Michael Bernstein

MJ Bernstein is a 28-year-old poker upstart living in Chicago, IL. After years as a regular in the cash game arena, MJ recently made the transition to playing tournament poker full-time.

MJ can usually be found driving to the bigger WSOP Circuit and WPT events on the east coast, since he isn't a big fan of flying. With a good amount of success on the tournament scene over the last couple of years, and having become increasingly good at live single table sit-n-gos and super satellites, Bernstein hopes to have his breakthrough tournament moment sometime in the near future.

"I certainly do not get to play the volume of live tournaments I want, but it is fun to be an East Coast player and have camaraderie with some of the other top players out here like David "Dr.Fox" Fox, Joe "JoeyTheB" Brooks and Matt Brady," says Bernstein."

Name: Michael Bernstein AKA "MJ" Location: Chicago, IL, United States Cashes: 20 Total Winnings: $290,158 First Place Finishes: 1 ProRank 1 Position: 541  [ DETAILS ] ProRank 2 Position: 12001 Marital Status: Single Started Playing Poker: 16 Favorite Poker Game: NL Holdem Ambition: To realize my potential. But I think the ride will be the best part. Hobbies: Skiing and Fishing Favorite Movie: The Beach Favorite Music: Anything with a good melody... Favorite Place: Vail, Colorado / Paradise Island Poker Players I Respect Most: Daniel Negraneu, Glyn "Ratchet" Banks If I could change anything in the world: No more war. If I could change anything in the poker world: Legalize and regulate internet gambling.

Michael Bernstein Poker Results EVENT PLACE PRIZE DATE Borgata Winter Poker Open Event #9 - No Limit Hold'em 63rd $1,071 Jan 20, 2009 Borgata Winter Poker Open Event #4 - No Limit Hold'em 1st $149,857 Jan 17, 2009 Borgata Poker Open / WPT Season 7 Event #2 - No Limit Hold'em 38th $1,130 Sep 4, 2008 Deep Stack Extravaganza Event #44 - No Limit Hold'em 3rd $17,524 Jul 11, 2008 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event #7 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em 105th $4,065 Jun 4, 2008 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event #2 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em 158th $4,559 May 31, 2008 Borgata Winter Open / WPT Event Season 6 Event #12 - No Limit Hold'em 24th $9,975 Jan 25, 2008 Borgata Poker Open / WPT Season 6 Event #12 - WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship 53rd $13,580 Sep 20, 2007 $300,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament No Limit Hold'em 37th $2,037 Aug 26, 2007 Harrah’s Atlantic City Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event Event #3 - WSOP Circuit No Limit Hold'em 59th $466 Mar 7, 2007 Borgata Poker Classic / WPT Event Season V Event #7 - No Limit Hold'em 11th $8,093 Jan 22, 2007 Harrah's Atlantic City Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event Event #9 - WSOP Circuit No Limit Hold'em Championship 6th $57,515 Dec 19, 2006 Harrah's Atlantic City Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event Event #3 - No Limit Hold'em 11th $1,782 Dec 11, 2006 World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 4 No Limit Hold'em 60th $1,595 Nov 5, 2005 The 6th Jack Binion World Poker Open / WPT Event Season 3 Event #5 - WPO Limit 7 Card Stud 3rd $12,626 Jan 10, 2005 New England Poker Classic Event #5 - No Limit Hold'em 20th $835 Apr 7, 2002 New England Poker Classic Event #3 - No Limit Hold'em 18th $764 Apr 5, 2002 New England Poker Classic Event #2 - Limit Hold'em 14th $984 Apr 4, 2002 New England Poker Classic 2001 Event #8 - Limit 7 Card Stud 19th $300 Apr 4, 2001 New England Poker Classic 2001 Event #7 - Limit Hold'em 8th $1,400 Apr 3, 2001 See an error in the results? an email

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