Date of Birth: 9/13/1946 Birthplace: Chicago, IL Now Resides: Thousand Oaks, CA Marital Status: Married Children: 2 + 1 Grand-daughter Started playing poker: About 10 yrs old Favorite poker game: Hold-Em, No-Limit, Pot-Limit & Limit Ambition: To enjoy life, my family, my dog and to win a major poker tournament!

Hobbies: Coin collecting (that's numismatics for Omaha players), cars, bonsai and poker!

Favorite Movie: Unforgiven

Favorite Music: Classical, Oldies & most anything NOT Rap or Hip-Hop!

Favorite Place in the world: Lake Tahoe!

Favorite Celebrity: Arnold Schwartzenegger

Major Poker Accomplishments:

• 2001 Legends of Poker, $1000 Limit Hold Em, 3rd Place

• 2002 Grand Slam of Poker, Pot-Limit Hold Em, 2nd Place

• 2003 Hustler Open, Limit Hold Em, 1st Place

• 2003 Hustler Open, Limit Hold Em, 6th Place

• 2003 Sport of Kings, Limit Hold Em, 4th Place

• 2004 WSOP Casino Employees 1st Place

If you could change anything in the world, what would it be?
Being a cancer survivor, I would eliminate all forms of cancer. In my humble opinion, cancer is THE only bad beat story worth telling!

If you could change anything in the poker world, what would it be?
Stop condescending behavior at the tables. You pays your money and takes your chances... that goes for ALL players, pros AND amateurs alike! Also, instead of "bad beat" stories, let's start relating "good beat" stories! Interesting concept, eh!