Beat Howard Lederer in the 1st round of the National Heads-Up Championship
THE LINEUP
Poker is a game of emotions. You don’t have to translate what a bad beat feels like. The advanced math that goes into the game might appeal to some people but everyone’s heart pounds the same way when they’re on the verge of winning a big pot. Emotions can be a player’s best friend, like when he’s rewarded for trusting his gut. Or they can be his worst enemy, like when his pupils tell the world he’s holding the nut flush. It’s the true universal language, and our six international players speak it very well. “Yukon” Brad Booth hails from Canada; Allen Cunningham is a native son of the U.S.; David Benyamine is a Parisian; John Juanda is from Indonesia, John Phan is one of Vietnam’s best players, and Muscovite Ivan Demidov tries to make mother Russia proud whenever he hits the felt. They might’ve come with dollars, euros, and rubles in their pockets, but the thing they want to leave with is a Poker After Dark victory.
