- Phil Hellmuth
Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a professional poker player. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame and holds the record for most bracelets won at the World Series of Poker(11) - Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Fisher County, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is a two-time world champion of poker and the author of several poker books. The first player to earn $1 million in poker tournaments, Brunson has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan for second all-time, one behind Phil Hellmuth's 11. - Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey (born February 1 1976 in Riverside, California) is an American professional poker player. - Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney, California) is an American professional poker player. He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour (WPT) win ten months later. Six months after that, he won the WPT PartyPoker Million III cruise, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize. In January 2005, he finished 2nd in the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Atlantic City. - Mike Matusow
Michael Matusow (born April 30 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table. He is also known for his habit of ruining hours or days of good play with a single spectacular misjudgment, (known as a "Mike Matusow Blow-up" or "Mike Matusow Meltdown"). Matusow began playing poker seriously in the early 1990s, … - Scotty Nguyen
Thuan "Scotty" Nguyen (born October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam) <sup> </sup> is a Vietnamese American professional poker player. Nguyen is one of the most active players in professional poker today, and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He won the 1998 World Series of Poker main event and has 4 WSOP bracelets overall. - Chris Ferguson
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (born Christopher Philip Ferguson April 11 1963, in Los Angeles, California) is a professional poker player. Ferguson attended UCLA where he earned a Ph.D. in computer science (focusing on virtual network algorithms) in 1999 after five years as an undergraduate and 13 years as a graduate student. His Ph.D. advisor was Leonard Kleinrock. Ferguson's parents have doctoral degrees in mathematics and his father, Thomas Ferguson, … - Chris Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His victory is generally credited for being one of the main catalysts for the poker boom in the years following his win. Moneymaker attended Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee and later earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee. - Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan, born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a professional poker player. - Greg Raymer
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, born in Minot, North Dakota and raised in Lansing, Michigan, followed a traditional path with his schooling - attending law school and becoming a licensed patent attorney. But his life took a decidedly different turn when Greg tried to use his knowledge and skills to make history. In 2004, Greg won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Championship and collected the largest purse ever paid to a winner of a poker tournament: $5 million. - Jamie Gold
Jamie M. Gold (born August 25 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American television producer, poker tournament player, and formerly a talent agent, based in Malibu, California. He was the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. - Joe Hachem
Joseph "Joe" Hachem (born 3 November 1966 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Australian poker player. - Andy Bloch
Andrew (Andy) Bloch (born June 1, 1969) is a poker player who started playing seriously in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. By the end of the year, he had won one of the World Poker Finals tournaments, a $100(US) entry fee no-limit Texas hold'em tournament. That was the first time he ever played no-limit texas hold 'em. In 1997, he skipped the last week of law school classes to play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. - John Juanda
Johnson Juanda (born July 8, 1971 in Indonesia) is an American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia. John arrived in the U.S. in 1990, when he enrolled at Oklahoma State University. He earned an MBA from Seattle University. John was a high school track star for the 200 meter sprints to 5000 meter races. He had a stint as a door to door salesman selling Bibles. - Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman (born November 29, 1964 in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional poker player with a reputation as a cash game player. Lately, she has also forged a name for herself in the tournament world. She won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2000 at the No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball Event (at a final table that also included Lyle Berman and Steve Zolotow). She had never played that game prior to the event, … - Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham (born March 28 1977 to Dean and Joanne Cunningham in Riverside, California), United States, is a professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. He began playing at 18 in Indian casinos. Cunningham plays online poker exclusively at Full Tilt Poker. Previously a Full Tilt sponsored pro, he became a full member of Team Full Tilt in October 2006. - David Williams
David Anthony Williams (born June 9, 1980 in Arlington, Texas) is a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. He was a student at Princeton University and studied Economics at Southern Methodist University. - Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr (born 1985 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a professional poker player, recently moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Las Vegas, Nevada. Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School. - Isabelle Mercier
Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier is a professional poker player. She is known for her tenacious playing style and her striking looks. Prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for a year. Then moved to Paris, France and earned a Masters Degree while working as the poker room manager at the Aviation Club de France, before turning to poker full-time. - Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith (born 4 September 1968 in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father. He started playing poker at the age of 26, playing mixed games with co-workers. He became a poker dealer in 1996 and set up his own poker club in 1998. He has also worked as a taxi driver and on a golf course. - Tom McEvoy
Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author. McEvoy was an accountant, but after he was laid off from his job, he took up poker full time in 1978. He first learned to play poker when he was five years old and would regularly get in trouble for playing it in grade school. McEvoy won the 1983 World Series of Poker main event, and still plays regularly today. - Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes (born May 8, 1951) is a professional poker player. Brenes resides in San Jose, Costa Rica with his wife and three children. Brenes began his career in gambling by playing baccarat, but later made his way into poker. He started to play tournaments in 1974 and became a regular tournament player in 1988. In his career, he has collected two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, cashed over 40 times at the WSOP, and made three World Poker Tour final tables. - Kenna James
"Cowboy" Kenna James (born December 18, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. James has finished in the money at twelve World Series of Poker events as of 2006. Of these, the only final table appearance was 4th place in the 2003 $2,500 no limit Texas hold'em event, for which he won $36,140. James was the only player to win two satellite tournaments for the first season of the Ultimate Poker Challenge. - David Sklansky
David Sklansky (born 1947, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a professional poker player and author. Sklansky is generally considered a top authority on gambling. He has written many books on poker, blackjack, and general gambling. His book, the "Theory of Poker", is considered to be a quintessential poker primer. Sklansky has won three World Series of Poker bracelets, two in 1982 ($800 Mixed Doubles, and $1000 Draw Hi) and one in 1983 ($1000 Limit Omaha Hi). - Dan Harrington
Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a professional poker player. Harrington is a former champion backgammon player, U.S. chess master (he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship), and bankruptcy lawyer. During his time at Suffolk University, he was part of an MIT team that gained an advantage over casinos at roulette. Shortly after the MIT team disbanded he was part of different one which specialized in blackjack. - Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player. He moved to San Jose, California when he was 9 years old, along with his family. At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio, and became a professional magician. While he was performing magic, he was invited to a game of Texas Hold 'em and started to play poker. In 2004, he won close to $1.4 million at the Commerce Casino. - Paul Wasicka
Paul Wasicka (born February 17, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paul Wasicka started playing poker in 2004 when he attended an underground tournament in Denver, Colorado. He formerly worked as a bartender and restaurant manager before shifting over to poker. Wasicka finished as runner-up to Jamie Gold in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, winning over $6,000,000. - Stu Ungar
Stuart Errol Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, considered to be among the best in history at both games. He is the only three-time winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event tournament (Johnny Moss also won three WSOPs but his first win was by vote of the players, not by winning a tournament). - Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen (born June 7, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) is the second youngest winner of a World Series of Poker event and the 2006 World Series of Poker player of the year. Madsen was raised in Los Angeles and lived in the same house until going to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara to study film theory. Madsen began playing poker at college and won a no limit Texas hold 'em event at the 2006 World Series of Poker. - Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande (born 1971 in New York City, New York) is an American nightclub owner, promoter and poker player, now living in Hollywood, California. <sup></sup> Bellande first gained public exposure during a World Series of Poker circuit event in March 2005. He finished 3rd, behind Doug Lee and Jennifer Harman, winning $210,900. Bellande is noted for his aggressive table banter throughout this televised event. - Amarillo Slim
Amarillo Slim (born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. December 31, 1928 in Johnson, Arkansas) is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the World Series of Poker in 1972. - Huck Seed
Huck Seed is easy to spot in a room full of crowded players. His physique is not very easy to ignore, or to forget. He stands at an intimidating height of 6'7" (2.01 m), but what truly strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents is his stone-cold silence at the table. This lanky giant betrays little of what he feels about his cards, attacking instinctively and without mercy. - Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra (born November 24 1960 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional poker player, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whilst he was in Israel, Elezra worked as an army commando. He was bedridden by a leg injury; during this time he began playing poker. Since moving to America, Elezra has made numerous money finishes in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Omaha, Texas Hold 'em and Draw events. - Kathy Liebert
Kathleen H. Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional poker player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000. Liebert grew up on Long Island in New York. She attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie where she earned a bachelors degree in business and finance. She was hired by Dun & Bradstreet, but left, unhappy with corporate life. - Max Pescatori
Massimiliano Pescatori (born 1971? in Milan) is an Italian professional poker player. Pescatori is a regular on the poker tournament scene, often placing high in Card Player Magazine's Player of the Year Race. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994 and began playing seven card stud at the Luxor Hotel, eventually shifting his focus to hold'em when he found it to be more profitable. In 1998 he was mentored by Valter Farina, … - Scott Clements
Scott Clements is a professional poker player from Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, who has won titles in both World Poker Tour (WPT) and World Series of Poker (WSOP) events. Clements has twice won championship bracelets at the WSOP, winning the $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament in 2006 and the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2007. In addition to his success in Omaha games at the WSOP, Clements has also claimed victory on the WPT, … - Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano is an Italian-born poker player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour (EPT) event, in 2004. He has placed in the money in multiple EPT events since then. He also placed in two events at the 2006 World Series of Poker. He has a computer programming background, but has been a full time professional poker player since 2004 and is a member of Team PokerStars, a group of players sponsored by PokerStars. - Carlos Mortensen
Juan Carlos Mortensen (born April 13, 1972 in Ambato, Ecuador) is a professional poker player, known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style. Mortensen moved from Spain to America in the late 1990s to play poker. His biggest win was the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, in which he won $1,500,000. He also won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship in 2004 for $1,000,000. - J. C. Tran
J. C. Tran (born Justin Cuong Van Tran on January 20 1977 in Nha Trang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, based in Sacramento, California. Tran was born the youngest of eight children and has a degree in Business Management Information Systems from California State University at Sacramento. Tran has finished in the money at numerous poker tournaments, … - Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins (born Glenwood, Alabama) is an American professional poker player, known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style. He started playing at the age of 19 after receiving lessons from his father. He is usually known by his nickname "Cowboy" as he always wears a cowboy hat and boots to the table. However, he has been given other nicknames, including "Mr Move All-In" by Phil Hellmuth Jr.
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