/22/2011 – 16:36 – PokerPages Staff

This week there is a full program of exciting, tense and surprising poker shows on across Europe. German television has a whole evening of poker lined up each weeknight from Tuesday on Sport 1. The iconic show Poker After Dark will be shown at 06.00, 07.00 and again at 17.30. There will be a Director’s Cut showing the parts that were missed from the original programs and the line ups will feature plenty of poker players on TV including the likes of Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu and John Juanda.

On Monday 28th March, German Channel Arte will show a documentary called “That’s Poker” which covers the WSOP in Las Vegas and all the excitement and action that goes along with poker players in the world’s biggest live tournament. The show follows the likes of Luca Pagano, Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier and World Champion, Joe Hatchem.

In the UK, Channel 4 continues their excellent provision of poker programming for poker fans with the coverage of the PokerStars European Poker Tour from Barcelona. The episode starts at 00.50 on Tuesday March 22nd and features Bertrand Grospellier, Noah Boeken and the British Poker star Liv Boeree.

The CNBC Poker show will be covering highlights from the high stakes tournaments in the Bellagio, Las Vegas and the Bicycle Poker Room in LA. All the nosebleed fun starts at 02.00 on the March 26th.

Poland’s Sport Klub channel has plenty of poker coverage with episodes from Face the Pro and on Tuesday at 04.25 you can follow the Full Tilt Aussie Millions tournament in Melbourne from the start of the year.