2010 June 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Yesterday was Memorial Day, so we decided to take a bit of a break. Hope you didn’t miss us too much. We’re back at it today, though, bringing you all the news you wanted to read and then some. First, we’ll tell you how to get perma-banned from…
Faraz Jaka is one of the hottest tournament poker players playing today and is known only as “The Toilet” because he used to always love to hit flushes. Jaka made this video exclusively for Poker News Daily which is a tour of his home at the Aqua Building which is rated by some as the single nicest building to live in worldwide, which resides in downtown Chicago.
Born in Delray Beach, Florida on December 20, 1976, Michael Binger is a part-time poker player who now resides in Atherton, California.
Born in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida in 1978, Robert Mizrachi was taught the game of poker by his mother at a very young age. The eldest of four boys, Robert introduced poker to his brothers and it remained a common thread between them as they grew up. While his younger sibling Michael ‘The Grinder’ is arguably the most famous Mizrachi brother, Robert has carved out a nice career for himself as well. Michael’s twin Eric is also a poker player, while their youngest brother Daniel Mizrachi is a professional magician.
Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Kirk Morrison has had an interesting run as a professional poker player and gambler. At just 20 years of age, he moved to Las Vegas to play blackjack for a living. While in Sin City, Morrison met a group of young poker players – Daniel Negreanu, Layne Flack, and Allen Cunningham – who convinced him that poker was the more profitable game.
On today’s Daily Deal: will the UIGEA be implemented today? Who’s ahead at the WSOP Players Championship? Also, Phil Ivey joins the World Series of Good and promotes his own charitable foundation.
After four long days of play at the Rio in Las Vegas, the $50,000 Player’s Championship will conclude today with a stacked final table that includes John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Daniel Alaei and the Michael and Robert Mizrachi. It will be…

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