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  • Jonathan ‘xMONSTERxDONGx’ Karamalikis: Future Underwear Mogul?
    Jonathan ‘xMONSTERxDONGx’ Karamalikis: Future Underwear Mogul?

    David Beckham has his own fragrance line. Kobe Bryant has his own line of sneaker. So does Michael Jordan. John Elway once sold five car dealerships for $80 million. Mike Ditka has a well-known chain of steakhouses.

  • Six-Max Games, Einstein References, and My Friend Mangejao
    Six-Max Games, Einstein References, and My Friend Mangejao

    Earlier this year, Australia’s sammejao(pictured) won the Winamax High Roller for the second time. His first taste of victory in it came in 2014 on a Sunday and was good for $20,000, while his latest go-around came during the week for almost $6,000. To win a high-dollar six-max tournament two times is quite a feat, […]

  • A Not-So-Random Score for random.chu
    A Not-So-Random Score for random.chu

    To open 2015, a field of 3,181 entrants descended on the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. When all was said and done, Stevan random.chu Chew (pictured) from Adelaide, Australia came away with $74,000 after bowing out in second place. It was his largest online poker score ever and helped grow his lifetime total to over $2.2 million.

  • So You’re in Australia, But Root for Liverpool?
    So You’re in Australia, But Root for Liverpool?

    Last weekend, New South Wales, Australia’s John Shamon (pictured), known on PocketFives as Shamwoww, came away with the win in the 888 Poker Sunday Challenge, defeating a field of over 800 entrants for $22,000. He is the #10 ranked player in New South Wales and is undoubtedly zoned into the ongoing World Cup despite the […]