Late last month, Dublin, Ireland’s SuitedAcesBaby(pictured) finished second in the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy for $30,000. The tournament drew 769 entrants and had a prize pool that just barely passed its $225,000 guarantee. As he admitted, “The result came at the right time, as I was on a bit of a downswing.” He was also […]

For most players, leaving a “real world” job to pursue a poker career was anything but easy. Enter Gavin gavonater O’Rourke (pictured), who worked as a train driver before pursuing poker. This author’s two-year-old son would probably think driving a train is the greatest job imaginable, but for O’Rourke, the promise of a poker career […]