Gambling writers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Chapters: American gambling writers, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Wendeen H. Eolis, I. Nelson Rose, Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Dario De Toffoli, Edward O. Thorp, Phil Gordon, Ken Uston, Frank Scoblete, Anthony Holden, Avery Cardoza, Dan Harrington, Victoria Coren, David Sklansky, John Scarne, Ben Mezrich, Tom McEvoy, Evgeny Kovtun, Barry Greenstein, Howard Lederer, Amarillo Slim, Chris Moneymaker, T. J. Cloutier, Andrew W. Scott, John Adikes Bond, Tony G, Mike Sexton, Stanford Wong, Mark Ripple, Semyon Dukach, James McManus, Ed Miller, S. W. Erdnase, Shirley Rosario, Marty Wilson, Jeff Shulman, Jerry L. Patterson, Ron Rose, Andy Glazer, Mike Caro, Neil Channing, Sunny Mehta, Steve Badger, Robert Varkonyi, Michael Konik, Lee Jones, Barry Shulman, Thomas Keller, Linda Johnson, Julian Gardner, Roy Cooke, Roy Brindley, Steve Zolotow, Scott Fischman, Michael Shackleford, Peter Costa, Padraig Parkinson, Tom Schneider, Arnold Snyder, Dave Colclough, Matthew Hilger, John Grochowski, Martin de Knijff, Lucy Rokach, Jesse May, Vince Burgio, Michael Wiesenberg, Gary Carson, Susie Isaacs, King Yao, Bob Dancer, Don Schlesinger, Keith Hawkins, Kevin Blackwood, Mason Malmuth, Nic Szeremeta, Andrew Beyer, Bob Ciaffone, Michael Dalton, Dennis Waterman, Rolf Slotboom, James Grosjean, Dan Paymar, Lawrence Revere, Max Rubin, Frank Legato, Anthony Curtis, Jean Scott, Lenny Frome, Henry Tamburin, Ray Zee, David Matthews. Excerpt: Phillip Jerome Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality. He is also a member of the Poker Hall of Fame. Hellmuth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years before dropping out to play poker full time. As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $11,950,000. He is ranked fifth on the All Time Money List, behind Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Jamie Gold. In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest player to win the Main Event of the WSOP by defeating the two-time defending champion Johnny Chan in heads up play. He held that distinction until 2008, when it was broken by Peter Eastgate who won the Main Event at age 22 and that was broken the following year in the 2009 Main Event by Joe Cada at age 21. At the 2006 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth captured his record 10th World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event. At the time, this tied him with fellow poker legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. However, unlike Brunson and Chan, all of Hellmuth's bracelets are in Texas hold'em. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth won his record-breaking 11th bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event. Hellmuth also holds the records for most WSOP cashes (81) and most WSOP final tables (44), recently overtaking TJ Cloutier. At the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker Hellmuth made a deep run finishing in 45th place out of a field of 6,844. He was the last former champion standing at the event when he was knocked out. Hellmuth took home $154,400. As of May 2010, Hellmuth has won $6,105,254 at the WSOP and ranks 10th on the WSOP All Time Money List. Hellmuth also is tied for 4th all time in number of times cashed in the WSOP Main