Sam Trickett Blog

Sam Trickett was eager to play the Monte Carlo EPT Super High Roller but he rivered 3 times and busted on the first day.

The media speculated that Sam Trickett would attend, especially after he posted his poker plans here on the blog. Sam is on his way to Manila.

When the Premier League V final table players took their seats at the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria, yesterday, Sam Trickett was third in chips.

"The game is not as soft as people think and it is getting more and more difficult to win."

“Sam’s timing and ‘feel’ for the game is just incredible,” says American professional poker player and commentator Mixe Sexton.

Sam Trickett is featured on the cover of the March 21, 2012 edition of CardPlayer Magazine's U.S. edition with the subheading ‘High Stakes Anytime, Anyplace’.

Sam has had a number of cashes at tournaments in Nottingham over the years, including his first finish in the money ever.

Sam Trickett returns to the tournament circuit next month with hopes of getting good results and winning huge cash prizes.

Sam had been listed in 5th place on the charts since December. This week, he lost 158.86 points in the GPI’s unique ranking system to fall out of the top ten.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett answers interview questions about poker dreams, wearing sunglasses at tournaments, and his strengths and weaknesses.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett was one of the players at the Million Dollar Cash Game staged in parallel to the 2012 Aussie Millions and did pretty well.

Sam’s competition in the category included some of the biggest names in European poker. He will receive a unique trophy in the form of golden spade.

Sam Trickett is poker player of the year for 2011. It wasn't an easy task to win this award.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett was unable to repeat the success he had at last year’s Aussie Millions. He was eliminated in 7th place in the $100,000 Challenge.

After an extensive period of heads-up play, American Dan Smith knocked out Russian Mikhail Smirnov to win the high roller tournament.

In a football match final, Sam Trickett was running at full pace, slid to make a tackle, and felt felt his knee cartilage literally snap.

Sam says: "I am a Manchester United fan, a huge football fan. I have loved football for as long as I can remember. I think I was about 5 or 6 years old when I first started playing. I picked it up really quickly and fell in love with it. I used to practice nearly every day, either with other friends or just simply kicking the ball against a wall outside my house on the road. I played for my school team and I was the youngest player on the team but I was not out of my depth."

The magazine features an extensive interview with Sam Trickett, 12 months after the last one it conducted with the Team Titan pro.

Bluff interviewed Sam when he was already in Vegas, having just played the Epic Poker Tour event. Sam had arrived in Vegas after a very successful session of cash games in Macau.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett is a candidate for the Breakout Performer of the Year in the seventh annual Bluff Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards.

In addition, Sam is up for two European Poker Awards this year, both Player of the Year and Best Tournament Performance.

Sam enjoyed an amazingly successful year at the tournament tables and handsome profits at cash games.

Sam recently returned from a hugely successful foray in Macau, where media reports suggested that he was up as much as $1.8 million.

This is Sam’s highest ranking ever on the GPI, which each week ranks players based on their performance in qualifying tournaments.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) ranking charts, which were established in July, rank and track the weekly performance of the world's top 300 live tournament poker players.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett hasn’t been forgotten in the nominations for end-of-the-year poker awards nominations.

Sam Trickett landed in Macau “straight off a 12 hour plane journey and then played for 20 hours.”

Sam Trickett returns to Macau for high stakes cash game action. He posted on his Facebook page that he’s “loving poker” at the moment.

Even though Sam has become well-known for his tournament successes, he is also very successful as a poker cash game player.

Sam Trickett’s €1,000,000 first prize in the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) Main Event this month was the “highlight” of his poker career so far.

Sam Trickett’s lifetime winnings of $6,304,096 put him ahead of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott and Roland de Wolfe on England’s list of top earning poker players.

Sam Trickett defeated a field of 579 starters to capture first place at the prestigious tournament in Cannes.

Nine players remain in the tournament competing for the €1,000,000 first prize. Leading the field is none other than Team Titan’s Sam Trickett.

Sam Trickett rises to 13^th place on the Global Poker Index after his fourth place finish in the World Series of Poker Europe’s €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett is currently sixth in chips as the EPT London High Roller event concludes today with its Final Table.

I had my account up to about $350k just a few days ago but after a terrible weekend I decided to cash the remaining $200k and give online a rest for a few weeks.

After about 6 hours of play at the cash tables in Macau I was winning and playing tight and everything was going according to planand then this hand happened…

As the €8,500 buy-in Partouche Poker Tour’s Main Event takes a break until resuming action on November 12^th, Sam is chipleader at the Final Table.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett was selected as Britain’s Best Cash Player and received his award at the second annual British Poker Award ceremony.

The Team Titan star answers questions about his playing preferences.

Sam Trickett answers questions on what it’s like to be a member of Team Titan. He wants to remain Team Titan Captain for years to come.

I went into Day 3 as chipleader and probably the favorite to win the first Epic Poker League title and 1^st prize of $1,000,000. The day couldn’t really have gone much worse.

Sam Trickett talks about his dealings with Titan Poker, its professional customer support staff, and the many friends he has made.

All year I had been looking forward to the WSOP and I tried my best to prepare mentally and physically for it. I was going to the gym regularly and was eating healthy. I had a relaxing holiday in Mexico for 2 weeks right before it started and I was feeling really optimistic about the series.

We continue with our series of interviews with Team Titan’s Sam Trickett and asked him how often he bluffs at the poker table. Get ready for the answer.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett didn’t cash out in the Main Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker but he has plans to return to Las Vegas soon. We asked him some questions about his attitude towards playing poker.

Team Titan’s Sam Trickett is currently competing against some of the best players in the world at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, and he has advanced to Day 3.

In the days prior to the Main Event we caught up with Sam with some questions. Listed below is the first part of our interview with the rising poker star.

I don’t have a schedule out here because I never know how I’m going to feel. I don’t really like to stick to a schedule at all.

Sam’s hot streak from Australia kept going deep into the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series Paris. Going into Day 4, he was chipleader and the player to beat. And then he couldn’t seem to win a hand.

Team Titan member Sam Trickett played in a second Aussie Millions high roller event this week and proved once again his poker skills. He finished in second place, winning the huge prize of $1,400,000 AUD. Some of the top poker players in the world competed in this event. In heads-up play, Sam fought valiantly against Erik Seidel, but despite being initially ahead in chips, Erik emerged the eventual winner of the event.

What an amazing start to 2011! Sam Trickett from Team Titan has won the largest buy-in tournament in the southern hemisphere. By winning the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge, Sam took home the first prize of $1,525,000 AUD.

It was a very profitable session for Team Titan’s British player Sam Trickett. Sam hit the high stakes cash games in Macau recently and we wouldn't know too much about the games until Sam told the story in an interview with Bluff Europe Magazine.