Roy Winston (poker player) explained

Roy Winston
Nickname:The Oracle
Hometown:Brooklyn, New York
Wsop Bracelet Count:None
Wsop Money Finishes:5
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank:26th
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year:2007
Wpt Titles:1
Wpt Final Tables:1
Wpt Money Finishes:7

Roy S. Winston (born March 5) is an American physician, entrepreneur and professional poker player, founder and CEO of LaserAway, LLC and a former C-Suite Executive for Pacira Biosciences from Brooklyn, New York. He won the World Poker Tour Borgata Main Event championship in 2007 for over $1.5 million.[1]

Biography

Winston, who was raised in New York City and attended Stuyvesant High School, received a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Medicine from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed an anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Winston was a professor of anesthesiology at Emory University and The University of California and was appointed to the Georgia Board of Medical Examiners by Governor Zell Miller. Dr. Winston founded LaserAway, LLC in Los Angeles, California; the company specializes in the removal of tattoos, sun damage and unwanted hair. He began playing tournament poker in 2006 and now plays full-time professionally and hosts high-stakes games at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California. Winston also writes a pro blog for Card Player and is a Full Tilt Pro on Full Tilt Poker.[2] [3]

World Poker Tour

Winston has seven cashes in the World Poker Tour (WPT), most notably his victory at the WPT Borgata Poker Open that earned him $1,575,280 and the WPT title in a final table that included professional poker players Mike Matusow (6th), Gene Todd (5th), Mark Weitzman (4th), Haralabos Voulgaris (3rd) and amateur player Heung Yoon (runner-up).[4] Other cashes at the WPT include the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic (23rd for $39,859), the Festa Al Lago V (46th for $16,700), the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic (44th for $38,545), the 2008 Borgata Winter Open (39th for $17,213), and the Bellagio Cup IV in 2008 ($32,320).

World Series of Poker

Winston has five cashes to date at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), most notably finishing in 26th place out of a field of 6,358 entries at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event and earning $333,490.[5]

Other poker events

Winston won the $2,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $230,365.[6] He has also cashed twice at the 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship finishing in fourth place in the A$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo mixed event for A$22,800 (US$20,042) and finishing in the semi-finals at the A$5,000 Australian Heads-Up Championship for A$40,000 ($35,161).

As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings are just short of $2,700,000.[7] His cashes at the WSOP account for just over $358,000 of those winnings.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hand 135 Roy Winston Wins the WPT Borgata Poker Open . March 29, 2024 . World Poker Tour . en-US.
  2. Web site: Roy Winston . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081116122718/http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/R/Roy_Winston.aspx . November 16, 2008 . March 29, 2024 . World Poker Tour . en-US.
  3. Web site: ABOUT LASERAWAY . October 29, 2008 . laseraway.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20080615022131/http://www.laseraway.net/aboutus.html . June 15, 2008.
  4. Web site: World Poker Tour - WPT Borgata Poker Open, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event . March 29, 2024 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  5. Web site: 38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship No Limit Hold'em . March 29, 2024 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  6. Web site: 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em . March 29, 2024 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  7. Web site: Roy Winston's profile on The Hendon Mob . March 29, 2024 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  8. Web site: Roy Winston . March 29, 2024 . WSOP.com.