Don Williams (poker player)

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Don Williams
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 2, 1942
place of birth United StatesUnited States Portsmouth
date of death April 10, 2013
Place of death United StatesUnited States Mansfield
Nickname The World's Best
Unknown Poker Player
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 115,000
Total prize money $ 1,765,221
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 24
Best main event 4th ( 1991 )

Don Williams (born May 2, 1942 in Portsmouth , Ohio , † April 10, 2013 in Mansfield , Ohio) was a professional American poker player . He won three bracelets of the World Series of Poker and was considered The World's Best Unknown poker player .

Personal

Williams served in the US Army and after that time moved to Las Vegas . He was married and the father of two daughters and one son.

Poker career

Career

Williams participated in prestigious live tournaments from 1982 on.

Williams was successful for the first time in May 1982 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and won a tournament of the Limit Seven Card Stud variant . For this he received a bracelet and a prize of 56,000 US dollars . He secured his second bracelet three years later by winning an event of the same variant at the 1985 WSOP with a grand prize of $ 85,500. In January 1987, Williams won the Grand Prix of Poker at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for $ 108,000 in prize money. At the 1987 WSOP , he finished second twice and finished eleventh in the main event . A year later Williams followed up with his third bracelet and prevailed in the Limit Razz variant , for which he received a prize of $ 76,800. At the 1991 WSOP , he reached the final table of the main event and finished fourth to secure his highest cash prize of $ 115,000. At the end of April 1993, Williams finished second behind Phil Hellmuth at a limit hold'em event at the 1993 WSOP for just under $ 80,000. Williams received his last cash placement at the World Series of Poker in May 1995 .

In total, Williams has earned over $ 1.5 million in poker playing live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Williams cashed 24 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1982 1000 Limit 7 Card Stud 112 56,000
1985 1000 Limit 7 Card Stud 171 85,500
1988 1000 Limit razz 192 76,800

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Don Williams Obituary on snyderfuneralhomes.com, accessed on June 21, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Don Williams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ 13th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1982 ($ 1,000 Limit 7 Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1985 ($ 1,000 Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Grand Prix of Poker 1987 ($ 1,500 Limit Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 21, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ 18th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1987 ($ 1,000 Limit Ace to Five Draw) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 4, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ 18th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1987 ($ 5,000 Seven-Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ 18th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1987 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ 19th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1988 ($ 1,000 Seven-Card Razz) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ 22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ 24th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1993 ($ 5,000 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  12. ↑ 26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995 ($ 2,500 Omaha 8 or Better) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ Don Williams in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The World's Best Unknown Poker Player (Nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Portsmouth , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2013
Place of death Mansfield , Ohio , United States