POKER INFO - PROILE - Hoyt Corkins

Hoyt is my cousin. I am very proud of him. Especially the day he "SPANKED" Phil Helmuth! It was a sweet sweet day! And as to why he took time off from the game, NO he wasn't locked up! Only someone who is well versed with being "locked up" would ask that. For the so called "fans of good poker" if you are true fans of good poker then you enjoy how my cousin comes in and controls the table, in stead of making comments of something you don't really understand, why don't you learn a thing or 2 about the game, then maybe you will understand that Hoyt is the hold 'em master! I love you Hoyt!! Oldest cousin in Phoenix AZ

Hoyt is an ok player

Now on to what this site is about- Hoyt is a great poker player who not only can play NL holdem but many games of poker. I love watching him play and wonder what is going on in his mind when he plays. You can tell he is giving great thought to the game and is sizing up his opponents, which he does with such finese. Hoyt, unlike many players, never critizes another player's plays and continually behaves like a gentleman, which I'm sure he is in every day life as he manifests that continually on the poker table. I hope we see alot more of Hoyt on TV playing poker. When can we next see Hoyt?

I just heard that Hoyt is going to be on ESPN on March 24th and 26th for the US Poker Championship filmed at the Taj Mahal last fall.

I have seen Hoyt play before in the Horseshoe in Tuninca, MS, a total gentleman and ambassador of the game. The world needs more poker players like him. He is old school poker revisited, let your game speak for itself and be a human being at and away from the table. This guy is a personal favorite of mine and I am sure he will continue to be successful in the future.

I agree he is a great player. But I don't understand the one (televised) horrible play he made at the US Poker Championship: Hoyt was third in chips at the final table, right behind John D'Agostino, and he moves his whole stack all in against the blinds with 87o. He is risking his whole stack for the blinds, and he is close to second in chips! He is begging for a call if anyone has a pocket pair or even AK, AQ, etc. D'Agostino immediately calls with 1010, and he is a 4-1 favorite! The flop comes rag 77, and the turn another 7! I could not believe it...D'Agostino had such a great chance to win the whole thing even without that hand, and this completely took him out. Hoyt became chip leader, and later went out in third. This single play made me rethink just how good Hoyt is...

This guy is the best. if he's so bad why is he one of the last 10 in just about every tournament? I dont know how many he has won, but i see more of him than your man hellmuth. If they could create a new poker game, by which people complain, well phil would be champion again.