Video Interviews

Dan Heimiller talks about how he enjoys playing at the final table of the celebrity tournament at the LAPC and overall how he enjoys playing live poker and online as well. Read more »

PND catches up with Lauren Kling, she mentions how her performance at the tables has improved and how much she enjoys playing live poker. Read more »

Chris DeMaci is a huge star in the world of online tournament poker who has proven in multiple big buy-in live events, he is a true force to be reckoned with. According to several online databases, DeMaci has over $1.47 in lifetime career earnings and hails from Newport Beach, CA in the United States. One… Read more »

Dwyte Pilgrim is a poker player that can no longer be considered one of the game’s best kept secrets, nor can he be considered one of poker’s best up-and-comers. After taking down a televised event on the World Poker Tour, Dwyte Pilgrim is now considered one of the best live tournament pros on the circuit… Read more »

Jason Mercier is a PokerStars Team Pro and one of the best tournament poker players in the world. He is a former Player of the Year winner and whether the games are played online or live, he’s usually got a deep run in him. Mercier joined us from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which… Read more »

Erick Lindgren is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner who also has a coveted WSOP Player of the Year title under his belt. In this interview, Lindgren discusses his passion for sports and his take on sports betting. Lindgren is well known in Las Vegas for being a more than capable sports bettor. When… Read more »

Faraz Jaka, one of the breakout poker superstars of 2010, joins us from the tournament floor to talk about how his 2011 has been progressing and as his tradition, shows off his latest bizarre but whimsical headgear. So what’s going on with his current hat that looks like a baby seal? Jaka explained, “I was… Read more »

Jason Senti rejoins us and talks about life after the November Nine and how poker is going for him in 2011. Senti recently participated in a November Nine reunion tournament at Foxwoods Casino. As rumor has it, some of the final table members from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have become genuine… Read more »

Prahlad Friedman is one of the best poker players on the planet, be it in live tournaments or cash games or when he’s playing online. He recently signed a deal to become UB.com’s frontman for their marketing and now bears a UB.com patch at events. We caught up with Friedman at the recent LAPC Main… Read more »

Mike Matusow talks about his life, poker in 2011 and more in this interview with Poker News Daily. Nicknamed “The Mouth”, Mike Matusow is one of the most popular poker pros on the planet. He has three World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, each in a different game of poker. His first bracelet… Read more »

Gavin Smith joins us to discuss poker, life, Canada and of course, hockey. When asked if he played hockey, Smith admitted he played the game for over 30 years. Is there a connection between hockey players and them being good poker players? “Well, I definitely don’t think there is a connection because there’s a lot… Read more »

2010 November Nine member Matt Jarvis visits us to discuss life after the World Series of Poker Main Event and how things have changed for this talented poker player. Jarvis had some bad luck at the final table and ended up finishing in 8th place for just over $1 million. In this interview, Jarvis discusses… Read more »

Taking down $1.1 million from FTOPS XIX’s Main event is just the latest accomplishment for poker pro Blair Hinkle. The young gun who goes by the online name of “Blur5f6” and originally hails from Kansas City, also won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2008 in the $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event for over… Read more »

Season IX of the World Poker Tour debuted last night and we caught up with Vince Van Patten to talk about this radically new season that is shown on Fox Sports Net. Van Patten has been the co-host of the World Poker Tour, along with poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton, for every single year… Read more »

Joe Hachem joins us from a cocktail party in Las Vegas and briefly discusses topics on his home country of Australia and what it is to be a member of Team PokerStars Pro. In addition, he comments about welcoming Vanessa Selbst and David Williams to the team. When we asked Hachem, who won the World… Read more »

CardRunners instructor Verneer joins our newsmaker hotline to discuss his charity drive to turn a $200 bankroll on Full Tilt Poker into $10,000 and give it all away to charity. Verneer is planning to not just catalog his climb in the micro-stakes games but also make training videos to watch on CardRunners so that people… Read more »

Foxwoods Casino will be hosting a reunion of the 2010 WSOP November Nine this coming February at the Mega Stack Challenge, which kicks off on Friday, February 4th and runs through Saturday, February 13th, 2011. Foxwoods Casino spokesperson and ESPN personality Bernard Lee breaks the news on our news maker hotline exclusively at Poker News… Read more »

Robert Croak recently announced that he’s joining DeepStacks Live as a partner. Croak has gained huge acclaim as the creator and CEO of SillyBandz. He brings his expertise as a master marketer and brand manager to take the DeepStacks brand to the next level. In this exclusive interview with Poker News Daily, Croak explains first… Read more »

Sorel Mizzi was the poker coach for November Nine member Matt Jarvis. It was Mizzi’s hope to coach Jarvis all the way to the win at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, however, Jarvis fell short and was eliminated in eighth place. When asked about the relationship he has with Jarvis, Mizzi explained,… Read more »

George Lind, better known as Jorj95 online, is one of the sickest long-term grinders in online poker history. His exploits have earned him the top honor of the PokerStars VIP system in SuperNova Elite status every single year it has been available. We caught up with Jorj95 at the NAPT Los Angeles stop at the… Read more »

Adam “Roothlus” Levy is a poker player with over $3 million in career earnings and a true beast of online tournament poker. Sponsored by UB.com, Levy is coming off a sick run in the World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished 12th. Much of the interview focused on Levy’s mindset following such a… Read more »

Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin joins us for an interview, filmed at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles during the North American Poker Tour stop in Los Angeles. Baldwin is a player quickly gaining steam as one of the fastest rising stars in live tournament poker. Baldwin first made a comment about some of the internet exclusive… Read more »

Bryan Devonshire is a Team UB pro and well known in the live tournament circuit. His reputation is one of being a great guy off the felt that enjoys nature and the outdoors, which is a stark contrast to many of the poker players out there who never get to see the light of day.… Read more »

Liv Boeree one of the hot names in the world of poker right now. She’s worked in the industry as an interviewer and at the same time gained respect as a live tournament player. In this interview, Boeree talks about her perspective of winning the EPT San Remo event and how that has fueled her… Read more »

Norman Chad is the co-host of ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker. Fresh off the taping of the WSOP’s Main Event Final Table, Chad joins us via our Newsmaker Hotline to discuss the coverage ESPN gave the World Series this year and talk about how this final table differed from past November Nine… Read more »