BluffEurope.com: Interviews

Brammer-time!

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:10:51 GMT

Not content with spending some time last year at the top of the Pocket Fives Rankings as best online tournament player, Chris Brammer also topped the Bluff European Rankings for live tournaments in 2012.

Jake Cody: Star Signing

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:15:15 GMT

In June 2011, at the age of 22, Jake Cody became the youngest player to complete poker’s triple crown, winning an EPT title, a WPT tournament and a World Series bracelet in fewer than 500 days.
Bluff Europe sat down with Cody to hear the latest chapter in his sensational short career.

Wojtek Barzantny - piper_kl88

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:19:49 GMT

German pro Wojtek Barzantny sprung from nowhere this autumn when he took down back-to-back UKIPT titles.

Vladimir Geshkenbein

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:50:15 GMT

EPT winner and celebrated maniac, PKR.com’s Vladimir Geshkenbein tells us about the games in Macau and why he likes to get under people’s skin.

Gus Hansen on Tilt

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:55:37 GMT

It’s finally happened. After a year and a half of chaos, the players have been repaid and, on 6th November, will be able to log on to FullTiltPoker.com, access their funds and play poker. No one is champing harder at the bit than the world’s foremost action junkie Gus Hansen. He even gets his funny little avatar back.

Sam Trickett - Summer of Sam

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Sam Trickett won millions last summer, literally. From Macau to Vegas, the lad from Retford hoovered up the dosh. In fact, when we spoke to him, as he attempted to recover from a horrendous hangover, he confirmed that he’d won $800K in the same week, playing online PLO.
And to cap it all, he wins British Poker Player of the Year at the British Poker Awards, presented by Bluff Europe – surely the finest achievement of his career – ahem. Bluff meets a man at the height of his powers.

Vanessa Selbst - Pride and Prejudice (and Poker)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:05:48 GMT

With $5.4m in tournament earnings and her second bracelet in Vegas this summer, Vanessa Selbst is quite simply the best female poker player in the world. She’s also an openly gay Civil Rights Law graduate who wants to change the world. Bluff decided to find out what makes her tick.

Craig McCorkell - a Brit and a bracelet

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:20:54 GMT

Meet Craig McCorkell, the only Brit to pick up any bling in Vegas this year. We’re chuffed because we highlighted him as one to watch out for in our WSOP preview. And he was wearing one of our patches!

Guy Laliberté – Performer, Billionaire, Poker Player, Astronaut!

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:37:45 GMT

Cirque du Soleil founder and first poker player in space Guy Laliberté isn’t afraid to put his money in the biggest pots. At this year’s World Series of Poker, he’s convinced several dozen people to do the same – for a $1,000,000 buy-in charity tournament.

Akenhead, Trickett and Lewis - The British Likely Lads part two

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Balls to the Olympics. There, we said it! The real British hope for gold this year lies within the hole cards of our heroic poker players. Here we profile young British players yet to win bracelets who we think will shine in Vegas this summer. With apologies to the likes of Ben Vinson, Priyan de Mel, Jon Spinx, Rob Akery, Ketul Nathwani, Marc Wright, Ben Jackson, Stuart Rutter, Laurence Houghton… (we could go on forever).

WSOP 2012 - Moorman, Romanello and the British likely lads - part one

Wed, 30 May 2012 12:20:29 GMT

Tom "Durrrr" Dwan interview

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The King of Online Poker is in exile. Unable to play online in his homeland, he roams the globe in search of action. On the anniversary of Black Friday, we tracked him down to Macau to talk about Full Tilt, the future of poker in the US and to find out just how life has changed for Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

Interview Paul and Ben Jackson

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:06:31 GMT

In the space of just over two months, Ben Jackson, son of Paul “Action” Jackson, steamrolled his way through the Coventry and Blackpool GUKPTs, winning two side events, finishing second in a main event and then final-tabling the Grand Final in London.

All the more impressive when you consider he’s only 18-years-old. We caught up with Genting Poker’s father and son team, two players who epitomise the old and new schools of poker.

Chris 'Moorman1' Moorman

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:35:04 GMT

"I’ve never won a live tournament, so it would be nice to get that monkey off my back, and obviously extra nice it if came with a bracelet. I don’t care what the event is to be honest, I’ll take anything really."

Daniel 'Jungleman12' Cates

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:36:17 GMT

Online phenom Daniel Cates discusses his rollercoaster year and his relocation to the UK.

Sam Trickett Interview

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:34:12 GMT

It’s been an extraordinary year for Sam Trickett. Since we last interviewed him, 12 months ago, Sam has overtaken Devilfish on the UK all-time money list, demolished the two of the most expensive tournaments in the world and won the Partouche Poker Tour Grand final.

Meet the WSOP Champ: Pius Heinz

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:39:07 GMT

"Once I knew I had it, I remember going back to the rail and disappearing into this swarm of arms. I don’t think you could see me, there were so many people hugging me. That was a pretty sick moment."

WSOP November Nine finalist Eoghan O'Dea

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:10:26 GMT

“I’ll be really disappointed if I come ninth, especially since I’m bringing 50 or 60 people with me – that would be an anti-climax. We’ve been given ninth-place money, so it would be like getting nothing.”

The Hendon Mob

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:02:45 GMT

“I’ve never been very good at poker tips,” declares Ross Boatman, “but the way I see it, there are two schools of thought. There’s the Ram Vaswani school of thought. If you play like Ram Vaswani, you’ll win the world in a day. But if you play like Joe Beevers, you’ll never go skint. The rest is up to you.”

WSOP November Niner Sam Holden

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:21:13 GMT

The last couple of years have been great ones for the Brits at the World Series of Poker. In fact all that's been missing has been a victory in the Main Event. 22-year-old Sam Holden could be on course to change that though.