Date of Birth: March 15, 1965 Birthplace: Saskatoon, Sk (Canada) Now Resides: Saskatoon Marital Status: Married to Heather Children: Arthur 7, Oliver (aka Barge) 4. Started playing poker: Age 10 in the Lipscomb's basement Favorite poker game: Hold'em (limit or no-limit) Ambition: To win the WSOP Championship. Is there another goal?

Hobbies: Poker, running, reading, and writing.

Favorite Movie: A Clockwork Orange

Favorite Music: Blues and Jazz

Favorite Place in the world: My home

Favorite Celebrity: I have enjoyed a long (in my mind) relationship with Sigourney Weaver.

Major Poker Accomplishments:

• Winner: 2002 Casino Regina Canadian Poker Championship.

• I have won three Casino Regina Poker Classic events in five years (worth slightly over $70,000 total).

• I have played in two WSOP events. Cashed both. 5th in 1998 $1500 7-stud/8. 27th im 2001 $2000 No-limit Hold'em.

• I published "Canadian Poker Monthly" from August 1997 to March 1998 and then I ran out of money and energy.

• I am a regular poker columnist with Western Player Magazine.

If you could change anything in the world, what would it be?
Peace in the middle east.

If you could change anything in the poker world, what would it be?
I would like to see casinos spend more effort on making new players at the major tournaments feel welcome. There is a tendency to pay a lot of attention to the "name" players and ignore us little folk. It is intimidating enough to plunk your money down and go up against the best, do not add to our nervousness by fawning over the name players or worse yet, letting their occasional attrocious behaviour slide. I have occasionally seen players behave in a way that I am convinced would not be tolerated if it was me behaving in the same way. Treat us little guys the same as you do the big guys... we all put down the same entry fee.