Good Evening pokerworld !

I wish you all the best for the next year and let’s make 2010 a good pokeryear with some extraordinary suckouts and sexy flops !  I’m hoping that smallball-poker is getting bigger this year with more partners and visitors. You really could help me with that pokerfriends. Here are now the next five players…

(40)   =>   CHIP   REESE

> David Edward Reese

> 28/03/1951 – 04/12/2007

> born in Centerville, Ohio (USA).

> lived in Las Vegas, Nevada.

> Nickname :  ‘ Chip ‘

> won 3 Bracelets (’78 Seven Card Stud split/ ‘82 Limit Seven Card Stud/ ‘06 H.O.R.S.E World Championship)

> was 6th in the 1979 WSOP Main Event

> has Live Tournament Earnings over $ 3,500,000

His mother learned him the game of poker, together with some other card games, when he was just 5 years old. He played football, was in debate teams and good in economics. He reached the final table of one WPT event and he was the former cardroom manager at the Dunes Casino. He became the youngest living player ever in 1991 to be induct in the Poker Hall of Fame. He had the longest heads-up battle ever in 2006 when he won his third Bracelet against Andy Bloch. It was also back then the largest buy-in WSOP Event ever. Chip wrote the seven card stud chapter in Brunson’s famous book ‘Super/System‘ and Doyle thought that Chip was the best seven card stud player ever. David ‘Chip’ Reese died in Vegas, on Pneumonia or by a gastric bypass, which is still not sure but he’s wildly considered as one of the best cash game players ever.

(39)   =>   ANDY   BLACK

> Andrew Black

> born 20/07/1965, Belfast (NI)

> resides now in Dublin (IRE)

> Nickname : ‘ The Monk ‘

> was 5th in the 2005 WSOP Main Event in the year that Joe Hachem won.

> plays at Full Tilt Poker as an official Pro.

> won over $ 4,100,000 in Live Tournament Play (until 2009)

Andy is an excellent tournament player, which he proves with his results. He reached one final table at the EPT, won the Premier League Poker II in 2008 after beating Roland de Wolfe heads-up and finished 2th in the PLO Event and 3th in the NL Hold’em Main Event during the 2007 Aussie Millions. Besides that, Andy is also well-known for his famous blow-up during a tournament overplaying his hand and losing a lot of his big stack. He discarded all his possessions in 1998 after another unlucky tournament, travelled to England and lived in a semi-monastic Buddhist environment for five years. He returned very successfully to poker in 2004, dominating some Irish Tournaments before achieving his marvellous 5th place in the 2005 WSOP Main Event. He’ve never forgotten that period and it still helps him. Andy likes to meditate during the breaks of a poker tourney.

(38)   =>   PETER   EASTGATE

> born 13/12/1985 in Dalum (DEN).

> resides now in London (ENG).

> Nickname : ‘ Icegate ‘  or  ‘ Isser ‘

> was the winner of the 2008 WSOP Main Event after beating Ivan Demidov in the final.

> plays at PokerStars as a member of TeamPokerStars.

> has over $ 10,600,000 in Live Tournament Earnings (until 2009).

The young Peter Eastgate won more than 9 million US Dollars with his fantastic win of the WSOP Main Event in 2008. Back than at the age of 22 he was the youngest winner ever, surpassing Phil Hellmuth’s age of 24. But Peter was surpassed this year by another young gun Joseph Cada at the age of 21. Peter proved in 2009 that he does have some excellent poker skills after another great run in the WSOP Main Event, 78th place, and after his second place in the EPT event in London. He ranked 7th in the all time Money List in Tournaments.

(37)   =>   HUMBERTO   BRENES

> born 08/05/1951 from Costa Rica.

> resides now in San José (CR) with his wife and 3 kids.

> Nickname : ‘ The Shark ‘

> became 4th in the 1988 WSOP Main Event

> won 2 Bracelets (’93 Limit Hold’em – Pot Limit Omaha)

> made 3 WPT Final Tables

> plays online at PokerStars as a member of TeamPokerStars.

> has Live Tournament Winnings over $ 5,500,000 (until 2009)

Humberto started to play poker in 1974. He has a recognizable look, easy to spot, always wears a bright tracksuit, two pair of glasses on top of each other and a visor. He’s very famous for his toy shark as a card protector which he uses a lot at the table to influence the cards and the dealer. Humberto also has two brothers who are successful in the pokerworld, namely Eric and Alex. Humberto is wildly considered as one of the most popular players in the circuit. He’s a former entrepeneur in different businessregions such as hotels, construction, tv stations and many more. He has a former success in baccarat and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

(36)   =>   JENNIFER   TILLY

> Jennifer E. Chan

> born 16/09/1958 in Harbor City, California (USA).

> lives together with her boyfriend and fellow Poker Pro Phil Laak

> resides now in Texada Island (USA).

> Nickname : ‘ The Unabombshell ‘

> won 1 Bracelet (’05 NL Hold’em Ladies)

> won the WPT Ladies Invitational Tournament in 2005

> has Live Tournament Winnings of over $ 500,000 (until 2009)

Jennifer was formerly married to Sam Simon, one of the producers of The Simpsons and the voice of Bart. Tilly appeared in different televised pokershows such as Poker SuperStars, Poker After Dark and Celebrity Poker Showdown. Nevertheless Jennifer is probably the most famous as an actress. She played in Bound, Liar Liar, The Getaway and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen’s Bullets over Broadway.

That was it for now my dearest friends. I’m going to play some sit and go’s I guess and probably getting some more bad beats because it’s getting really worse again the last weeks. Sometimes really sick to see how people can play rubbish hands and still manage to get lucky. I have the best hand for about 85 % of the time when I go all-in but I only win around 35% of the time. That isn’t normal?  I hope you run better.

See you next time or maybe sunday for the 1/4 Sunday Millions on PokerStars.

Cheers,

J.M.