by Van Williams | Sep 24, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
Juneau’s Jeremy Hamey has gone from making jumpers to making a living at the poker table. The former Alaska high school basketball star is having a career year as a professional poker player based in Los Angeles, where this week he won back-to-back tournaments...
by Doyle Woody | Jul 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
With the nearly two-month-long, 55th annual World Series of Poker all but a wrap – a couple of online events remain this weekend – Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix continued to lead Alaskans who competed in Las Vegas. Hendrix earlier this week racked his second fourth-place...
by Doyle Woody | Jul 7, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix remains Alaska’s most prominent poker player, but don’t sleep on Juneau stalwarts Jacob Thibodeau and Mario Fata, who have been cashing in regularly at the ongoing 55th annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Thibodeau has already cashed...
by Doyle Woody | Jun 16, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
Adam Hendrix has been Alaska’s most prosperous poker player for years now, and he continued his roll Saturday, when he finished fourth in a World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas to pocket $125,074. Hendrix, of Anchorage, made it to the final table of nine players...
by Doyle Woody | Jun 4, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
The $29,660 in prize money Adam Hendrix earned in a World Series of Poker event Monday in Las Vegas was only a fraction of his windfall. That’s because the pro from Anchorage also seized a slew of bounties worth nearly $160K to give him close to $200K in the $1,000...
by Doyle Woody | Jun 3, 2024 | Cover Story, Poker
With the 55th annual World Series of Poker kicking off this week in Las Vegas, Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix made a quick side trip to Durant, Oklahoma. It was a lucrative detour. Hendrix, 31, finished third in the World Poker Tour’s Choctaw Championship, a No-Limit Hold...
