Photo courtesy of Bluff Magazine	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.

Ted Forrest Facts:

• Ted won three WSOP bracelets in one year, 1993, which ties the record with Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey.
• Forrest is a member of the group of professional poker players nicknamed “The Corporation” who took on banking billionaire Andy Beal for tens of millions of dollars over the past 5 years.
• Ted once did a standing back flip in order to win a $10,000 prop bet.

Bio

When you first see Ted Forrest you might mistake him for a real-estate agent, copier sales person, or just some laid back guy with a mild mannered job. In fact Ted is one of the most successful high stakes poker players in the world. Ted is well respected by his peers because of his aggressive style and his uncanny ability to read his opponents. He is a regular in the highest cash games in Vegas and California and has several major poker tournament wins.

Ted wasn’t always a feared cash game player who was comfortable with $30,000 / $60,000 blinds. He originally came to Vegas with a bankroll of only $100 and started as a prop player for the Palace Station. Playing $1 - $3 stud he quickly was down to only $33 before he finally started to go on a winning streak. Ted then took a job as a dealer and used his time to improve on his ability to read his opponents. "I didn’t waste my time in the box. I studied the players and tried to improve. I was amazed, especially in Hold'em, at the frequency with which I could figure out a player’s exact hole cards." Forrest quit dealing to attend college, but returned to poker before the end of his final semester.

Ted’s ability to read his opponents has led many to label him as a maniac at the table. Often times he will play any two cards just because he knows he has the ability to outplay his opponents. In poker circles Ted may be as well known for his brilliant high stakes play as he is for his love of proposition bets. Here is a listing of some of the prop bets that Ted has taken as provided by Barry Greenstein.

Aside from playing in the highest limit cash games in Vegas, Forrest can also be found playing online at FullTiltPoker.com or GSN’s High Stakes Poker. Ted is starting to become a familiar face at World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour final tables. He was the winner of the 2006 National Heads-up Poker Championship.