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There are very few people on this planet who have the luxury of being able to retire at the age of 20. Of course, being amongst the lucky few to be born into a multi-millionaire family helps, but for most of us this dream is just that; a dream that will never reach fruition, unless perhaps you posses the cunning skills to become a wizard at the game of poker. This was just the case for immense success story Shaun Deed; a poker player from New York who announced his retirement from the poker tables last year at the ripe …

Phil Laak, who is one of poker’s goofiest and most eccentric players, recently made poker news by announcing his plan to break the game’s endurance record.  To break the record for most hours spent at a poker table, Laak will have to outlast the old one set by casino poker player Paul Zimmer; Zimmer played an astounding 74 hours, 20 minutes, and 22 seconds in London’s Casino at the Empire – it’s a shame he wasn’t playing online poker where he could have earned lots of rakeback! Interestingly enough, Laak will attempt to break the record during the course of …

Michael McDonald is one of the best poker players in the world….or at least was one of the best.  McDonald’s career is seemingly at an end after he announced through his blog that he will no longer be playing live or online poker anymore.  In the blog, McDonald stated that he knew few people outside of the players he had met through Internet poker or at live poker tournaments.  McDonald wrote the following in his blog, “I think in all honesty I should be a fairly interesting person given the amount of time, resources, experience and opportunities I have but …