X-Nico

4 unusual facts about No limit


Love Minus Zero

Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Fourth track on the album Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

This image recalls Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", but is also a symbol of the lover's vulnerability in spite of her strength.

"Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (read "Love Minus Zero over No Limit") is a song written by Bob Dylan for his fifth studio album Bringing It All Back Home, released in 1965 (see 1965 in music).

The song uses surreal imagery, some of which recalls Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and the biblical Book of Daniel.


Dave Welch

His biggest cash win to date is FF 250,000 ($40,750) for winning the 1998 Euro Finals of Poker no limit hold'em poker tournament, defeating a field including Padraig Parkinson, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Patrick Bruel and Surinder Sunar.

Dewey Tomko

Tomko is chiefly noted as the runner-up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit Texas hold'em main event in both 1982 (to Jack Straus) and 2001 (to Carlos Mortensen.) Besides his success in the main event, Tomko has won three WSOP bracelets, all in different variations of poker, in addition to various other tournament wins throughout his career.

Hasan Habib

As of 2009, he has cashed fourteen times in the World Series of Poker (WSOP), including a 2nd place finish in $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event in 2000, and a 4th place finish in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em Main Event in the same year, for which he took home $326,000. In September 2005, he won the opening No Limit Hold'em event of PokerStars' fourth annual World Championship of Online Poker, taking home $306,000.

Jeff Lisandro

In May 2005, he won the $10,000 no limit hold'em World Series of Poker circuit event at Lake Tahoe, defeating Phil Ivey in the final heads-up confrontation to win the $542,360 prize.

Jeff Shulman

He finished 7th in the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit Texas hold'em main event, winning $146,700 after losing two big pots to eventual winner Chris Ferguson.

Mark Seif

In May 2003, Seif had his first money finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the $3,000 no limit Texas hold'em event, where he finished in 9th place.

Michael Binger

Just two months after receiving his PhD, he outlasted almost 8,800 players in the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 No limit Texas Hold'em Main Event, finishing third and earning $4,123,310.


see also

Aaron Kanter

His most recent success was finishing 3rd in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2008 World Series of Poker which earned him $258,862.

Alex Jacob

Jacob has 4 WSOP Final Tables, including a 3rd in Event 3 in No-Limit hold'em at the 2007 World Series of Poker

Alexandre Gomes

Gomes became the first Brazilian World Series of Poker bracelet winner after defeating a field of 2,317 players in the 2008 World Series of Poker $2000 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $770,540.

Andrew Brokos

He has a total of five World Series of Poker in the money finishes (2011-1, 2010-1, 2008-1, 2007-1, 2006-1), each in the WSOP no limit hold 'em main event.

Anna Wroblewski

Wroblewski has cashed four times at the World Series of Poker, making her best result in the 2007 WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event where she finished fourth, earning $192,876.

Bennett Arron

Bennett has written comedy material for Hale and Pace, Freddie Starr, The Real McCoy, Large, Stop the World, No Limit, The Varrell and Decker Show, Samstag Nacht, The April Hailer Show, The 11 O'Clock Show, Commercial Breakdown, RISE, V Graham Norton and Jack Whitehall's Hit The Road Jack.

Beverlei Brown

In 2003, she recorded a lead vocal on the Full Flava's song "Love Holds No Limit", which was released on the Flava's studio album Colour of My Soul.

Brian Rast

At the 2012 WSOP Rast made two final tables sixth place in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry for $137,632 and sixth place in the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $1,621,333.

China Kantner

This was followed by further credits for "Things To Come" (Freedom at Point Zero, 1979), "Out of Control" (Winds of Change, 1982), and "The Sky Is No Limit" on her father's 1983 solo album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra.

Chris Björin

He has also finished in the money in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in 1992, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Cliff Josephy

At the 2013 World Series of Poker Josephy won the $3000 No limit Hold'em Shootout to win his second bracelet.

David Grey

In addition, Grey made the final table of the 2003 $10,000 No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, where he finished eighth, receiving $160,000.

Diego Cordovez

Cordovez followed this a couple of months later with another first-place finish at the Legends of Poker no limit hold 'em event.

El Terrible

After victories over Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano and No Limit, Terrible and Texano, Jr. finished fifth in their block and did not advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

El Texano, Jr.

After victories over Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano and No Limit, Texano, Jr. and Terrible finished fifth in their block and didn't advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

Ghetto Commission

The group appeared on many of No Limit's releases from 1998 to 2000, such as Master P's Only God Can Judge Me, Lil' Soldiers' Boot Camp and Mercedes' Rear End.

Kendall Windham

They were supposed to be heels feuding with Master P's rappers, the "No Limit Soldiers", but the southern fans of WCW cheered the Rednecks instead.

Kenna James

In August 2005, James finished second to Alex Kahaner at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 No Limit hold 'em tournament, earning $588,210.

Marc Karam

He went on to place in the money at the 4th Annual Five Star World Poker Classic and the July 21, 2006 No Limit Holdem event at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker.

Matt Keikoan

Matt Keikoan is an American professional poker player who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets; his first was in the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event and his second was in the 2010 World Series of Poker $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.

Melanie Weisner

At the 2012 World Poker Tour in Johannesburg, South Africa, Weisner claimed her first major title, taking down the $1,000 no-limit six-max event for $41,289, defeating former EPT champion Lucien Cohen heads-up.

Michael Banducci

Banducci has 10 cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) he made the final table in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 WSOP won by William Durkee.

A year later on June 6, 2008 Banducci won his first World Series of Poker bracelet after defeating European Poker Tour Grand Champion Jeff Williams during heads-up play at the $1000 No Limit Holdem event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $636,736.

Michael Binger

This included a final table appearance in Event 22 a $5,000 buy-in No limit Texas Hold'em tournament (finishing 3rd) won by James Mackey.

Michael Chu

Michael Chu (born in Seoul, South Korea) is a stock trader who earned a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2007 $1,000 WSOP No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event (Event #8).

Noli Francisco

At the 1993 World Series of Poker, Francisco finished 2nd in the $2500 no limit hold'em event when he lost to Phil Hellmuth.

O'Neil Longson

He won a second bracelet in 2003 in the $5,000 no limit deuce to seven draw event, defeating a final table including runner-up Allen Cunningham, Bill Baxter, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer.

His overwhelmingly aggressive style was noted in "Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker" by Stewart Reuben and Bob Ciaffone, and his signature colossal preflop raises and betting in the dark continue to astound and confuse opponents years later.

Longson first finished in the money at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1980, finishing 4th in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event.

One Life 2 Live

The song, "Survival 1st", first appeared on the No Limit Records compilation, West Coast Bad Boyz II.

Peter Jetten

By 2006, Jetten started to utilize his talents on the tournament circuit, finishing 8th at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $2,500 Short Handed No-Limit Hold ‘em event.

Phi Nguyen

Nguyen has multiple cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) including two bracelets, his first was in the 2003 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $222,800, with a final table made up of fellow professional poker players T.J. Cloutier (9th), David Singer (7th), Steve Zolotow (6th), Tom Jacobs (5th), Kenna James (4th), Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (3rd) and Jim Miller who Nguyen beat during heads-up play.

Phil Galfond

Galfond is well known for online poker where he plays high stakes cash games primarily $200/$400 stakes and above in no-limit Texas hold 'em and pot limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt Poker under his nickname "OMGClayAiken".

Rep Porter

On June 5, 2008 Porter won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $372,843.

Ralph "Rep" Porter is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event and the 2011 World Series of Poker $2,500 Seven Card Razz event.

Simon Trumper

At the World Series of Poker he has had a 4th place finish in the 2001 $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event (which also featured Johnny Chan and Kathy Liebert; and a 5th place finish in the 2005 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (which also featured Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein (who lost a critical pot to Simon, and then complained about it in his blog.), Erik Seidel and Julian "The Kid" Gardner.

Sorel Mizzi

At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Mizzi cashed three times, including 208th in the no limit Texas hold'em main event.

Steve Dannenmann

Dannenmann feels that Dan Harrington's book on the end-game of No Limit Hold-Em tournaments helped him greatly with his success.

Stewart Reuben

Reuben also co-authored Pot-Limit and No-limit Poker with Bob Ciaffone, which Mason Malmuth called "the best information ever put out on these games".

Tanya Streeter

In 2002, she broke the men's No Limit (NLT) world diving record by diving to a depth of 525 feet (160 m) near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a record which was surpassed later that year by French diver Loïc Leferme (162 m).

Viktor Blom

After taking a small break from poker, Viktor came back strong, he deposited 10 000 SEK and decided to stick to Heads-up no limit Hold'em.

Wataru Inoue

On May 3, 2010, at Wrestling Dontaku 2010 Inoue and Yuji Nagata defeated No Limit (Yujiro Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito) and Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) in a three-way match to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.