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Tom McEvoy started playing poker at the age of 5 and turned to the game professionally in his 30s.

Regarded as pure talent, Stu Ungar rode to the top in the world of poker, blackjack, and gin rummy. However, personal demons and drug addiction kept his life bottomed out.

Tournament of Champions is a bargain bin title at best. You'd be better off taking your 60 dollars and playing bingo with your grandmother.

Brian Fidler, an unlikely candidate for poker fame, won a tournament on poker great Daniel Negreanu website - winning buy-ins to several tournaments and private lessons from Negreanu himself.

The World Series of Poker is the world's premier series of poker tournaments. With the WSOP main event in Las Vegas increasing in popularity year after year, the 2007 WSOP is expected to host a record setting 10,000 poker players battling it out for more than $12 Million.

It's NCAA Tournament time and March Madness is officially here. Here is the tips you absolutely must see to fill out your NCAA bracket successfully.

Daniel Negreanu, known as the Poker Kid, was once the youngest bracelet holder in the World Series of Poker history. Since then, Negreanu has gone on to win millions in prizes, write pieces for poker magazines, and launch his own poker website.

Jamie Gold, a rookie to the World Series of Poker, takes top place at the main event. Gold receives $12 million, the gold bracelet, and a two-year contract with Bodog.com.

Phil Ivey has been gambling since he was 16, so it's no wonder he took home his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he was only 24. Phil is only 30 years old and already considered the greatest poker player of all time.

The 1973 World Series of Poker champion Puggy Pearson made a name for himself at the poker table with cigars and rowdy behavior.

Known as a southern gentleman, Sailor Roberts helped other poker players build bankrolls and shaped today's poker world.

Now that this year's World Series Of Poker is over, it's time to sit back and relax right? Not necessarily true, especially if you want to win a free seat to participate in next year's WSOP. Harrah's Entertainment has released the qualifier schedule through an affiliate.

The World Series of Poker is the most anticipated and crowning event in the world of poker. It's been around for so long and its history has been clouded by its popularity that people tend to forget just how great the WSOP was when it first started.

The popularity of poker has soared in recent years. Several years ago, it was highly unlikely that you could turn on the television and watch a game of poker.

Shankar Pillai had never played in the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and had never even been to Las Vegas. On his very first trip to the event, Pillai came out on top and walked out of the casino a cool half million dollars richer.

A short review of ways a poker player can get into the 2007 World Series of Poker. You can buy a seat, win a satellite tournament, or win an online game and possibly get a seat.

The participation in the 2007 World Series of Poker is down as well as the prize for winning the main event.

Whether there should be World Series of Poker events contested outside of the U.S. and Las Vegas.

Yet another fantastic poker experience from the folks a Demonware and Activision.

Jerry Yang has emerged as the winner of the 2007 WSOP. Beating out 6,357 other players, Yang walked away with the top prize of $8.25 Million and the 2007 WSOP Main Event bracelet.

Bobby Baldwin, known as "The Owl" holds more than $400,000 in WSOP winnings and four gold bracelets. The current CEO of Mirage Resorts and Project City Center, Baldwin still plays cash games.

the attraction of the WSOP and the winners and losers in it.

Poker fans around the world are horrified at what Harrahs and ESPN are doing to the sacred institution that is the WSOP. Now they have decided to completely stop playing when it reaches the final table, put it on hold for four months while ESPN catches up, then resume play.

A review on the 2005 WSOP winner Joe Hachem, how he got into poker, what he has done since winning the 2005 WSOP, and why he is a poker legend in the making.

Doyle Brunson, known as "Texas Dolly" at the poker tables, has more than 50 years of poker experience under his belt. With nine gold bracelets, Brunson is a founding father of professional gambling.

Poker is not only played at home on the weekends. Thousands and thousands of entrants enter thousand dollar buy-ins to play for potentially millions of dollars. Actors, Actresses, and Celebrities and many more play Poker.

If you have watched any of the World Series of Poker over the last three years, then you understand who Harrah's is. By the looks of their sponsorship of the big time event, one might think that they rule the roost in Las Vegas poker.

Matt Damon plays the role of a poker player with a high stakes dream

Ever wonder where poker came from? Or are you curious about the different types of poker games? Then read on!

Many poker fans wonder why it is that every season on the World Poker Tour, and every year at the World Series of Poker, we see less and less of the popular poker players rising to the top.

From the family table, to the casinos, poker is becoming the card game of choice. You know the lingo, you know who the top players are, but do you know the game's origins?

While basketball teams are vying for spots in the NCAA tournament, college basketball fans are thinking ahead to their March Madness bracket. Avoiding these common bracket selection mistakes is your first step on the road to bracket victory!

With much speculation, talk has come up over whether or not 65 teams in the men's NCAA March Madness basketball tournament is too many.

A look at how to pick the right teams on a March Madness Bracket

March Madness is here, it is the annual 65 team NCAA men's basketball tournament. This is a holiday for serious college sports fans, and many non hard core fans participate in brackets as well.

Over the past three years, the World Series of Poker brought back to the poker world the sanctified Tournament of Champions. As this year's event has now closed, there hasn't been an announcement of even if one will be held for 2007.

The NCAA has announced their 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament field, now all that's left is to debate the brackets until the tournament starts with the "play-in game" on Wednesday night.

Drawing from years of experience in illegal gambling, trading, and moonshine, Benny Binion went on to influence the feel of modern casinos and create the World Series of Poker.

A Mom fills out an NCAA basketball tournament bracket for her son during the inital invasion of Iraq. Using CBSsportsline, she tries to remember his teams

If you are planning to start a March Madness bracket pool or you just want to keep track of your own thoughts on who'll be in the Sweet Sixteen and the Final Four, creating a March Madness bracket is the best way to keep organized.

Every year, several teams are surprised and disgusted at the fact that they do not hear their names called on Selection Sunday, the day that the bracket is filled for the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Tournament, better known as March Madness.

Cornell became the first team to advance to the 2008 NCAA Tournament by winning the Ivy League championship. The talent of the Big Red may surprise you, especially once March Madness begins.

The Portland State Vikings are playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Can they make their trip to the Big Dance a memorable one?

Austin Peay won the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in order to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Governors deserve a look before filling out your bracket this year.

You don't have to be a sports nut to pick a bracket and join the office pool.

Despite ending 10-6 in Big East play and 22-10 overall Syracuse did not get a bid to play in the NCAA Tournament. They were robbed.

24-8 UMBC is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Can the America East champs win a few games in the tournament?

The Siena Saints punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament by winning the MAAC championship tournament. Can the Saints get out of the first weekend of March Madness? Probably not.

The Kansas Jayhawks won the Big 12 Tournament and earned a No.1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They may just win the whole thing.

At 18-13, Oregon had to wait until Selection Sunday to learn their fate. They now know that they will play Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.