   | Game: No-Limit Texas Hold'em | Position: Middle
| Blinds: $10/$20
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You're raising three times the big blind before the flop and get two players with you, including the player on the button. Flop comes and deals Ac-Js-Ts. First player raises by $20 and you decide to raise to $60. One player folds, button goes all-in. You have $620 left, a call costs you $250. What do you do?
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How many hours do you spend on playing online poker every week?
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"The cardinal sin in poker, worse than playing did cards, worse even than figuring your odds incorrectly, is becoming emotionally involved."
- Katy Lederer
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| Clonie Gowen | 12th January, 2006 | | Clonie grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma and spent her early years growing up as a high school jock. She was one of the best players in the state championship basketball team and also a successful in the high jump in track and field. She was also crowned Miss Teen McAlester, Oklahoma. Today, Clonie is an active team member of the Full Tilt Poker along with players like Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Phil Gordon. Her winnings exceed $250,000 although we can tell for sure that she has other sources of income, let alone her position as a member of the Full Tilt Poker team, which surely brings in a buck or two. In other words, Clonie Gowen is a successful and beautiful woman who knows how to bet and bluff.
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 | | Clonie Gowen (45%) |  | | Evelyn Ng (9%) | | | Jenna Jameson (18%) | | | Shana Hiatt (27%) | | |  |
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| Jennifer Harman | 12th January, 2006 | | During the late 90s, Jennifer experienced her major breakthroughs in poker. She began playing a lot of Texas Hold'em games and participated in a few of World Series of Poker tournaments. She didn't prove herself successful there and instead she began playing cash games with a small group of people. Among these players were Daniel Negreanu and poker legend Doyle Brunson. They helped her polish her skills and climb in the stakes.
Jennifer Harman has earned hundreds of thousands of Dollars in poker winnings during the last few years. That includes the $300,000 at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic, where she scored a fourth place.
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 | | Annie Duke (14%) | | | Clonie Gowen (9%) | | | Courtney Friel (10%) | | | Jennifer Harman (66%) | | | |
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| Phil Gordon and expert commentator | 12th January, 2006 | | Phil Gordon is better known as the expert commentator who presents Bravo's hit show Celebrity Poker Showdown alongside David Foley. Phil did not land that position for no reason at all as he is a more than seasoned poker pro himself. His biggest achievement to date, a 4th place at the 2001 World Series of Poker main event for which he scored a major $400,000 win. Phil has also won the World Poker Tour's "Bay 101 Shooting Stars" tourney in 2004 taking home a total of $360,000.
Additionally, Phil Gordon is a hard core adventure traveller, having visited 6 continents and over 50 countries on his trips. To quote himself he has "dived with the Great White Sharks, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, tracked gorillas in Uganda, snow boarded down the highest sand dunes in the world, and rafted the Zambezi River."
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 | | Chris Moneymaker (8%) | | | David Foley (10%) | | | Joseph Hachem (3%) | | | Phil Gordon (78%) | | | |
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| Mike Sexton - World Poker Tour commentator | 12th January, 2006 | | Mike Sexton is better known as a spokesman and commentator for the World Poker Tour. He is a European poker champion with his very own World Series of Poker bracelet and also founder of the Tournament of Champions of Poker. To top it off, he is also a host for PartyPoker.com and a fellow writer for Card Player Magazine. If you think that poker players are big, fat and lazy, think again; Mike Sexton was a promising gymnast, ballroom dancer and a paratrooper in the U.S. Army.
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 | | Howard Lederer (17%) | | | Mike Sexton (57%) | | | Phil Gordon (13%) | | | Vince Van Patten (13%) | | | |
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| Joseph Hachem | 12th January, 2006 | | Hachem began playing poker at a serious level in 2003 and became a well-known character at the tables in Australia. His success was only in small numbers and his full time job lasted for quite some time, until he faced Aaron Kanter with a short stack in a tournament he was not supposed to win.
In early 2005, Joseph Hachem was tempted to join the World Series of Poker main event, after his friend had won a trip and the entry fee on Poker Stars. Instead of attempting to win a qualifier online, he paid the full sum of $10,000. The fact that Hachem had already finished at 10th place at an earlier WSOP $1,000 NL tournament prompted him to make yet another attempt. His take on the main event was probably the best investment in his life as he lasted all the way to the heads-up against Steve Dannenmann. Not only did Joe beat him. He won with one of the lowest starter hands in the history of WSOP, after being dealt 7-3 of spades. Hachem went for a gutshot and called a pre-flop raise and realized that when the flop dealt 6-5-4, he was just two cards away from $7,5 million. A minute later the venue was filled with excited Aussies who couldn't believe that their countryman was the winner.
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 | | Amarillo Slim (5%) | | | Joseph Hachem (74%) | | | Phil Hellmuth (14%) | | | Phil Ivey (7%) | | | |
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| Daniel Negreanu | 12th January, 2006 | | Daniel Negreanu is without a doubt a player to be feared at the table. His first real public show-off was in 1998 at the World Series of Poker. He won a bracelet in Texas Hold’em Pot Limit and became the youngest champion in the history of WSOP, already at the age of 23. This entry to the poker scene earned him the nickname "Poker Kid". The year after that, he won the United States Poker Championship. In 2001, he finished at 11th place at the WSOP Main Event.
In 2004 Daniel Negreanu repeated his success and added a grain of salt to that. He won yet another World Series of Poker bracelet and finished in the money at five other events. In addition, he won the Borgata Poker Open and the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, both earning him a total of $3,0 million. All the winnings have made him the second most successful poker player in the world.
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 | | Chris Moneymaker (3%) | | | Daniel Negreanu (88%) | | | Phil Gordon (8%) | | | Phil Hellmuth (1%) | | | |
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| Shana Hiatt - World Poker Tour host | 18th December, 2005 | | Have you seen this face before? You're either a bad boy or a World Poker Tour fan. Besides being a popular host at one of the largest poker tournaments, Shana Hiatt is previously known for showing all of her cards in the Playboy magazine. Don't confuse her with a poker player. Besides her job at WPT, she plays little or no poker at all. In fact, we're pretty sure you'd call her bluff in no time. We just wonder what would be better, a $5/$10 cash game or strip poker.
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 | | Annie Duke (10%) | | | Courtney Friel (13%) | | | Jennifer Harman (15%) | | | Shana Hiatt (62%) | | | |
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| Vince Van Patten - World Poker Tour commentator | 6th December, 2005 | | If you've ever watched poker on television then you've probably seen Vince Van Patten's face at least a couple of times. Not only is he a very talented poker player, but also a a spokesperson for Hollywood Poker and a commentator at World Poker Tour. Because of his skills, he has been awarded the nickname "King of the Hollywood Home Games". Outside the poker scene, Vince works as an actor, director, producer and even a tennis professional.
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 | | Chris Moneymaker (4%) | | | Greg Raymer (0%) | | | Mike Sexton (19%) | | | Vince Van Patten (77%) | | | |
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| Dave Ulliot | 21st November, 2005 | | David Ulliott was born in Hull, England on January 4th, 1954. He received his nick name, Devilfish, after a chinese player told him he played like a devil fish. He has earned more than $2,000,000 in poker tournaments, such as numerous World Series of Poker events and much more. He is recognized as a business man, often suited in Armani and whatnot. Don't be surprised if you find him at the table of finalists next time you watch TV.
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 | | Chris Moneymaker (10%) | | | Dave Ulliot (75%) | | | George Clooney (5%) | | | Greg Raymer (11%) | | | |
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| Doyle Brunson | 6th November, 2005 | | Doyle Brunson is a man who needs no introduction. He has collected many major poker accomplishments and is widely known as one of the most successful poker players of all time. He holds nine WSOP bracelets and two world championships. Besides spending much of his time at the Bellagio hotel, the Texas man wrote widely acclaimed poker book Super System.
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 | | Barry Greenstein (9%) | | | Chris Ferguson (5%) | | | Doyle Brunson (72%) | | | T.J. Hooker (14%) | | | |
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| Phil Laak | 24th October, 2005 | | Phil Laak is better known as the Unabomber for his trademarked sweatshirt and sunglasses. The Unabomber was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1972 and has since then worked as a sports bet broker, a market speculator and real estate investor. Phil Laak won the World Poker Tour Invitational 2004 and has since then appeared in numerous events.
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 | | Phil Collins (12%) | | | Phil Hellmuth (17%) | | | Phil Ivey (20%) | | | Phil Laak (51%) | | | |
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| Scotty Nguyen | 17th October, 2005 | | What a player, just summing up the tournament record for this Vietnamese American would be enough for a profile: 150 finishes in the money for a total of $4.7 million in cash. These money finishes of course include the poker title of poker titles as Scotty took home the World Series of Poker main event in 1998. In addition to this he has another 4 WSOP bracelets under his belt.
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 | | John Juanda (3%) | | | Johnny Chan (17%) | | | Scotty Nguyen (74%) | | | Tony Ma (6%) | | | |
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| Annie Duke | 7th October, 2005 | | Considered to be perhaps the best female poker player in the world, Annie Duke has placed in the money 37 times for a total of almost $1.2 million in winnings. She was taught to play by her equally famous brother Howard "The Professor" Lederer and also acts as poker mentor for Ben Affleck. When she is not competing at tournaments she can be found playing at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
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 | | Annie Duke (71%) | | | Cyndy Violette (7%) | | | Jennifer Harman (14%) | | | Kathy Liebert (8%) | | | |
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| Chris Ferguson | 2nd October, 2005 | | Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is one of the most popular players on the World Poker Tour and also holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from UCLA. After graduation Chris Ferguson started concentrating on professional poker but also consults on a part time basis for the California Lottery amongst others. All in all his poker tournament winnings exceed 5 million dollars.
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 | | Chris Ferguson (74%) | | | Dan Harrington (11%) | | | Doyle Brunson (13%) | | | Howard Lederer (2%) | | | |
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| Gus Hansen | 27th September, 2005 | | Gus Hansen is a well-known name to most viewers of the World Poker Tour thanks to his great success there, including winning the events at the Bellagio Casino and the Commerce Casino during season one as well as the Pokerstars Caribbean Poker Adventure during season two. Just as Erik Seidel he is a former professional backgammon player.
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 | | Chris Ferguson (10%) | | | Daniel Bergsdorf (5%) | | | Gus Hansen (83%) | | | Joe Hachem (2%) | | | |
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| Erik Seidel | 24th September, 2005 | | Erik Seidel is probably most famous for being knocked out of the 1988 WSOP main event by Johnny Chan, a defeat which is depicted in the poker movie Rounders. Seidel is far from a loser though and is a former stock trading expert, backgammon professional and one of the most succesful poker tournament players ever with over 2 million dollars won, including six WSOP titels.
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 | | Erik Seidel (59%) | | | Gus Hansen (16%) | | | Joe Hachem (15%) | | | Phil Laak (10%) | | | |
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| Chris Moneymaker | 20th September, 2005 | | This player's 2003 World Series of Poker victory helped in part make poker as big as it is today thanks to his "average Joe" personality. This in addition to the fact that Chris Moneymaker parlayed $40 by winning a online WSOP qualifier into $2.5 million meant that tons of poker fans around the world realized they too could do the same, eventhough the odds of course are very small.
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 | | Chris Moneymaker (80%) | | | Doyle Brunson (6%) | | | Greg Raymer (11%) | | | Joe Hachem (3%) | | | |
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| Phil Ivey | 15th September, 2005 | | Phil Ivey is generally considered to be one of if not the best tournament player in the world, this card dealer gone poker player has 5 World Series of Poker bracelets, 21 money finishes and almost $2 million in prize money.
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 | | David Williams (7%) | | | Phil Ivey (79%) | | | Phil Laak (6%) | | | Will Davidson (8%) | | | |
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| Phil Hellmuth | 15th September, 2005 | | Born 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin Phil Hellmuth started playing poker in 1985 and won the World Series of Poker main event just 4 years later, with Johnny Chan taking 2nd place. All in all he has won 9 bracelets and over $3.4 million in prize money, just at the WSOP. He's the co-owner of popular online poker room Ultimate Bet.
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 | | Dr. Phil (4%) | | | Phil Hellmuth (77%) | | | Phil Ivey (9%) | | | Phil Laak (11%) | | | |
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