Alex Brenes |
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Born : |
January 17th |
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Residence : |
Miami, FL |
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Nick Name: |
"Tijo" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Texas |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
"Texas Dolly" |
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| 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. |
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Todd Brunson |
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Born : |
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Residence : |
Las Vagas, Nevada |
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Nick Name: |
"Dark Horse" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
China, Canton 1957 |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
"The Orient Express" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
August 23,1960, in China |
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Residence : |
Roland Heights, CA |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
October 13, 1939, in Albany, NY |
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Residence : |
Richardson, TX |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
March 28, 1977, in Riverside, CA |
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Residence : |
Ventura, CA and Las Vegas, NV |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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. |
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Ihsan Farha |
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Born : |
Beirut, Lebanon |
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Residence : |
Houston, Texas |
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Nick Name: |
"Sam" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
April 11th, 1963 in Los Angelous, California |
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Residence : |
Pacific Palisades, CA |
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Nick Name: |
"Jesus" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
May 18, 1969, in Rapid City, SD |
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Residence : |
Las Vegas, NV |
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Nick Name: |
“Back-to-back” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
September 24 1964 Syracuse, New York |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
"Professor Backwards" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illionois |
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Residence : |
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
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Nick Name: |
"The Robin Hood of Poker" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
February 13, 1974, in Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Residence : |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Nick Name: |
"Great Dane" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
November 29, 1964, in Reno, NV |
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Residence : |
Reno, NV |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
December 6, 1945, in Cambridge, MA |
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Residence : |
Santa Monica, CA |
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Nick Name: |
“Action” Dan |
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| Career Highlights: | Dan Harrington won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1995. |
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Phil Hellmuth Jr. |
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Born : |
July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin |
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Residence : |
Palo Alto, CA |
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Nick Name: |
“Poker Brat” |
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| Career Highlights: | Phil has won 11 WSOP bracelets, including the Main Event in 1989. |
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Phil Ivey |
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Born : |
Feburary, 1 1976 in Riverside, California |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
"Tiger Woods of Poker" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
July 8, 1971, in Indonesia |
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Residence : |
Marina Del Ray, CA |
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Nick Name: |
“JJ” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland |
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Residence : |
San Francisco, California. |
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Nick Name: |
"The Unibomber" |
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| Career Highlights: | As of 2007, his total tournament winnings exceed $1,231,534. |
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Tuan Le |
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Born : |
Paris, France |
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Residence : |
Los Angeles, California |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
Concord, New Hampshire |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
"The Professor" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
August 2, 1974, Vietnam |
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Residence : |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Nick Name: |
“The Poker-Diva” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
August 11, 1976, in Burney CA |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
“E-Dog” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
Vietnam |
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Residence : |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Nick Name: |
"The Sting" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
Santa Monica, California |
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Residence : |
Los Angeles , California |
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Nick Name: |
“The Kid” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
January 5,1981, in Miami |
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Residence : |
Hollywood, FL |
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Nick Name: |
“The Grinder” |
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| 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. |
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Johnny Moss |
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Born : |
May 14, 1907 |
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Residence : |
Odessa, Texas |
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Nick Name: |
“The Grand Old Man of the Game” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
July 26th, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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Residence : |
Pacific Palisades, CA |
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Nick Name: |
"Kid Poker" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
1954, in Phan Thiet, Vietnam |
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Residence : |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Nick Name: |
“The Master” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam |
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Residence : |
Henderson, NV |
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Nick Name: |
“Prince of Poker” |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
March 28, 1951, in Centerville, Ohio |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
New York City, NY |
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Residence : |
U.S.A, Las Vegas NV |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
September 4, 1968, in Guelph, Ontario |
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Residence : |
Guelph, Ontario |
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Nick Name: |
"Birdguts" |
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| 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 |
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Born : |
August 19, 1959 |
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Residence : |
Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA |
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Nick Name: |
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| 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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