Spotlight on Poker Star Chris Ferguson

Referred to as “Jesus” in a not-so-secular realm, Chris Ferguson is a world renowned poker player. He is known as much for his poise of play and expert knowledge of the complex game of poker as he is for his resemblance to a certain biblical persona. Chris Ferguson’s name has been interchangeable with the game of poker for many years now. A five-time World Series of Poker winner, Chris Ferguson is perhaps best known to poker fans for his easygoing personality.

Chris Ferguson can count among his poker titles: 2000 Seven Card Stud winner, 2001 Omaha Hi-Lo winner, 2003 Mixed Games winner, to name a few. Chris Ferguson usually sits down at the poker table in his usual garb, part of which makes him so recognizable: long, wavy hair and beard, sunglasses and cowboy hat. A resident of Pacific Palisades, California, Chris Ferguson usually only participates in large-stakes poker tournaments. Chris Ferguson is known as a sharp poker player with highly developed mathematical abilities and an innate gift of thinking on his feet. Probably what you would expect from someone who earned a Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA.

Chris Ferguson learned to play poker at an early age. However, he has a family background in gaming. Chris Ferguson’s father teaches a game theory course at UCLA and has always studied gaming. Chris Ferguson says he grew up playing all kinds of games and considers his personal background to be strong in gamesmanship.

Chris Ferguson began honing his poker skills by playing small stakes tournaments with high school friends. After gaining confidence in his poker playing skills, he moved up. Chris Ferguson began participating in poker tournaments in 1994 and he had his first bid to the World Series of Poker in 1995. Chris Ferguson hasn’t looked back since. His most legendary appearance at a WSOP event was his victory over T.J. Cloutier in the main event in 2000. Chris Ferguson has accumulated more than $5 million in winnings from various tournaments.

Currently, Chris Ferguson is working with an online poker site, continuing to participate in high stakes poker tournaments and honing other skills, such as his love of swing dancing. It is a little known fact that Chris Ferguson was president of his college ballroom dance club.

However, although Chris Ferguson is a man of many talents, he says that much of the different personalities he’s cultivated shouldn’t fool the competition. In a recent interview, Chris Ferguson was quoted as saying, “âÂ?¦players who don’t know me may think, “That guy wears a cowboy hat. He probably plays a lot of poker but he doesn’t understand the mathematics behind it.” (I apologize to those cowboys who do understand the math.) That perception of me would be dead wrong.”