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Crandell Addington

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 04:26:08 +0000

Biography

Crandell “Dandy” Addington is an American poker player and member of the Poker Hall of Fame. He was one of the inaugural players in the 1970 World Series of Poker, and holds the record for most final table appearances (seven). He finished second in the WSOP Main Event on two separate occasions (1974 & 1978). Nicknamed “Dandy” due to his outfits at the table, Doyle Brunson says that Addington stood out like he was some sort of movie star at the tables. “He liked to wear expensive cowboy boots, immaculate Western outfits, and a top-line Stetson,” said Brunson. Poker Hall of Famer Crandell Addington Reveals Secrets from Early Days of WSOP He left poker in 1980s to focus on a career in business. “I haven’t played in Vegas in years and years. When I retired I focused on my business enterprises,” Addington told PokerNews in 2020. “I don’t even play around San Antonio anymore, and they’ve got some really high-stakes games here now, which is what I like to play cash, no-limit high stakes.”

Eli Elezra

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:26:08 +0000

Biography

Eli Elezra is one of the most instantly recognizable poker players in the world, thanks to him enjoying a long and illustrious career going back to the mid-1990s. The five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is equally adept at tournament poker as he is at high-stakes cash games. Elezra was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2021.

Background

Elezra was born November 24, 1960, in Jerusalem, Israel, and has lived a colorful and varied life. Like many Israelis, Elezra served in his country’s army, donning the uniform id the Israel Defence Force’s Golani Brigades, one of the country’s elite military units. Elezra spent three weeks in prison for refusing to comply with military orders but went on to become a lieutenant. A leg injury sustained during the 1982 Lebanon War curtailed Elezra’s military career. Elezra learned more about poker while he was in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He moved to the United States following his discharge from the army. Alaska was Elezra’s first port of call. Here he had several jobs, including working in the thriving Alaskan fish industry, he drove a taxi for a while, before heading to Las Vegas where he became the owner of a successful film-developing business. Now flush with cash from his business interests, Elezra began playing more poker in and around Las Vegas. he initially focused on the lucrative cash games but soon found he had a penchant for tournament poker. His first WSOP cash came in 1999 when he finished seventh in a $2,500 Limit Omaha event. Since then, Elezra has cashed more than 70 times in WSOP events, winning five gold bracelets along the way. Bracelet number one came at the 2007 WSOP in the $3,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event. Elezra has since added another four bracelets to his collection.

John Juanda

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:25:53 +0000

Biography

Often, when big names in the poker world are tossed around amongst fans of the game, John Juandas name is left out. Its not that he hasnt had a deserving career, but rather his quiet nature that sometimes leaves people to forget about how great a player he really is. Intro John Juanda is a professional poker player of Chinese-Indonesian origin currently residing in Marina del Rey, California. He is known for winning five World Series of Poker bracelets first of which he collected in 2002 by winning the $1,500 Limit Ace to Five Triple Draw event for almost $50,000. He was also one of the founders of the infamous online poker site Full Tilt Poker. Background Born in Indonesia, Juanda came to the United States in 1990 when he enrolled at Oklahoma State University. After graduating from OSU, John went on to receive an MBA from Seattle University. In order to help with the cost of school, Juanda worked various jobs on the side. One of his jobs had the high school track star selling bibles from door to door. When not working or attending class, Juanda spent time in local casinos, where he began honing his skills in poker. It didnt take long for Juanda to realize that poker was his calling. In 1996, John completed his MBA program and took to the West Coast felt. In order to seek out larger stakes, Juanda relocated to California. World Series of Poker After sticking it out in cash games and smaller buy-in tournaments, Juanda set out for the WSOP in 1999 where he cashed in two events. The following year, he cashed again at the WSOP and also earned a second-place finish at the United States Poker Championships. Just a couple of years later, in 2002, Juanda was able to put together a nice string of five cashes at the WSOP, one of which earned him his first bracelet. The next year, Juanda returned to the WSOP and landed himself two more bracelets. In 2008 Juanda won his first WSOP Europe bracelet by taking down the WSOPE London Main Event, good for over $1.5 million. John Juanda’s Top 5 WSOP Results

Mike Sexton

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:26:08 +0000

Biography

Mike Sexton was an American poker player and commentator. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. Over the course of his career he won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and World Poker Tour title, and was a long-time commentator for the World Poker Tour alongside Vince van Patten. Sexton passed away in September 2020 from prostate cancer aged 72. Shortly before his death, the WPT Champions Cup was renamed to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.

Jack Binion

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:25:49 +0000

Biography

Jack Benny Binion, the son of casino titan Benny Binion, is a hugely respected name amongst the world’s elite poker players, both past and present, as well as Las Vegas’ biggest high rollers. Binion was the first ever host of the World Series of Poker and has left a legacy in the game that is rivalled by few. Poker & Pop Culture: Jack Binion Sorts Fact From Fiction Regarding Moss-Dandolos Match

Chip Reese

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 02:25:43 +0000

Biography

David “Chip” Reese was an American poker player regarded by many to be one of the best all-around poker players in history. During his career, he won three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and in 1991 was the youngest living player to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. At the 2006 WSOP, he won the inaugural $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Reese died in 2007 aged just 56. Looking Back At The Illustrious History of the Poker Players Championship

Brian Sailor Roberts

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:26:06 +0000

Biography

Brian “Sailor” Roberts was an American poker player who won the 1975 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. One of the original Texas road gamblers, Roberts won two WSOP bracelets during his career. He died in June 1995, and was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2012.

Biography

Roberts was born in San Angelo, Texas on March 7, 1931. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the US navy and served in the Korean War, earning himself the nickname “Sailor”. When he eventually returned to Texas, he began playing in underground poker games with fellow rounders Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim. In his book ‘Super System’, Brunson writes the following: “Sailor, Slim and I stuck together for six years or so and we had some mighty fine times. Once in a while we were down, but mostly we managed to hold our own better than most. Our partnership finally broke up after our first big trip to Las Vegas. We lost our entire bankroll (close to six figures) and, believe me. theres nothing more cantankerous than three broke gamblers, but we have remained close friends to this day”.

Thomas Amarillo Slim Preston

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:26:06 +0000

Biography

Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston was an American poker player who won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He went on to win three other bracelets in three different decades, the last of which came in 1990. Following his success, he appeared on national television including the The Tonight Show, Good Morning America and 60 Minutes. In 1992, Preston was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, recognising his WSOP success and attempts to change the image of poker. Preston passed away in April 2012, aged 83. Related: Remembering “Amarillo Slim” Preston (1928-2012)

Doyle Brunson

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:25:56 +0000

Biography

Doyle Brunson was an American poker player, often referred to as ‘The Godfather of Poker’. He was arguably one of, if not the greatest poker player of all time and a true legend of the game. Brunson passed away in May 2023 at the age of 89. Brunson was best known for winning the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 1976 and 1977. He was one of only four players to have won the Main Event on more than one occasion. He achieved the feat in back-to-back years, something that only three others have achieved. He is a ten-time WSOP bracelet winner, and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He also won a World Poker Tour title in August 2004. Brunson authored one of the earliest poker strategy books, Super/System, which is regarded as one of the most important poker books of all time and is credited for influencing several generations of poker players.

John Hennigan

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:25:47 +0000

Biography

John Hennigan is an American poker player and six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018.

Biography

Born on August 10, 1970, Hennigan learned to play pool at a young age, traveling to play on the pool circuit. A big gambler, Hennigan gained the nickname “Johnny World” due to his willingness to gamble on anything in the world. Gambling on pool would lead him to poker, with his first recorded cash coming in 1997. In 2002, he won his first WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament for $117,320. That same year, he placed fourth in the WPTs Five-Diamond World Poker Classic for over $80,000. To close out the year, he took down the Main Event at the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City for $216,000. With one gold WSOP bracelet wrapped around his wrist, John came back in 2004 to claim another one in the $5,000 Limit Holdem event for $325,000. Throughout his time on the tournament circuit, Hennigan continued to play cash games on the side. He sat in on some of the largest games around with the best players. He was often referred to as one of the best, all-around cash players and he earned a lot of respect from his peers as being an extremely tough opponent to face. In 2007, Hennigan traveled back to Atlantic City for the Borgata Winter Open. He came out on top of the Championship Event and earned over $1.6 million. In 2008, Johnny World won the Ante Up for Africa Charity Event at the WSOP. John Hennigan WSOP Bracelets

Eric Drache

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:25:45 +0000

Biography

Eric Drache is an American former cardroom manager and tournament director who was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2012. Drache served as tournament director for the WSOP from 1973 to 1988, developed the concept of satellites, helped establish the PHoF, and has served as cardroom manager for Mirage and the Golden Nugget. Im not only surprised and honored to have been selected, Im also a bit embarrassed considering the other nominees, Drache said of his selection. When Jack Binion and myself worked on creating the Hall of Fame, I never considered myself a potential candidate. Im particularly happy for the family of Sailor Roberts. Sailor by everyones account, including my own personal observations, was a great player and played many games very well.

Dave Ulliott

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:26:12 +0000

Biography

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott was a British poker player. During his career, he won both a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a World Poker Tour title. He died in 2015 and was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2017.

Biography

Ulliott was born in 1954 in Kingston upon Hull. He left school at 15 and became involved in organized crime. During his 20s, Ulliott served a number of spells in prison for various crimes including insurance fraud, armed robbery and affray. Shortly after Ulliott met his second wife, he decided to abstain from criminal activities and focused on poker. He would regularly travel to poker games across England.

Carlos Mortensen

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 03:25:58 +0000

Biography

Carlos Mortensen is an Ecuadorian poker player who won the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Known as ‘El Matador’, Mortensen has also won three World Poker Tour (WPT) titles and has cashed for over $6.7 million on the WPT alone, more than any other player. In 2016, Mortensen was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Biography

Born in Ambato, Ecuador on April 13, 1972, Mortensen moved to Spain as a child. He studied at the University of Madrid and worked as a bartender, before eventually moving to the United States in the late 1990s to play poker. His first cash at the WSOP was a seventh-place finish in a $3,080 No-Limit Hold’em tournament at the 2000 World Series of Poker. Read More: My First WSOP: Carlos Mortensen Goes Big Score Hunting

Berry Johnston

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:25:54 +0000

Biography

Berry Johnston is an American poker player who won the 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career he has won five WSOP bracelets, including in Razz and Omaha, with his first bracelet coming in the very first WSOP Heads-Up Event held at the WSOP. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2004. Johnston’s last live WSOP cash came during the 2016 World Series of Poker, but he most recently cashed in two events during the 2020 WSOP Online.

Tom McEvoy

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:25:44 +0000

Biography

Tom McEvoy is an American poker player who won the 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He is a four-time WSOP bracelet-winner and in 2013, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. “I consider this the highest honor a poker player can receive next to winning the Main Event of the World Series of Poker,” he said at the time. “I feel both deeply honored and humbled to be included with all the other poker greats.”

Tom McEvoy

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:25:44 +0000

Biography

Henry Orenstein

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:25:44 +0000

Biography

Henry Orenstein was a Polish-American toy maker, poker player and entrepreneur. He is the patent holder for the hole cam, a device that enabled players to see player’s hole cards, which was instrumental in the poker boom. He won a WSOP bracelet in 1996 in a $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud event for $130,000. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2008 and passed away in December 2021 aged 98. Henry Orenstein: The Holocaust Survivor and Inventor Who Forever Changed Poker

Layne Flack

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 13:25:43 +0000

Biography

Born May 18, 1969, Layne Flack hailed from Rapid City, South Dakota before working as a poker dealer in small card clubs in Montana. Eventually, he found his way to Nevada and learned under poker greats like Johnny Chan and Ted Forrest. “At 24, he and his girlfriend moved to Reno, Nevada and by 1995, when his daughter Hailey was born, Layne was a full-time professional poker player,” Al Moe previously wrote in this PokerNews profile. The piece continued: “His first big score came at the Horseshoe, where he won a Hall of Fame $1500 no-limit hold’em event, and pocketed $68,000. Other tournament wins followed, and so did some high-limit live action. Layne’s ability didn’t go unnoticed by poker’s best players, and when he went through a few bad sessions, Johnny Chan was more than willing to back his play.”

Lyle Berman

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:26:09 +0000

Biography

Lyle Berman boasts a 30 plus year poker playing career with a first recorded live tournament cash in 1983 and his last coming in 2017. In that time, Berman has won three World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets as well as $2,694,140 in total live tournament earnings. A member of the Poker Hall of Fame, inducted in 2002 alonside Johnny Chan, and a co-founder of the World Poker Tour (WPT), where he holds the position of chairman. Berman’s influence in poker is felt on and off the poker table and holds legendary status in the spheres of the industry. During his peak on the felt people in Las Vegas thought of Berman as the best non-pro, no-limit poker player they’d ever met.

Johnny Chan

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:25:59 +0000

Biography

Johnny Chan is a Chinese-American poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including the WSOP Main Event in 1987 and 1988. He is the last player to win the Championship event in back-to-back years. In 2002, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. WSOP Legend: Two-Time Main Event Champ Johnny Chan

Biography

Born in China, Chan came to the United States in 1968 with his family to Arizona. After a few years spent there, Chan and his family relocated to Texas where his family owned a restaurant in Houston. Planning to keep with tradition and take over the family business, Chan took classes at the University of Houston. However, aged just 21, he moved to Las Vegas having decided to become a professional poker player. Chan took a number of temporary jobs to build his bankroll, before winning Bob Stupak’s 1981 American Cup, eliminating 13 of his 16 opponents in just over half an hour. This win earned him the nickname ‘The Orient Express’

Bobby Baldwin

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:26:05 +0000

Biography

Bobby Baldwin is an American poker player. A member of the Poker Hall of Fame, inducted in 2003, Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event and three other WSOP bracelets. Nicknamed the Owl, Baldwin has his first two bracelets in 1977. The following year he defeated Crandell Addington heads-up to win the WSOP Main Event. He was 28 years old and was the youngest winner in the history of the WSOP Main Event. That record was eventually broken by Stu Ungar just two years later. His fourth WSOP bracelet came in 1979 after winning the $10,000 2-7 Draw event, the same event he had won for his first bracelet two years earlier. Baldwin’s last major cash came in 2012, finishing seventh in the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $1,408,000. The famed high-stakes poker room at the Bellagio is named ‘Bobby’s Room’ after Baldwin. Railbird Report: A Look Inside Bobby’s Room

Jack Keller

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:25:58 +0000

Biography

Jack Keller was an American poker player who won the 1984 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He won two other WSOP bracelet as well as Amarillo Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker twice. Outside of poker, Keller served in the US Air Force prior to becoming a poker player. Keller was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1993. He died on December 5, 2003, aged 60.

Billy Baxter

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:25:55 +0000

Biography

Billy Baxter is an American poker player and seven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Five of Baxter’s seven bracelets have come in 2-7 Draw. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006 and has amassed over $2.7 million in career earnings. Baxter famously won a 1986 court case that argued that poker was a game of skill. In 2010, Baxter narrowly missed out on a World Poker Tour title, finishing fifth for $246,921. This remains the largest cash of Baxter’s career. More than a decade later, Baxter came within inches of winning his first Hold’em bracelet in the $1,000 Seniors Championship at the 2023 WSOP, finishing runner-up to Lonnie Hallett for $473,212. Billy Baxter WSOP Bracelets

David Oppenheim

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:25:44 +0000

Biography

David Oppenheim is an American poker player who was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2019. Having started out playing poker during his second year in college, Oppenheim has been consistently crushing the the high stakes cash games for many years. He is a regular winner in the high stakes games in Bobby’s Room. “Being recognized as one of the all-time greats by my peers is truly humbling, and I am honored to have been selected to the Poker Hall of Fame,” said Oppenheim about his induction. “I have been so fortunate to be able to do what I love for a living. I never planned to be a professional poker player; rather, it was a passion that became my job.

Barry Greenstein

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:25:56 +0000

Biography

Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player from Chicago, Illinois. He is widely recognized as The Robin Hood of Poker for donating big parts of his poker winnings to charity. Greenstein has three World Series of Poker bracelets in his trophy collection as well as two World Poker Tour titles.

Intro

Barry is a very professional player and never seems to lose his cool at the table, even if he does lose the occasional $1 million pot on an episode of High Stakes Poker. Maybe not the most intimidating player at the table, Greenstein employs a calculated and very analytical approach to that game that makes him a feared force by the other members of any table he sits down at.

Linda Johnson

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:25:46 +0000

Biography

Linda Johnson is an American poker player and former WSOP bracelet winner. She was an inaugural inductee to the Women in Poker Hall of Fame and was the second woman (after Barbara Enright) to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. “I am extremely proud and humbled to be voted into the Poker Hall of Fame, Johnson said at the time. I feel lucky to have been involved in many facets of poker over the past 35 years. Being recognized by the industry is a tremendous honor. Johnson began playing poker in the 1970s, and eventually quit her job to become a full-time poker player. She played poker until 1993 when she purchased CardPlayer Magazine and became the magazines publisher, turning the magazine into a 132-page full-color magazine. In 1997, she won a WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Razz event, becoming only the second woman ever to win an open WSOP bracelet event. Women of the WSOP: Linda Johnson is the ‘First Lady of Poker’ In 2017, she was the inaugural receipient of the WPT Honors Award for her extraordinary contributions to helping poker. Throughout her career, she severd as WPT Studio Commentator for the first six seasons of the WPT.

Johnny Moss

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:26:06 +0000

Biography

Johnny Moss was an American gambler and poker player. His nickname was ‘The Grand Old Man of Poker’. During his career, he won nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including three WSOP Main Events (1970, 1971, 1974), a feat matched only by Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, 1997). In 1979, Moss was an inaugural inductee to the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. Moss died in December 1995, aged 88.

Dan Harrington

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:25:46 +0000

Biography

Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career, “Action Dan” won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings. In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Biography

Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. A former chess State champion, Harrington also excelled at backgammon. He first learned to play poker while attending Suffolk University. He often travelled to Harvard, where he played poker against Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Harrington was part of a group of players who were regulars at the Mayfair Club in New York. They included Jay Heimowitz, Al Krux, Erik Seidel, and Steve Zolotow. However, Harrington remained at university and eventually graduated with a degree in government and history. Over the next ten years, Harrington worked as a bankruptcy lawyer before switching to poker. He first cashed in the WSOP in 1986 and made it to the final table of the Main Event in 1987, finishing sixth. He added another cash in 1988, but would have to wait until 1995 to win his first bracelet, winning a $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event for $249,000.

Dan Harrington

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:25:46 +0000

Biography

Jack McClelland

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 01:26:06 +0000

Biography

Jack McClelland is a former poker tournament director and cardroom manager. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of fame in 2014. Being inducted into the Class of 2014 Poker Hall of Fame is a very exciting prospect and I am sure it will be a very humbling experience, said McClelland. I thank everyone involved in this process and to the WSOP, WPT and all of the great people I have met and the wonderful people I have worked with throughout the years. Thank you for bestowing this honor upon me. I am very grateful.

Todd Brunson

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:25:45 +0000

Biography

Todd Brunson may be the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson, but since turning pro himself after dropping out of Texas Tech University, Todd had put his own stamp on the poker world. Among his accolades, Todd has amassed over $3.2 million in career tournament earnings and owns his own WSOP gold bracelet. Much like his father, most of Todds poker career has been spent playing cash games. Hes a regular in the highest limits around Las Vegas and has proven himself to be one of the best players in the world. Outside of the cash games where he has won millions, Todd has had significant success in tournaments. His tournament results date back to 1990. In 1992, Todd cashed at the WSOP for this first time in two events. The following year in 1993, he won $198,000 after taking down the Jim Brady Month Championship Event. In 1994, he won another six figures in a tournament after taking down the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem Hall of Fame Poker Classic. A few years went by without much stirring up the record books until 2000. This year, Brunson finished second to Ronnie Williams in the Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica for nearly $120,000. Two years later, five cashes at the WSOP rolled in. Immediately following the WSOP at the Festa al Lago II, Brunson won nearly $160,000 after taking down the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event. At the 2005 WSOP, Todd would get his hands on World Series gold for the first time, a feeling that his father has come to know all too well over the years. Toss took down the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event for over $255,000. The final table held Allen Kessler, Manny Minaya, and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman as some of Brunsons obstacles. His father Doyle also won a bracelet this year, making them the first father-son combo to both win bracelets in the same year. He also made two more WSOP final tables that year with an eighth- and a sixth-place finish for over $140,000 combined. The year had continued success for Todd after he finished runner up in the Poker Superstars Inivitational Grand Final for $140,000. He was able to earn $95,000 total from winning some of the events preliminary matches as well. To kick off 2006, Brunson won $500,000 at the Quarter Finalists Freeroll of the Poker Superstars Invitational. He also won the tournaments Grand Final for the second year in a row and earned himself another $400,000. In 2007, Brunson placed in the money in six WSOP events. His best finish that year was a seventh place for over $50,000. Off the felt, Todd has helped work with his father in the book Super/System 2. Todd wrote the seven-card stud hi-lo section of the book. Hes also contributed to Daniel Negreanus book and had some stories about him told in The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

Scotty Nguyen

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:25:44 +0000

Biography

Scotty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including the 1998 WSOP Main Event. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013. Thank you so much, this is wonderful news, Nguyen said at the time. You work so hard, you put so much time in that you want and hope it will be recognized. This is something my grandkids will talk about. Its awesome, baby, thank you.

Scotty Nguyen

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:25:44 +0000

Biography

Stu Ungar

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:25:43 +0000

Biography

Stu Ungar was an American poker player widely considered to have been the greatest player in history. He won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on three occasions (1980, 1981, 1997). He won two more WSOP bracelets in 2-7 Draw (1981) and Seven Card Stud (1983). His youthful looks often made him appear younger than he was, earning him the nickname “The Kid.” Ungar’s talent and powers of recall saw him excel not only at poker but blackjack and gin rummy as well. His dominance of gin rummy cannot be understated, with nearly all gin action drying up as a result of his skilled reputation and almost clairvoyant abilities. In November 1998, Ungar died of a heart condition brought on by years of drug abuse. He was just 45. Ungar is buried at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in East Las Vegas. He was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2001.

Stu Ungar

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:25:43 +0000

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T.J. Cloutier

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:25:45 +0000

Biography

T.J. Cloutier had been a great, well-rounded athlete upon entering college at the University at California at Berkeley with a scholarship to play both football and basketball. When things got rough for his family, Cloutier was forced to drop out of school and settle for a job to do his part. This lasted until he was drafted into the army and sent to fight for the country. It was with this tour of duty that T.J. discovered poker. After his duties were fulfilled, Cloutier didnt jump right into playing poker professionally. Instead, he went back to his passion of football and found a spot on the Montreal Allouettes in the Canadian Football League. Later traded to the Toronto Argonauts, Cloutier continued to play football until a knee injury cut his career short. Soon after, T.J. moved to Texas and his poker career really began to kick off. Working in Texas on an oil rig, Cloutier started to play poker more and more in his spare time. Soon enough, T.J. would realize that he could make more money playing poker full time and quit his job. Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006, T.J. has authored books on both No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem as well as Omaha. His career tournament earnings total $10,444,516 with $4,710,417 of that coming at the WSOP.

Jack Treetop Straus

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:26:00 +0000

Biography

Jack “Treetop” Straus was an American poker player who won the 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nicknamed “Treetop” as a result of him being 6'6", Straus died of an aortic aneurysm on August 17, 1988 while playing high-stakes poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Later that year, Straus was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He holds the dubious honour of being one of three Poker Hall of Famers to die whilst playing cards, joining Tom Abdo and Wild Bill Hickok.

Brian Rast

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:26:05 +0000

Biography

Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets, and a 2023 Poker Hall of Fame inductee. He is one of only two players to have won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions, doing so in 2011, 2016 and 2023. Read More: Life in the Rast Lane: Brian Rast’s Incredible Poker Journey

Biography

Rast was born in 1981 in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated from Poway High School in 2000. After finishing High School Rast entered Stanford University, but dropped out rather soon in order to seek career as a professional poker player. Rast’s passion for poker came in 2003 after he saw the best-known poker-themed movie Rounders starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

Huck Seed

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:25:55 +0000

Biography

Huck Seed is an American poker player who won the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He has won four WSOP bracelets and made two WSOP final tables during his career He also won the WSOP Tournament of Champions in 2010, and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2009. In 2008 and 2009 he made back-to-back final tables in the WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. In 2020, Seed was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Mori Eskandani

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:26:09 +0000

Biography

Mori Eskandani is a poker TV producer and president of PokerGO. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018. A former high stakes cash game player, for two decades Eskandani has worked behind the scenes on such programs as the World Series of Poker on ESPN, NBC Heads-Up Championship, Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	17th	$17,500
2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off	36th	$1,332
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	27th	$3,018
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em	52nd	$2,631
2012 World Series of PokerEvent 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.	9th	$35,923
2010 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship	331st	$36,463
2008 World Series of PokerEvent 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No Limit)	32nd	$10,922

Mori Eskandani

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:26:09 +0000

Biography

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	17th	$17,500
2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off	36th	$1,332
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	27th	$3,018
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em	52nd	$2,631
2012 World Series of PokerEvent 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.	9th	$35,923
2010 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship	331st	$36,463
2008 World Series of PokerEvent 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No Limit)	32nd	$10,922

Mori Eskandani

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:26:09 +0000

Biography

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	17th	$17,500
2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off	36th	$1,332
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	27th	$3,018
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em	52nd	$2,631
2012 World Series of PokerEvent 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.	9th	$35,923
2010 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship	331st	$36,463
2008 World Series of PokerEvent 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No Limit)	32nd	$10,922