Cliff Josephy

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Cliff Josephy
Cliff Josephy (2016)
Cliff Josephy (2016)
  Personal information  
Date of birth January 1966
place of birth United StatesUnited States long Island
Nickname JohnnyBax
place of residence United StatesUnited States Syosset
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 3,453,035
Total prize money $ 7,702,166
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 34
Best main event 3rd ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 13
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Cliff D. Josephy (born January 1966 on Long Island , New York ) is a professional American poker player . He led the online poker world rankings for 74 weeks in a row and is a two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Cliff Josephy with his first bracelet at the 2005 WSOP

Josephy was known online under his pseudonym JohnnyBax . From mid-April 2005 to mid-September 2006, for 74 consecutive weeks , he led the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players in the world. He has established himself as one of the most famous online players through numerous top results and earned more than four million US dollars with tournament poker . Together with Eric Haber (aka Sheets ) he ran the paid online poker school pokerXfactor . In February 2017, Josephy received the PocketFives Legacy Award at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills .

Josephy won a bracelet in the Seven Card Stud variant at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in July 2005 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, as well as the main prize of just under 200,000 US dollars . He won his second bracelet at the 2013 WSOP and received around $ 300,000 in prize money. At the World Series of Poker 2016 , Josephy reached the final table in the main event as the chip leader , which was played from October 30, 2016. There he finished third behind Qui Nguyen and Gordon Vayo and received prize money of almost 3.5 million dollars.

In total, Josephy has made more than $ 7.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Bracelets

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2005 1500 Seven-Card Stud 472 192.100
2013 3000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout 477 299,486

Web links

Commons : Cliff Josephy  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JohnnyBax on pocketfives.com, accessed on July 10, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ American Poker Awards - Lifetime Award for Mori Eskandani on pokerfirma.com on February 24, 2017, accessed on December 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Cliff Josephy: 2016 WSOP November Nine Bio on pokerlistings.com from July 18, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cliff Josephy in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 2, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Josephy, Cliff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Josephy, Cliff D. (full name); JohnnyBax (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH January 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Island , New York , United States