American Poker Players – Page №6

Vince van Patten Current ResidenceLos Angeles, CABornOct 17, 1957Birth PlaceBellerose, NYTotal Winnings$433,522 Vince van Patten has one of the most recognizable faces in poker. As the long-time co-commentator of World…

Eli Elezra Current ResidenceLas Vegas, NevadaBornNovember 24, 1960Birth PlaceJerusalem, IsraeliTotal Winnings$5,305,665 Growing Up in Israel Eliahu Ilan Elezra was born on November 24th, 1960, in Jerusalem.  He joined the Israeli…

Ben Ponzio Current ResidenceElmwood Park, IllinoisBorn1975Birth PlaceOak Park, IllinoisTotal Winnings$753,434 Not Quitting Your Day Job Ben Ponzio has been an Illinois guy all his life.  Growing up on the south…

Bill Chen Current ResidenceLafayette Hill, PennsylvaniaBorn1970Birth PlaceWilliamsburg, VirginiaTotal Winnings$1,912,161 Bill Chen The Math Guy William Chen was born in 1970 in Williamsburg, Virginia and clearly was a numbers person.  After…

Jack Benny Binion Current ResidenceUnited StatesBornFebruary 21, 1937Birth PlaceUnited StatesTotal WinningsUnknown There are two sides to the casino industry. While much of the public attention is focused on the gamblers…

Robbi Jade Lew Current ResidenceLos Angeles, USABornDecember, 1985Birth PlaceSaudi ArabiaTotal Winnings$65,100 Cheating in poker has always been a topic of conversation as there have been many incidents in the past,…

Jason Mo Current ResidenceSt.Louis, Missouri, United StatesBornN/ABirth PlaceCanadaTotal Winnings$2,007,323 Jason Mo is one of the best No-Limit hold’em heads-up players, having taken that skill to bag him over $2 million…

David Peters Current ResidenceLas Vegas, NV, United StatesBornApril 16, 1987Birth PlaceToledo, OH, United StatesTotal Winnings$40,715,449 Whenever, and wherever, there is a High Roller tournament, there is one name who is…

Steve O’Dwyer Current ResidenceDublin, IrelandBornApril 6, 1982Birth PlaceColorado Springs, CO, United StatesTotal Winnings$39,780,361 Like his peers tamping High Rollers, Steve O’Dwyer travels the world all year round taking in every…

Chino Rheem Current ResidenceLos Angeles, CA, USABornApril 15, 1980Birth PlaceLos Angeles, CA, USATotal Winnings$12,839,615 Back in the days when Chris Moneymaker had created the so called ‘Poker Boom’ by becoming…

Michael Mizrachi Current ResidenceHollywood, CA, USABornJanuary 5, 1981Birth PlaceMiami, FL, USATotal Winnings$17.215.157 Michael Mizrachi grew up in “a family of gamblers,” as he says, so maybe it was inevitable he’d…

Barry Shulman Current ResidenceLas Vegas, NV, USABornMay 8, 1946Birth PlaceSeattle WA, USATotal Winnings$5.883.744 As publisher of Card Player Magazine, Barry Shulman has been instrumental in what you might call the…

Marsha Waggoner Current ResidenceDowney, CA, USABornJuly 18, 1948Birth PlaceBrisbane, AustraliaTotal Winnings$956.007 Although she played cards with her family as a child, Marsha Waggoner didn’t get her start in the world…

Puggy Pearson Current ResidenceDeceasedBornJanuary 29, 1929Birth PlaceAdairvill, KY, USATotal Winnings$473.680 Considered a pioneering great among the giants of poker, Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson spent more than 30 years making his…

Jennifer Tilly Current ResidenceHarbor City, CA, USABornSeptember 16, 1958Birth PlaceHarbor City, CA, USATotal Winnings$1,034,348 When Jennifer Tilly first walked into a casino to play poker well over a decade ago,…

John Juanda Current ResidenceLas Vegas, NV, USABornJuly 8, 1971Birth PlaceLos Angeles, CA, USATotal Winnings$25,295,171 John Juanda got his MBA at Seattle University, but his most useful education may have actually come…