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James Holzhauer (born August 6, 1984) is an American game show contestant and professional sports gambler. [ 1 ] He is the third-highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Holzhauer is best known for his 32-game winning streak as champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! from April to June 2019, during which he set multiple single ...
Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets.He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) [4] and the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), and he is a 2007 inductee of the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame.
December 16, 2020. (2020-12-16) –. present. High Stakes Poker is an American cash game poker television program. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. The first four seasons ran from January 16, 2006 to December 17, 2007 on GSN. The next three seasons ran from March 1, 2009 to May 21, 2011, and was simulcast in 3DTV ...
Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.: Winner of a Main Event (year in bold). [E] Bracelet won at a WSOP Europe event. [A] Bracelet won at a WSOP Asia Pacific event. [C] Bracelet by winning the WSOP Circuit National Championship/Global Casino Championship.
3 [3] Information accurate as of 10 July 2022. Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). [3] His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker ...
The Poker After Dark format featured an "intimate look at one table as it develops over the week." [2] Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate.Commentator Ali Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear much of the table talk among the players, all of whom are mic'ed. [2] (The table talk occasionally reveals that the "week-long" series is taped in one long session.)
Jamie M. Gold (born August 25, 1969) [1] is an American television producer, talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California.He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation [2] and poker competition, primarily major tournaments.
On the January 22, 2007, airing of NBC's Poker After Dark, Ivey won the $120,000 winner-take-all "Earphones Please" tournament by eliminating Matusow, Tony G, Andy Bloch, Hellmuth, and Sam Farha. [47] On the April 15, 2007, airing of NBC's "National Heads-Up Poker Championship", Ivey was defeated by actor Don Cheadle in the first round. That ...