Player Profiles: Chris "Mac" McCormack

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Chris McCormack Date of Birth: 9-10-79
Birthplace: New York
Now Resides: Miami Beach
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Started playing poker: Age 16
Favorite poker game:No Limit Tournaments -- PL Hold Em ring games
Ambition: Join the elite ranks of poker players.

Hobbies: Golf, Beach, working out and being active...

Favorite Movie: GoodFellas

Favorite Music: Most everything.

Favorite Place in the world: Caribbean

Favorite Celebrity: Jimmy Buffett

Major Poker Accomplishments:

2004 World Poker Finals (WPT Foxwoods) 7th Place - $235,651
2005 Pokerstars Carribean (WPT Bahamas) 39th Place - $13,000
2005 LA Poker Classic $1000 No Limit - 9th Place - $5,610
2005 LA Poker Classic $1500 No Limit - 20th Place - $2,652
2005 WSOP $1500 NL Shootout 11th Place - $13,995

Most respected poker players: The guys I travel with that have made me a better player... Robby Mizrachi, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, JC Tran, John Phan, Frank Sinopoli.

If you could change anything in the world, what would it be?
Could put a lot of things here but I'd say that most of all, I'd like to see people get along better with each other.

If you could change anything in the poker world, what would it be?
Poker needs a governing body... A players association so to speak similar to the PGA... We are all missing out on a lot of opportunities dealing with sponsoship and money being added to events from corporate America and TV... It's a joke that all the money paid out comes from only the entry fees of other players. Also, I hate how certain card rooms don't allow you to listen to music when you play (but that's just a little annoyance)