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10 Amazing Facts about Poker Online Legends

The legends of poker are such an inspiration for all the poker aficionados. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced player, the legacy of professionals stands as a benchmark, a challenge and a push to achieve its own dreams. The life of a poker player is not an easy one so to know that others are following the same struggle and still making it big is an eye opener.  No matter you play poker online free or real cash, how you learned to play Indian poker or which poker variants a player plays- Texas Holdem or Omaha, the passion being passed on to future generations and to remind you that despite the struggle, the mind game is worth it. Here are 10 lesser known facts about poker legends:
  1. Stu Ungar is one of the greatest players of all time. First because of Gin Rummy and second for tournament poker. Before he came in this world and took poker as profession, he was ranked among the top winning players in Gin Rummy tournaments. 
  2. The most inimitable of all players, Phil Hellmuth holds a remarkable 14 WSOP bracelets as 2015. He won his first bracelet in 1989, taking down the Main Event Championship. 
  3. Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson is considered one of the greatest poker legend and known as ‘The Godfather’. He has won WSOP ME two times and stands among only 4 players who have won the Main Event title several times. 
  4. Annette Obrestad “Annette_15” became   the youngest Bracelet winner after winning WSOPE  2007 Main Event at the age of 18 years. She is a role model for all the female poker players. 
  5. Paul McKinney is popularly known as ‘Cigar’ and he is the oldest player to won $1,000 Seniors No Limit Holdem Event in 2005 at the age of 80. 
  6. Barbara Enright is the first female poker player to make history in poker. In 1995 she made it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event. Since then this feat has not been repeated and still await a female WSOP Main Event Champion. 
  7. Phil Hellmuth holds the highest record of cashing in more than 100 WSOP events throughout his career. He takes the mantle of making over 50 final tables in WSOP that any other is yet to make. 
  8. Jack Ury made poker debut at 94 in WSOP 2007 Main Event. He continued to play in the following years and became the oldest WSOP participant ever in 2010 WSOP and at that time he was aged 97. 
  9. Mark Newhouse made back to back final tables in 2013 and 2014, but unfortunately he was knocked out at the 9thposition in both the years. The former saw the participation of around 6,352 players and in the year 2014, the entries increased to around 6,683 players. 
  10. David Sklansky has been designated “The Mathematician” name as he used to follow a mathematical approach when playing poker. He is also a popular poker author and has authored 13 books in the category of gambling and poker. 

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