{"id":810,"date":"2023-01-16T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardschat.com\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2023-06-27T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:40:07","slug":"jennifer-harman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/jennifer-harman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Harman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-page-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Harman &#8211; One of the Top Female Poker Players<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-page-info\"><ul class=\"pageInfo__list\"><li class=\"pageInfo__listItem\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pageInfo__icon pageInfo__icon--avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cc-icon-white-on-blue-96x96.png\" alt=\"Avatar for Jack Stanton\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/>Written by \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackWStanton\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"\">Jack Stanton<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-block-image--cc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jennifer-harman-poker-player.webp\" alt=\"Jennifer Harman\" class=\"wp-image-6332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jennifer-harman-poker-player.webp 1024w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jennifer-harman-poker-player-800x486.webp 800w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jennifer-harman-poker-player-768x467.webp 768w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jennifer-harman-poker-player-300x182.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source &#8211;&nbsp;WSOP.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">One of the All-Time Greats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the poker boom was in full bloom throughout the noughties, there was only one female poker player you\u2019d find consistently battling in the highest stakes cash games in the world. There was only one female poker player among&nbsp;<strong>The Corporation<\/strong>&nbsp;who played in the biggest poker game of all time. There was only female poker player who took center stage among the superstars in Full Tilt Poker advertising. And until 2012, there was only one female poker player who possessed two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/tournaments\/wsop\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"894\">WSOP<\/a>&nbsp;bracelets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That player is, of course, the brilliant&nbsp;<strong>Jennifer Harman<\/strong>. Not only is she one of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/top-female\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"813\">the&nbsp;greatest female poker players<\/a>&nbsp;of all time, but Harman is also undisputedly one of the best and most influential players the game has ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Harman doesn\u2019t play in the spotlight as much as she once did, she remains a true icon and inspired a generation of young women to take up poker.&nbsp;<strong>Kristen Bicknell<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; arguably the best female poker player in the world at the time of writing &#8211; has said she looked up to Harman and watched her play repeatedly on popular TV shows such as \u2018Poker After Dark\u2019 and \u2018High Stakes Poker\u2019. If not for Harman\u2019s presence in those big games, poker\u2019s gender balance might be even more slanted than it remains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s not just women who have looked up to Harman.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/daniel-negreanu\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"808\"><strong>Daniel Negreanu<\/strong><\/a>, one of the biggest names in the game, met Harman as a young upstart and has considered her&nbsp;<strong>an inspiration and best friend<\/strong>&nbsp;for decades. \u201cNegreanu is like a brother to me,\u201d Harman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With $2.7 million in live tournament winnings and countless millions won in cash games, it came as no surprise when Harman was inducted into the prestigious Poker Hall of Fame in 2015. She\u2019s done it all, from raising her kids while playing high stakes to raising money for charity, as well as being invited by the Godfather of Poker,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/doyle-brunson\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"809\"><strong>Doyle Brunson<\/strong><\/a>, to write a Limit Hold\u2019em chapter in his Super System II book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she\u2019s done it all despite the health issues she\u2019s battled for most of her adult life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just try to live life to the fullest when I can and not think about anything else,\u201d Harman says. \u201cBecause I know how important life really is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">Early Battles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Harman was born in Reno, Nevada &#8211; not far from the Las Vegas cardrooms she\u2019d one day consider her office &#8211; on November 19, 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was her father who first introduced her to poker, albeit reluctantly. He\u2019d have a weekly home game and a young and intrigued Harman would sneak in to rail the action, desperate to know how and why&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/strategy\/play-at-home\/poker-chips\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"867\">poker chips<\/a>&nbsp;were being tossed back and forth upon the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, he caved and told her how the game worked. By the age of 12, she would take her father\u2019s seat in the game when he was losing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was her mother who really taught her how to play. \u201cI\u2019d play with my cousins growing up and she would deal to make sure that we played right,\u201d Harman said. \u201cWe always played games in the house &#8211; Scrabble, Monopoly, Life &#8211; so I was always very competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout her teens, it became clear to Harman that she had&nbsp;<strong>a real knack for playing poker<\/strong>. So much so that she obtained a fake ID when she was 16 in order to sneak into her local casinos and play, all the while keeping her new passion a secret from her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But tragically, just as she was getting to grips with the game, her mother became sick due to issues with her kidneys. \u201cMe and my sister started taking care of her,\u201d Harman said. \u201cBringing her to dialysis, stuff like that. My dad was working all the time, he wasn\u2019t really around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harman\u2019s mother sadly passed away from kidney failure a year later. This was a crushing loss for the then 17-year-old, who was extremely close to her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make matters worse, Harman herself soon had similar health issues. \u201cI had&nbsp;<strong>kidney failure<\/strong>&nbsp;myself really young,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I had my first&nbsp;<strong>transplant<\/strong>, I decided that living life day by day is the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting her poker play to one side, Harman decided to attend the University of Nevada and a few years later graduated with a degree in biology. But once her education was behind her, that poker bug came crawling back. Rather than pursuing work in science, she continued to play poker for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always figured that I\u2019d get a job at some point, but I didn\u2019t know what I wanted to do,\u201d Harman said. \u201cI never made a huge decision to become a poker player. It just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this way of life upset the man who first introduced her to the game: her father. He felt conflicted about Harman\u2019s life choices and Harman\u2019s determination to continue playing poker ultimately put a strain on their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harman then fell in love and moved to the East Coast with her boyfriend to start a business. Unfortunately, that business went under and left Harman in debt. She borrowed money from her grandmother, moved to Las Vegas, and with nothing else to do, ended up playing poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got out of debt, paid back my grandmother, and bought a house within, like, four months,\u201d Harman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was now, officially, a professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">\u201cI Don\u2019t Care About the Woman Thing\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything was finally going smoothly. Jennifer Harman\u2019s net worth was bigger than ever, and she was climbing the stakes in the biggest games Las Vegas had to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBack in 1993, I was playing higher,\u201d she said. \u201cI was playing $150\/$300, $200\/$400, $300\/$600 Limit Hold\u2019em, and I built a pretty good bankroll, around&nbsp;<strong>$700,000<\/strong>. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a lot to play for $300\/$600, but I was successful at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But more bad luck was just around the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harman and her husband divorced. Her ex took most of her bankroll, leaving Harman with around $70,000 with which to play. Keen to make it back, she continued playing high \u2013 too high for this much lower bankroll \u2013 and was on the verge of going broke. But after borrowing $45,000 from a friend, she managed to&nbsp;<strong>grind her way back<\/strong>&nbsp;to the point where she could comfortably play the&nbsp;<strong>highest stakes every day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1997, she was crushing the $400\/$800 limits, a game she spent a year playing. Because these games featured a rotation of different poker variants \u2013 including Seven Card Stud and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/strategy\/how-to-play\/pot-limit-omaha-guide\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"802\">Omaha<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013Harman became world class in all of them. She kept getting better and the stakes kept rising. First $800\/$1,600, then $1,000\/$2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any railbirds who were poking their heads into Bobby\u2019s Room at the Bellagio \u2013 the home of the big game \u2013 would have singled Harman out immediately from the rest of the line-up. The reason? She was the only woman to play the big game regularly. In fact, she was&nbsp;<strong>the only woman to have ever played in the big game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, however, never crossed Harman\u2019s mind. \u201cI don\u2019t care about the woman thing,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not competing only against women. I\u2019m competing against men. I don\u2019t think about poker as a gender thing. I want to compete with everybody. They all think of me as one of the guys anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that more women don\u2019t make it to the highest stakes of poker puzzles Harman. \u201cI don\u2019t know why that is, I really don\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes it stumps me why more women aren\u2019t playing in higher cash games. Women have great instincts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">The Corporation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Harman\u2019s instincts had not only got her a regular seat in&nbsp;<strong>the biggest cash games running<\/strong>, but also the respect of all of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"807\">poker\u2019s elite players<\/a>. So, when a rich banker named&nbsp;<strong>Andy Beal<\/strong>&nbsp;came to Las Vegas in the early noughties looking to play the pros heads-up at Limit Hold\u2019em for&nbsp;<strong>extraordinarily high stakes<\/strong>, it came as no surprise that she would get in the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beal, a wealthy businessman who\u2019d forged a fortune in banking and real estate, first came to the Strip as an amateur, but went home determined to return and beat the game\u2019s biggest names. His plan was to both study the game intensely, but also to raise the stakes so high that it forced the grizzled veterans out of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To handle the massive buy-ins and potential losses, the pros formed a group which became known as&nbsp;<strong>The Corporation<\/strong>. They would pool their millions together in order to have a bankroll big enough to play Beal at his preferred stakes. The group included Harman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/phil-ivey\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"812\"><strong>Phil Ivey<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Ted Forrest, Minh Ly, Howard Lederer, David Grey, Chip Reese, Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstein, Lyle Berman<\/strong>&nbsp;and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was weird because&nbsp;<strong>nobody had ever played that high<\/strong>,\u201d Harman said. \u201cWe started playing $10K\/$20K, then it went up to $100K\/$200K. The limits grew but you got used to playing [at each stake].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe thing that was tough wasn\u2019t necessarily playing Andy, but that the whole group was behind you, so there was a lot more pressure. If you\u2019re confident in poker you can sit down and play and it\u2019s just another poker game. It\u2019s just that everybody wanted me to do really well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After plenty of ups and downs, the group ultimately won more than $16 million from Beal, who proceeded to retire from poker. The fascinating story was documented by author Michael Craig in his book \u201cThe Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she was not battling against Beal, Harman also undertook a new challenge: poker tournaments. Back then, tournaments were considered a crapshoot by many of the top pros. But her good friend&nbsp;<strong>Daniel Negreanu<\/strong>&nbsp;was playing a lot of them and encouraged Harman to try them. \u201cI thought I\u2019d give it a shot,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was something different, a challenge,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turned out Harman was a natural. In 2000, she won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in a $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw event for $146,250 \u2013 incredible given that she was not familiar with the game and only learned how to play properly the morning of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She followed that in 2002 by winning her second bracelet in a $5,000 Limit Hold\u2019em tournament, good for $212,400. With that, she became&nbsp;<strong>the first woman to win two WSOP bracelets<\/strong>. (Vanessa Selbst matched Harman\u2019s feat in 2012, then won her third bracelet in 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, Harman has $2.7 million in tournament cashes. Not bad for someone who rarely plays them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">Harman\u2019s biggest tournament results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><strong>Date<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Buy-In<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Event Title<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Winnings<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>$10,000<\/td><td><strong>WSOP NLHE Circuit Championship event<\/strong><\/td><td>2nd for $383,840<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>$10,000<\/td><td><strong>WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star<\/strong><\/td><td>3rd for $330,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2004<\/td><td>$15,000<\/td><td><strong>WPT Five-Diamond World Poker Classic<\/strong><\/td><td>4th for $299,492<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2002<\/td><td>$5,000<\/td><td><strong>WSOP Limit Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/td><td>1st for $212,400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>$10,000<\/td><td><strong>WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi\/Lo 8 Championship<\/strong><\/td><td>3rd for $173,159<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000<\/td><td>$5,000<\/td><td><strong>WSOP No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw<\/strong><\/td><td>1st for $146,250<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her legacy as one of the best poker players of all time was cemented further in 2005 when Doyle Brunson was putting together Super System II \u2013 the sequel to his 1978 book considered by many to be the best poker strategy book ever written. Brunson asked Harman to pen a chapter on Limit Hold\u2019em, the game she\u2019d played for astronomical stakes and in which she\u2019d won a WSOP bracelet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in 2015, she was inducted into the prestigious&nbsp;<strong>Poker Hall of Fame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always loved and continue to love poker,\u201d she said. \u201cI like to learn new things, study the game, compete. I will be playing forever. This is a unique game. My brain is constantly in suspense, and I like it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">\u201cThey are my life\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because she\u2019s had so much success in poker, it\u2019s easy to forget that Jen Harman has constantly had to battle health issues behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, Harman was forced to step away from the tables for around a year in order to have a second kidney transplant. During this time, she founded Creating Organ Donation Awareness (CODA), a non-profit organization with the goal of raising money and making it easier for those who need transplants to receive them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charitable work became a habit for Harman. She has hosted many charity poker tournaments, often serving as the host. In 2009, one of her events raised $111,000 for the National Kidney Foundation, and she has raised hundreds of thousands for animal welfare charities including the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA). In 2007 Harman launched the Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament at the Venetian poker room in Las Vegas, the third instalment of which raised more than half a million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when asked what\u2019s most important to her, Harman replied: \u201cI think this has to be my kids. They are my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, Harman doesn\u2019t play poker as much as she once did. That\u2019s because she\u2019s a devoted mother. \u201cI go to soccer practice, help them with their homework, host play dates with their friends at the house, and stuff like that,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, I\u2019m just a regular single mom when they\u2019re with me, and I play a lot of poker the rest of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back over her incredible career, Harman is extremely proud of everything she has achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI like to compete with others, and I\u2019ve always wanted to be the best,\u201d she said. \u201cI play with the best of the best. And I want to be the best mom in the world \u2013 just for my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">Other Player Profiles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__imgWrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/daniel-negreanu.webp\" alt=\"Daniel Negreanu\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__image wp-image-2003\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/daniel-negreanu.webp 765w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/daniel-negreanu-300x202.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__bottom\"><p class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__linkWrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/daniel-negreanu\/\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__link\">Daniel Negreanu<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__description\"><p>The question of who is the world&#8217;s best poker player will never accurately be answered. It depends on&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__imgWrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1243\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player.webp\" alt=\"Phil Hellmuth\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__image wp-image-6310\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player.webp 2048w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-800x486.webp 800w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-1200x728.webp 1200w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-1536x932.webp 1536w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/phil-hellmuth-poker-player-1024x622.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__bottom\"><p class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__linkWrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/phil-hellmuth\/\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__link\">Phil Hellmuth<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__description\"><p>The word \u2018polarizing\u2019 is commonplace in poker, although it\u2019s often reserved for strategy&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__imgWrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poker-player-phil-ivey.webp\" alt=\"Phil Ivey\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__image wp-image-6251\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poker-player-phil-ivey.webp 1024w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poker-player-phil-ivey-800x486.webp 800w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poker-player-phil-ivey-768x467.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__bottom\"><p class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__linkWrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/phil-ivey\/\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__link\">Phil Ivey<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__description\"><p>No matter how many superstars occupy the top echelons of any sport, there always tends to be one&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading section__heading\">More Big Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__imgWrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bryn-kenney.webp\" alt=\"Bryn Kenney\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__image wp-image-1998\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bryn-kenney.webp 765w, https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bryn-kenney-300x202.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__bottom\"><p class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__linkWrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poker.casino.us\/players\/top-male\/\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__link\">10 Of The Best Male Poker Players In The World<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-create-block-vertical-card__description\"><p>Who are the world\u2019s best professional poker players? 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