WPT Reviews

Born on October 13, 1939, T J Cloutier was initially an athlete. He went to the University of California at Berkeley on a football and baseball scholarship, also appearing in the Rose Bowl in 1959.

Doyle Brunson: Born in Texas, this hulking gambler swept world titles in 1976 as well as 1977. He was the earliest winner of $1 million from tournaments. He wrote the book Super or System, hailed as a stock of his experience with high stakes poker. He earned the nickname of Texas Dolly because of Jimmy-The Greek Snyder, who mistaking took Doyle for Dolly. Still active the professional gambler is a resident of Las Vegas.

1964 was the year of Greg Raymer’s birth in Minot, North Dakota. In 1992 he became a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. The 2004 World Series was the venue for Raymer’s defeat of David Williams, taking home the first prize of $5,000,000 in the $10,000. He also triumphed at the no limit Hold’em WSOP main event. In the main event of the 2005 WSOP Raymer collected $304,680 for a finish in 25th place.

Born in 1969, Huck Seed was an electrical engineering student at Caltech when he started playing poker in 1989 on a leave of absence. His impulsive tendency has given the impression of being careless to other poker fans but it also earned him some outstanding wins. He pocketed the $1 million prize at the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event. At the 1999 WSOP he made it to the final table but fell short finishing 6th. His total tournament wins was in excess of $2,365,000 in 2005.

Ever since his first win in the WSOP in 1974 Moore has never missed any since. Born to a sharecropper, he began a life of adversity and went on to become reputed as an extremely determined and nerve-racking stalwart of this fascinating game.

He was impressive when taking on heavyweights of the game, the likes of Hall of Famer, Johnny Moss, Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson and Jack Keller. He was claimed the world championship award in the 1994 WSOP, wining $5000 in Seven-Card Stud events. Apart from runner-up titles in three finals, he has played in several other championship events. His earnings from WSOP in his lifetime stands at $400, 378.