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Tom McEvoy a.k.a “Poker chump” is actually a champ when it comes to his favorite game. He has a good stack of 4 WSOP bracelets and multiple authoritative poker guidebooks to his credit, making him one of the pro poker’s truly enduring and consistently successful players. Tom created poker history by being the first to win in a WSOP event only simply entering a satellite tournament.

His hometown is Grand Rapids in Michigan area is a far cry from his current location, which is Las Vegas – the gaming capital of the world! He lived there with his wife and 3 grown children for many years; however, Tom is now single. This US poker star entered the world on November 14 and just 5 years down the line, while still on his grandmother’s knee, he started playing cards. Now, that’s what’s called an early and comfortable start!

Though fulltilt pro poker leanings are always easy to detect at such an early age even, it was during his growing up years that Tom found a particular liking for No Limit Texas Hold’em and his second favorite game – Pot Limit Omaha!

This erstwhile accountant who is considered a poker guru would never have gotten into professional poker tournaments had it not been for a sudden career wrenching that put Tom out of a job. That was 1978 and poker was still a hobby with him. However, destiny had it laid out differently for Tom and he had the time and the skills to turn his hobby into a full time career when he found

The poker circuit kept Tom busy, starting 1979 and Tom put in a good three decades of his life into pro poker, giving it a lot of respect and also writing prolifically on the subject. He has had the privilege of getting equally talented poker players as his co-authors for several best selling poker guides, including Linda Johnson, poker legend T.J. CloutierMcEvoy pro and poker star Max Stern, to name a few.

Tom McEvoy won the main event in the 1983 World Series of Poker, which came in close on the heels of his first bracelet earned 6 days ago this honor. Other career highlights for Tom McEvoy include a truly remarkable 37 in-the-money finishes across his career, 18 WSOP final table positions in addition to the 4 WSOP Bracelets mentioned earlier. Of these, Tom has finished 10 times in first place and secured a total career winnings of $2,077,012

He dreams of ‘just one more World Poker Champion’ win and keeps himself still in the poker circuit by training new players, updating his website with lots of tips and strategies for novice poker players besides adding to his collection of UN stamps, indulging his love of movie viewing and fine dining when he’s not thinking of bettering the poker world by hoping for uniform rules, a no-smoking regulation and expecting a strong disciplinary committee formation so players who break rules or abuse are barred from tournaments.

With sentiments that are old school and a spirit that is young, it is no wonder that Tom idolizes T.J. Cloutier, another stalwart of pro poker sharing similar feelings for tournament management.

Tom is also part of an elite team of poker big shots chosen by Poker Stars to be their launch pad team and is ably supported by Chris Moneymaker, Wil Weaton, Isabelle Mercier, Greg Raymer and Evelyn Ng.