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Alex Brenes

Born :

January 17th

Residence :

Miami, FL

Nick Name:

"Tijo"

Career Highlights:

Alex has won just over $900,000 in poker tournaments to date. His most memorable cash came at the 2005 World Poker Tour Invitational at the LA Poker Classic. Alex won the event and took home $100,000...

   


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Doyle Brunson

Born :

August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Texas

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

"Texas Dolly"

Career Highlights:

In the 2005 World Series of Poker Doyle Brunson won his 10 th bracelet, tying Johnny Chan for the most WSOP tournament wins. Two of his bracelets came when he won back-to-back WSOP main event championships in 76' and 77.

   


Professional Poker Players - Todd Brunson
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Todd Brunson

Born :

 

Residence :

Las Vagas, Nevada

Nick Name:

"Dark Horse"

Career Highlights:

As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000. Won over $13.5 million in a two day span in a heads-up, $50,000-$100,000 limit hold-em game

   


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Johnny Chan

Born :

China, Canton 1957

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

"The Orient Express"

Career Highlights:

Johnny has won a record nine WSOP Bracelets including back-to-back Championships in 1987 and 1988.

   


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David Chiu

Born :

August 23,1960, in China

Residence :

Roland Heights, CA

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Chiu has won four WSOP bracelets. He won the very first Tournament of Champions in 1999. David also has made one World Poker Tour final table.

   


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T.J. Cloutier

Born :

October 13, 1939, in Albany, NY

Residence :

Richardson, TX

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Cloutier was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006. He is known for his strong tournament play. T.J. has captured six WSOP bracelets and has 50 cashes there as well.

   


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Allen Cunningham

Born :

March 28, 1977, in Riverside, CA

Residence :

Ventura, CA and Las Vegas, NV

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Cunningham has four WSOP bracelets. His only million dollar finish came when he took fourth in the 2006 Main Event. That finish earned him over $3.6 million. He had a great showing at the 2005 WSOP.

   

Ihsan "Sam" Farha Biography - Professional Poker Player Biography - Poker Players
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Ihsan Farha

Born :

Beirut, Lebanon

Residence :

Houston, Texas

Nick Name:

"Sam"

Career Highlights:

Tournament winnings exceed $2,039,555. Has 2 WSOP Bracelets. Has beat the worlds best numerous times

   


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Chris Ferguson

Born :

April 11th, 1963 in Los Angelous, California

Residence :

Pacific Palisades, CA

Nick Name:

"Jesus"

Career Highlights:

Chris Ferguson is one of the most recognizable and successful players on the Tournament. He is the holder of 2 WSOP circuit rings and 5 WSOP bracelets. In 2000 Chris won the World Series of Poker Main event and a cash prize of 1.5 million dollars.

   
   

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Layne Flack

Born :

May 18, 1969, in Rapid City, SD

Residence :

Las Vegas, NV

Nick Name:

“Back-to-back”

Career Highlights:

Layne has won five World Series of Poker events and one World Poker Tour event. In 2002, Flack won back-to-back events at the WSOP. He also has five top four finishes there.

   


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Ted Forrest

Born :

September 24 1964 Syracuse, New York

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

"Professor Backwards"

Career Highlights:

Ted Forrest is mostly known as a high stakes cash game player but has won five WSOP bracelets and took home the National Heads-Up Championship for 2006.

   


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Barry Greenstein

Born :

December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illionois

Residence :

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Nick Name:

"The Robin Hood of Poker"

Career Highlights:

Barry is considered by his peers to be one of the top 5 cash game players and is a regular at the highest stakes games in Vegas.

   


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Gus Hansen

Born :

February 13, 1974, in Copenhagen, Denmark

Residence :

Copenhagen, Denmark

Nick Name:

"Great Dane"

Career Highlights:

Gus was the first person to win a World Poker Tour event. The WPT has treated him well; he is the only person to win three WPT tournaments.

   


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Jennifer Harman

Born :

November 29, 1964, in Reno, NV

Residence :

Reno, NV

Nick Name:

 
Career Highlights:

Many people consider Jen the best female player. She is even considered one of the best players, regardless of gender.

   


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Dan Harrington

Born :

December 6, 1945, in Cambridge, MA

Residence :

Santa Monica, CA

Nick Name:

“Action” Dan

Career Highlights:

Dan Harrington won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1995.

   


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Phil Hellmuth Jr.

Born :

July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin

Residence :

Palo Alto, CA

Nick Name:

“Poker Brat”

Career Highlights:

Phil has won 11 WSOP bracelets, including the Main Event in 1989.

   


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Phil Ivey

Born :

Feburary, 1 1976 in Riverside, California

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

"Tiger Woods of Poker"

Career Highlights:

Considered to be one of the best young players in the game today, Phil has won over 6 million dollars in tournament play and millions more in Vegas cash games. He has won 5 WSOP bracelets and was the 2005 Bluff Magazine player of the year.

   


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John Juanda

Born :

July 8, 1971, in Indonesia

Residence :

Marina Del Ray, CA

Nick Name:

“JJ”

Career Highlights:

Juanda had his first major tournament win at the 2001 World Poker Open Championship. He then went on to win three WSOP titles in the following two years.

   


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Phil Laak

Born :

September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland

Residence :

San Francisco, California.

Nick Name:

"The Unibomber"

Career Highlights:

As of 2007, his total tournament winnings exceed $1,231,534.

   


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Tuan Le

Born :

Paris, France

Residence :

Los Angeles, California

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Six money tournaments in a period of one year including: WPT Season 3: WPT World Championship and WPT Season 3: Foxwoods World Poker Finals

   


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Howard Lederer

Born :

Concord, New Hampshire

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

"The Professor"

Career Highlights:

Howard Lederer has two WSOP Bracelets; two WPT wins, and more than 2.7 million dollars in tournament winnings.

   


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Liz Lieu

Born :

August 2, 1974, Vietnam

Residence :

Los Angeles, CA

Nick Name:

“The Poker-Diva”

Career Highlights:

In the 2005 World Series of Poker, Liz finished in the money three times and won over $190,000 in prize money. She won another $90,000 in major tournaments that year and in 2006 she won her first World Poker Tour event.

   


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Erick Lindgren

Born :

August 11, 1976, in Burney CA

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

“E-Dog”

Career Highlights:

Lindgren has two World Poker Tour titles and is considered one of the best players without a WSOP bracelet. He cashed four times at the 2006 WSOP.

   


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Minh Ly

Born :

Vietnam

Residence :

Las Vegas, Nevada

Nick Name:

"The Sting"

Career Highlights:

Has ammassed over $ 2,354,511 in winnings and won the 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship

   


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Jeff Madsen

Born :

Santa Monica, California

Residence :

Los Angeles , California

Nick Name:

“The Kid”

Career Highlights:

In 2006 Jeff broke on the professional poker scene when he became the youngest player to win two World Series of Poker bracelets less than a month after his 21st birthday.

   


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Michael Mizrachi

Born :

January 5,1981, in Miami

Residence :

Hollywood, FL

Nick Name:

“The Grinder”

Career Highlights:

Grinder has two World Poker Tour victories in his young pro career. He had the most cashes at 2005 World Series of Poker with seven.

   

Johnny Moss

Born :

May 14, 1907

Residence :

Odessa, Texas

Nick Name:

“The Grand Old Man of the Game”

Career Highlights:

Moss was elected the first World Series of Poker champion in 1970 by his peers, then proved their decision a wise one by winning the first WSOP freezeout the following year. He also won...

   


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Daniel Negreanu

Born :

July 26th, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario Canada

Residence :

Pacific Palisades, CA

Nick Name:

"Kid Poker"

Career Highlights:

Daniel Negreanu has become one of the most successful poker players over the past 10 years. He’s won three WSOP bracelets, two WPT events, and more than 6 million in tournament winnings.

   


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Men Nguyen

Born :

1954, in Phan Thiet, Vietnam

Residence :

Los Angeles, CA

Nick Name:

“The Master”

Career Highlights:

Men “The Master” is consider one of the best tournament and cash players. He won the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year award in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005.

   


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Thuan “Scotty” Nguyen

Born :

October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam

Residence :

Henderson, NV

Nick Name:

“Prince of Poker”

Career Highlights:

Scotty Nguyen won the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event in 1998. He has three other bracelets and has six World Poker Tour final table appearances and one title.

   


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David "Chip" Reese

Born :

March 28, 1951, in Centerville, Ohio

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Chip has won three bracelets. He won the first $50,000 HORSE tournament at the WSOP. However, his concentration is in cash games. He is highly respected by his peers for his all-around game.

   


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Erik Seidel

Born :

New York City, NY

Residence :

U.S.A, Las Vegas NV

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Unknown to most people who saw the movie Rounders, Erik Seidel is one of the most successful tournament players of all time. He has over 5 million dollars in tournament winnings and is the owner of seven World Series of Poker bracelets.

   


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Gavin Smith

Born :

September 4, 1968, in Guelph, Ontario

Residence :

Guelph, Ontario

Nick Name:

"Birdguts"

Career Highlights:

Gavin’s biggest accomplishment is being named the World Poker Tour Player of the Year in its fourth season.

   


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Cyndy Violette

Born :

August 19, 1959

Residence :

Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA

Nick Name:

 

Career Highlights:

Violette has just shy of $1,000,000 in tournament winnings to her name. She won her first bracelet at the 2004 World Series of Poker, winning the $2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event...

   


 
 
 
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