December 2011
The British Aren’t Coming: They’re Already Here
Smiling back at you from this month’s cover of BLUFF Is Chris Moorman. He might not be instantly recognizable by his face alone, but he will be in short order. For years now, Moorman, playing under the name “Moorman1,” has dominated the online game. This past year, though, he focused on the live game and [...]
Lock Star
CHRIS MOORMAN GOES FROM ONLINE BEAST TO UNSTOPPABLE LIVE FORCE Though he is only 26 years old, Chris Moorman is arguably one of the best online tournament players in history. With nearly $7.5 million in online winnings, high finishes in every year of our Online Player of the Year race, a SCOOP Main Event final [...]
2011 Reader’s CHOICE nominees
The end of another calendar year means it’s time for poker fans to have their voice heard yet again in the seventh annual BLUFF Reader’s Choice Awards. Voting opens on Monday, December 5 and will run until Monday, January 9, 2012. This year we’ve come up with 13 categories for you to vote on covering [...]
The Lock-In
LOCK PROS GET A WEEKEND IN FRANCE TO GET MEDIEVAL WITH EACH OTHER It is the semifinals of a tournament packed with poker talent. Nicky Evans and Bryan Pellegrino are heads-up, each vying for a spot in the finals. Sure, heads-up Sit & Gos may be Pellegrino’s specialty, but Evans has momentum from previous rounds [...]
WSOP Europe recap
When people think of the city of Cannes, France, images of red carpets and the world’s biggest movie stars immediately come to mind. For two weeks in October however the poker world took over the French Riviera city for the World Series of Poker Europe. Moving from London to Cannes wasn’t the only change for [...]
The Mother of all Bounty Tournaments
IF YOUR GOING TAKE MONEY, IT MAY AS WELL BE FROM THESE GUYS… Who doesn’t love bounty tournaments? The opportunity to recoup your buy-in or, hell, turn a profit without making the money is a scenario that attracts poker players by the boatload. So it’s no surprise that during any ordered series of events, the [...]
De Jen
When I was first starting out, a clever journalist dubbed me “the Unabombshell,” and it kind of stuck. I never liked it because the implication is that I am purely decorative, like one of those pin-ups painted on the side of a WWII fighter plane. Also, it somehow makes me an adjunct of Phil. I [...]
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