Katja Thater (German pronunciation: [ˈkatja ˈtaːtɐ]; born 14 July 1966 in Hamburg) is a German professional poker player and horse breeder. She is married...

translator Katja Suding (born 1975), German politician Katja Thater (born 1966), German poker player Katja Tukiainen (born 1969), Finnish artist Katja von Garnier...

miserably when auditioning to be a singer in The Fabulous Baker Boys, a role that was written specially for her by Steve Kloves. She was nominated for an Academy...

Lowball Event (at a final table that also included fellow professionals Lyle Berman and Steve Zolotow). She had never played that game prior to the event, but...

of the Poker Players Alliance. In a December 2006 interview, Raymer said that he was considering running for Vice President of the United States in 2008...

Annie Duke. Lederer is a founder and board member of Tiltware, the company that launched Full Tilt Poker in 2004. In 2011, the Full Tilt Poker website was...

apologized to the fans in an interview, and said that he no longer blamed any other players for his behavior, and that there was no excuse for his behavior at...

fourth in the One Drop High Roller tournament, the successor to the Big One that he had won a year earlier, and earned $1,433,438. As of 2023, his total live...

11, 2018, Brunson announced he was retiring from tournament poker that summer. That day, he entered the $10,000 2–7 Single Draw at the 2018 WSOP. He made...

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller Event for $295,960, then went on later that month to take 3rd in a A$100,000 buy-in Aussie Millions tournament for $618...

employee at a local restaurant, in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Moneymaker claimed that his ancestors made silver and gold coins and chose the name "Moneymaker"...

well that he earned substantial money by playing these games against others for cash. After graduating from college, he moved to Houston, Texas. That is...

six-figure bet that he could break 100 on a desert golf course four times in a day using just a five iron, sand wedge, and putter. He has also bet that he would...

1991, one month before defending her doctoral dissertation, she decided that she no longer wished to pursue academia and left school. In 1992, she married...

complaint, complaining that Ferguson and three other directors of the poker website Full Tilt Poker were running a Ponzi scheme that paid out $444 million...

decided to cash out the $400,000 and announced in his winner's interview that he will be ready for Season 2. In 2021, Phil Hellmuth challenged Daniel Negreanu...

a book titled Ace on the River. Tuan Le, a WPT Season 3 champion, claims that book showed him how to succeed on the poker circuit. Greenstein is known...

“OMGClayAiken” as the antithesis of the “macho” screen names that are prevalent in online poker in hopes that other players would be embarrassed to lose to him....

awarded each year. In 1990, there were only 14 bracelet events. By 2000, that number increased to 24. As the popularity of poker has increased during the...

shuffled it. The tournament's judging staff determined that the bending was not accidental and that Williams had cheated based on two criteria: Each time...

concluded that Ivey's actions constituted cheating and that, had it been necessary to make a finding on dishonesty, it would have determined that Ivey's...

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his ability to read opponents. When asked about this, Negreanu explained that the most important skill he employs is observing what hands his opponents...

On his off days, he began to play poker, and quit his job after realizing that he was winning more money playing poker than working. He started playing...

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defeated a then-record field of 613 players, including a very tough final table that included professional players Mike Matusow (sixth), 1989 WSOP Main Event...

Schwartz Erik Seidel Alan Smurfit Mike Spegal David Stucke Gary Styczynski Katja Thater Jason Warner Ram Vaswani Jerry Yang Ryan Young 2008/ 2008 E Michael Banducci...

Legends of Poker - 8th place ($105,620) It was announced on July 19, 2021, that Flack was found dead. According to Clark County coroner Melanie Rouse, the...

charity events. Gold has also participated in numerous poker tournaments that have been designed primarily to benefit charitable causes. Allowing himself...

Violette and Annie Duke she was one of three women to win an open event in that year's WSOP. Liebert also appeared on and won the series 2005 Poker Royale:...