Eli Elezra

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Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra (2018)
Eli Elezra (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth November 24, 1960
place of birth IsraelIsrael Jerusalem
Nickname Mr. Vegas
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,024,574
Total prize money $ 3,815,245
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 4th
Cashes 65
Best main event 107th ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 4th
Last updated: February 13, 2020

Eliahu "Eli" Ilan Elezra ( Hebrew אלי אלעזרא; * November 24, 1960 in Jerusalem ) is a professional American - Israeli poker player . He is four-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and once won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour . As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Elezra was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Elezra headed an army command in Israel. There he sustained a leg injury. During this time he learned to play poker . Before turning pro poker, he owned the first express photo business in the United States.

Poker career

Career

Elezra plays mostly cash games and played high stakes poker for the first six seasons of the television format . He is one of the best cash game players in the world and is known for his extremely aggressive style of play. Elezra also made it to a few places in the prize money at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas . In July 2004, Elezra won the Mirage Poker Showdown on the World Poker Tour for a profit of over $ 1 million . At the 2008 WSOP , he won his first bracelet in a tournament of the Stud variant . He defeated Scotty Nguyen in heads-up and won nearly $ 200,000. In the run-up to the tournament, he had made a bet with Barry Greenstein that would earn him $ 250,000 if he won. 2013 won Elezra his second bracelet and 173,236 US dollars in the 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball in heads-up against Daniel Negreanu . At the 2015 WSOP , the third bracelet followed after winning an event in Seven Card Stud with a prize of around 110,000 dollars. After reaching two final tables at the 2018 WSOP , he won his fourth bracelet in 2019 by winning a tournament in the Seven Card Stud variant .

In total, Elezra has made more than $ 3.5 million in poker playing live tournaments. He lives in Las Vegas .

Bracelets

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2007 3000 Seven Card Stud High / Low 236 198.984
2013 2500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) 282 173.236
2015 1500 Seven Card Stud 327 112,591
2019 1500 Seven Card Stud 285 093,766

Web links

Commons : Eli Elezra  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Eli Elezra in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Elezra, Eli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elezra, Eliahu Ilan (full name); אלי אלעזרא (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Israeli poker player
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerusalem , Israel