Over the course of his 22-year career, Lance Bradley’s has interviewed multiple world champions, icons of the poker world, and wrote about the amateur players who serve as the lifeblood of the poker world. He has had bylines with ESPN, BLUFF Magazine, PocketFives.com, WPT.com, and Enzuigiri.com.
-
A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young’s Life
Jason Young has a decent collection of stuff he can put up on the mantle. The World Series of Poker bracelet he won in 2008 could be the centerpiece of it all. The trophy he got for taking down a WPTDeepStacks event in January should be there as well. But…
-
Bob, Charlie and a Life-Changing WSOP Main Event Journey
Monday at the 2016 WSOP Main Event, 27 players will play down to just nine – the November Nine. And while those players are living out the fantasy of nearly every poker player alive, one man is leaving Las Vegas and the WSOP with a lifelong dream fulfilled and a…
-
Isai Scheinberg: His Company, His Legacy, and How Black Friday Impacted Both
It’s mid-December 2020 and a tennis court just north of San Jose, Costa Rica is home to one of the most hotly-contested tennis matches of the year. This isn’t a battle between a couple of former top-ranked tennis pros and the stakes aren’t all that high, but the combatants are…
-
Cancer Fight Didn’t Stop John Bird from His Golden Passport Moment
John Bird knew that when he took his seat in the ClubWPT Gold $5m Invitational Freeroll, it was going to be special – but his reason is quite different from any of the other 2,000 Golden Passport winners. It’s not uncommon to hear stories from some of poker’s biggest tournaments…
-
Pulling Back the Curtain: The Real Phil Ivey. Finally.
You probably think you know a little something about Phil Ivey, the man many believe is the hands-down best player of his generation. You’ve no doubt heard the No Home Jerome story that came from his use of a fake ID. You’re familiar with the legendary tale about him sleeping…
-
Broken: The Erick Lindgren Story
For a man once labeled “Everybody’s All-American” the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are usually jam-packed with trips to the mall to buy presents for the family, multiple trips up and down a ladder while putting Christmas lights on the house and then back to the mall so Junior…
-
A Clean Getaway: Greg Merson’s Pathway to the WSOP Main Event Final Table
Minutes after winning the $10,000 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em event at the 2012 WSOP Greg Merson was doing the requisite interviews with poker media. Still in a state of shock from accomplishing one of his life goals, Merson navigated his way through the usual barrage of questions that are asked,…
-
Rebel With a Cause: Vanessa Selbst Wants to Take on More Than Poker
If you were to write down everything you know about Vanessa Selbst you’d probably quickly come up with a few things that have been driven home about her since she burst onto the poker scene. There might be one or two other items on your list (she’s a Team PokerStars…
-
A Dream & A Nightmare: Arash Ghaneian’s Journey to a WSOP Bracelet
When the opening day of the $1,500 HORSE event finished, Arash Ghaneian bagged up his chips and raced home. He was exhausted, having played through ten levels of poker to finish with 26,100, a little bit above the average. At 40 years old, Arash isn’t a young gun anymore and…
-
Nothing’s Over Till You’re Underground: The Darby Allin Story
If it’s a weekend night, you can be sure that Darby Allin is working somewhere. Usually booked in the middle of the card, Allin has quickly made a name for himself on the independent wrestling scene, mainly thanks to a no-fucks-given approach to giving the people what they want while…