Won first WSOP title at the age of 23 when he beat Phil Helmuth and Amarillo Slim in the Pot-Limit Omaha event. Two years later in 2002, Phil won three more WSOP titles. He has won two Bellagio tournaments, one WPO, two Commerce tournaments, and has made his share of WPT final tables.
2005 was a good year, with two more WPT final tables, a second place finish in the WSOP Circuit Event at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and the addition of his fifth WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. Most recently, Phil Ivey won $1 Million for his first-place finish at the Monte Carlo Millions tournament, and an additional $600,000 for a first-place finish at "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo."
Since he started playing the World Series, he has won more bracelets (5), made more final tables (25), and had more money finishes (42) than any other player. With his recent World Series of Poker Circuit win and another final table finish, Chris has earned more than $4,000,000 playing poker in the WSOP and WSOP circuit alone.
John started playing tournaments in 1996 and won the World Poker Open Championship in 2001. The following year, he won his first WSOP bracelet (in the Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball event), and then won two more WSOP events in 2003. John Juanda made 15 final tables in 2004, and placed fifth in both the 2005 Five-Star World Poker Classic and the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Jennifer won her first WSOP bracelet in 2000 playing Deuce to Seven No Limit, and her second bracelet in 2002 in the $5K Limit Hold 'em event. Jennifer Harman is the only woman in the world with two bracelets in the open events.
Phil played his first World Series of Poker Championship Event in 2001 and finished fourth to win $400,000 and a spot on the Travel Channel documentary ("Inside the World Series of Poker"). Phil had two WSOP final table appearances in 2002, then won the Pro Division of the WPT inaugural tournament in Aruba.
Phil Gordon has written three books, including Poker: The Real Deal (available now) and Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Hold 'em
Erik won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and following that up with his first WPT win just 10 months later. Not even six months after that, he won the Poker Million III, where I walked away with the million dollar top prize.
2005 has been a great year so far. In January, Erik finished second in the WSOP Circuit Event in Atlantic City. In February, he finished fifth in the WPT LA Poker Classic. Just a week later, he won the second Professional Poker Tournament, also in LA. His success continued in Las Vegas where I placed fourth in the Mirage Poker Showdown and fourth in the $3,000 WSOP No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.
The first time Erik played in the WSOP Championship Event, he finished second, and made it back to the final table of the Championship Event in 1999 where he finished fourth. Erik won his first bracelet in 1994 in the $5K Limit Hold 'em event. In 2005, he made four final tables at the WSOP and won his seventh bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.
Clonnie earned national recognition when she followed up a Top 10 finish at the WPT Costa Rica Classic with a win at the World Poker Tour Ladies' Night event in 2003, then the highest rated WPT show ever broadcast.
Two WSOP final tables in 2001, a first place finish back at Foxwoods in 2002 (playing Seven Card Stud), and two WPT final tables the tour's first season, finished third both times.
So far in 2005, Andy have scored two first-place finishes, winning the WSOP Circuit Limit Hold 'em tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas, and the Ultimate Poker Challenge $10,000 Final Event.
Earned his first WSOP bracelet in 1999 and second in 2002. Mike had another strong showing at the 2005 WSOP, finishing ninth in the Main Event. Recently, he followed up that performance by winning the 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions and earning his second Million dollar payday of the year.
