Sam Farha hadn’t cashed in a major poker tournament in over a year going into event No. 25 ($10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship). The cash-game pro ended the drought with his third bracelet in ...
Sammy Farha was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to the US as a teenager. He studied business at the University of Kansas before settling in Houston, Texas. Initially, he didn’t plan to become a ...
With pardons to Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman, let’s take the Wayback Machine to 2003, when Texas Hold ’em was just entering the mainstream, thanks in large part to one Chris Moneymaker. Playing ...
Huck Seed and Sam Farha won the first two quarterfinal matches Sunday to advance to the final four of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace. Farha defeated David Williams to ...
Sammy Farha is at the center of the biggest "what if" question in poker history. What if Farha called Chris Moneymaker's "bluff of the century" during heads-up play at the 2003 World Series of Poker ...
Many call it the most important moment in poker history. The every-man Chris Moneymaker defeating the seasoned high stakes poker professional Sam Farha to win the 2003 World Series of Poker while the ...
Patrick Mahomes’ younger brother Jackson is once again generating headlines for the wrong reasons. Sam Farha, the owner of a company called Rare Munchiez, took to social media this week to share a ...
Understand one thing about all the poker moves you see on television: You don’t know everything that went into a hand, especially a bluff. Sure, you can see the players’ hole cards, but you have no ...
Sam Farha is one of the quintessential old-school poker players. However, he also has the dubious honor of being best known for losing the historic heads-up battle in the 2003 World Series of Poker ...