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No Gamble, No Future
No Gamble, No Future is an American poker television program that airs on PokerGO, and premiered on August 1, 2022. The original series was announced by PokerGO on July 21, 2022, and provide cash game-focused entertainment with a variety of stakes and players partaking. The show is filmed exclusively in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is hosted by Brent Hanks and Jeff Platt. History ''No Gamble, No Future'' began as a video podcast in January 2021 with Hanks and Platt as the hosts. The show aired on Tuesdays across PokerGO's YouTube and Facebook channels and discussed poker, sports, and gambling. Guests included Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Nick Schulman, Ali Nejad, Antonio Esfandiari, Tom Dwan, Barstool Sports' Ben Mintz, and Fox Sports 1's Nick Wright. While the podcast was on break, ''No Gamble, No Future'' remained a popular PokerGO brand before it evolved into a cash game show to be aired on video streaming service PokerGO. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Hanks
Brent Hanks is an American sports commentator and professional poker player mostly known as being a member of the PokerGO break desk. He is also the co-host with Jeff Platt of the ''No Gamble, No Future'' video podcast on PokerGO that evolved into a cash game-focused entertainment show in July 2022. Early life and education Hanks was born in Fillmore, New York, and attended St. Bonaventure University where he obtained a Master's Degree in Elementary Literacy in 2007. After graduation, Hanks was a fifth-grade math and social studies teacher before becoming a professional poker player. Career Hanks is the Director of Programming for PokerGO and is tasked with putting together lineups for popular shows such as High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. As part of the PokerGO team, Hanks is also one of the co-hosts alongside Jeff Platt on the ''No Gamble, No Future'' video podcast. During PokerGO's coverage of tournament series such as Poker Masters, U.S. Poker Open, PokerG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Persson (poker Player)
Eric Persson is an American businessman, and co-founder and CEO of Maverick Gaming. Persson is also known for participating in a cash game poker match that yielded one of the largest pots in American televised poker history, $1,978,000, and for owning/operating the Maverick Gaming casinos in Nevada, Colorado, and Washington. Early life Persson was born and raised in Hoquiam, WA, near the Shoalwater Bay Indian Nation tribe that he is a member of. In 1st grade, he knew he wanted to be involved in gaming when he grew up. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to study sociology, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Political Science and Government, and Communications, earning a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1998. He then attended the Georgetown University Law Center, earning his Juris Doctor degree in 2001. Persson claims to have put himself through undergraduate and professional schooling with earnings from playing poker. Business ventures After graduating from law school, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker site. This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker effect". Early life Moneymaker's ancestors made silver and gold coins and chose the name "Moneymaker" as a modification of their German last name: "Nurmacher." Moneymaker was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Farragut High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, and later earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee. After receiving his master's degree, Moneymaker worked as a comptroller. He was also a part-time employee at a local restaurant, in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Poker career World Series of Poker Moneymaker was working as an accountant when he won a seat in the Main Event of the 2003 World Series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bord
James Bord (born 1981), is an entrepreneur and founder of shortcircuit.science, a company applying data science to medical prescription technology and climate adaption analysis. Originally from Stanmore, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ..., Bord now divides his time between London and the United States. Poker career His biggest victory came in the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, where he won $1,313,611 and became the first British champion of that event. He held pocket 10s against Fabrizio Baldassari's pocket 5s on the last hand to win the championship. A former banker for Citigroup, he left banking for poker in his mid-20s. Apart from that he has a lot cashes coming from the WSOP. Plus a second place in the Shootout - Invitational Aussie M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oppenheim (poker Player)
David Oppenheim (born March 7, 1973) is an American professional poker player. Oppenheim is from Calabasas, California. He started playing live cash games at 16, underaged, at the Bicycle Card Club (now known as the famous Bicycle Casino). He dropped college (Cal State Northridge) to start his poker career around the age of 19. He became known as one of the greatest cash games players of all time, and also became a representative of Full Tilt Poker. In 2019, David Oppenheim got inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. As of 2021, his winnings in live poker tournaments are close to $2,000,000. Poker career During the second season of the World Poker Tour, he placed third in the No-Limit Hold 'em Championship at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, earning $117,500 and third at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $50,000 The Players Championship Event, earning $603,348. In 2011 he finished first in the Australian poker series, 'Aussie Millions' with a cash prize of $250,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert F. Bellande (; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter. Background Bellande was born in Long Island, New York to parents who emigrated from Haiti. When Bellande was five years old, his family relocated to Taiwan where his mother was a Christian missionary. He spent the next thirteen years of his life in an expatriate community before returning to the United States acquiring a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Azusa Pacific University. He is a native French and English speaker, who learned to be proficient in Mandarin. He now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bellande is a Republican. Poker Bellande first gained public exposure during a World Series of Poker circuit event in March 2005. He finished 3rd, behind Doug Lee and Jennifer Harman, winning $210,900. Bellande is noted for his aggressive table banter throughout this televised event. A week later, Bellande d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Mariano
Robert Carlo Mariano (born December 25, 1975), known by the nickname Boston Rob, is an American television personality, known for appearing in the CBS reality show '' Survivor''. He placed 10th in the show's 4th season '' Survivor: Marquesas'', finished as the runner up to his eventual wife Amber Brkich in the show's 8th season '' Survivor: All-Stars'', came in 13th place in the show's 20th season '' Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'', won the show's 22nd season '' Survivor: Redemption Island'', returned for the show's 39th season '' Survivor: Island of the Idols'' as a mentor for the new players alongside Sandra Diaz-Twine, and came in 17th place in the show's 40th season '' Survivor: Winners at War''. He is the first contestant to appear on ''Survivor'' 6 times, and play 5 times. He also competed on ''The Amazing Race'' twice alongside his wife, where they placed 2nd and 8th. Personal life Mariano was born in Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Canton, Massachusett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born September 14, 1972) is an American sports executive who is the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He co-founded the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Morey's basketball philosophy, heavily reliant on analytics, favors three-point field goals and lay-ups over mid-range jumpers. This style has been dubbed "Moreyball", as a nod towards Michael Lewis's '' Moneyball''. During his tenure as general manager for the Houston Rockets from 2007 to 2020, he had posted the second-most wins in the NBA—behind only the San Antonio Spurs—and since the blockbuster trade that brought James Harden to the Rockets, he had posted the third-best record, behind only the Spurs and the Golden State Warriors. Early life and education Morey was born on September 14, 1972, in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He graduated from Highland High School in Medina, Ohio before receiving a bachelor's degree in computer s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Cigliuti
Natalia Cigliuti (born September 6, 1978) is a Uruguayan-American actress, best known for her roles as Lindsay Warner on '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' and as Anita Santos Warner on ''All My Children''. Career Cigliuti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. She spent her childhood years in South America until her family moved to New York. She started her acting career at the age of 14 after a local talent agency discovered her at a fashion show. At the age of 15, Cigliuti landed her first series, playing the role of Lindsay Warner on '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class''. This led to other television work, including a starring role on '' Pacific Palisades'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Odd Man Out'', '' The Random Years'' and numerous guest star appearances on programs such as '' CSI''. Cigliuti joined the cast of the ''All My Children'' in February 2004, playing the role of Anita Santos. In March 2006, she was let go from ''AMC'' after only two years due to declining story l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ho
Maria Ho (born March 6, 1983 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-American poker player and television host/commentator. One of the top ranked female poker players in the world, and a Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee, she has over $5,000,000 in live tournament winnings. Ho's live tournament poker record includes 80 WSOP cashes, 8 World Series of Poker final tables (including WSOPC and WSOPE final tables), 14 World Poker Tour cashes, 4 WPT final tables and 1 WPT title), and numerous additional final tables on the professional poker circuit. Outside of poker, she has been seen on many primetime television shows; making it to "Hollywood Week" on season 3 of ''American Idol'', competing on the fifteenth season of ''The Amazing Race'' and appearing as a celebrity guest on ''Deal or No Deal'' in January 2019. Early life Fluent in Mandarin and born into a traditional Taiwanese family, Maria grew up just outside Los Angeles in Arcadia, California, after her family moved from Taiw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film ''A Few Good Men'', Jacob Goldman in '' Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel ''Grumpier Old Men''; Todd Hockney in ''The Usual Suspects'', Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino'', and Bobby Chicago in '' End of Days''. From 2016 to 2022, the actor played a recurring role in '' Better Things''. Since 2017, Pollak has been a regular cast member on ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' on Amazon. Early life Pollak was born on October 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California. He is the younger son of Elaine Harlow and Robert Pollak. He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California. He attended high school at Pioneer High School in San Jose. Pollak was raised in Reform Judaism. Career Acting As an actor, Pollak's roles include the best friend or confidant characters to the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Eubank Jr
Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr (born 18 September 1989) is a British professional boxer. He has held multiple championships in two weight classes, including the WBA interim middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2021; the IBO super-middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2019; and the British middleweight title in 2016. As of February 2022, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active middleweight by BoxRec, seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and eighth by ''The Ring'' magazine. He is the son of former two-division world boxing champion Chris Eubank. Early life Eubank was born in Hove, East Sussex, the son of Chris Eubank and Karron Suzanne Stephen-Martin. He was a pupil at Brighton College, Shoreham College for one year, and Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas for two years. Eubank featured alongside his father in the reality TV series '' At Home with the Eubanks''. At the age of 16, Eubank and his brother Sebastian (deceased 2021) moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
