O'Neil Longson

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O'Neil Longson
O'Neil Longson (2005)
O'Neil Longson (2005)
  Personal information  
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.200,000 $
Total prize money $ 2,187,021
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 26th
Best main event 12. ( 1991 )
Last updated: March 16, 2020

O'Neil Longson is a professional American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Longson is from Las Vegas . Since 1980 he has regularly participated in renowned live tournaments .

In May 1980 Longson was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas and reached the final table in a tournament of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In the following years he was also seen at the WSOP and occasionally placed in the money. In 1991 he finished twelfth in the main event . At the 1994 WSOP , Longson won a Pot Limit Omaha tournament for around $ 100,000 in prize money and a bracelet . In early March 1995, he won the championship event of the LA Poker Classic for $ 114,000. In mid-November 1996, he won the United States Poker Championship in Seven Card Stud and received 200,000 US dollars in prize money. At the 2003 World Series of Poker , he won his second bracelet in Deuce to Seven Lowball and finished second in Pot Limit Omaha . In 2005 he won his third bracelet in Seven Card Razz .

Overall, Longson has earned more than $ 2 million in poker live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Longson cashed 26 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1994 1500 Pot Limit Omaha 168 100,800
2003 5000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball 028 147,680
2005 1500 7 Card Razz 291 125,690

Web links

Commons : O'Neil Longson  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c O'Neil Longson in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ 11th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1980 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ 22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ 25th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1994 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ LA Poker Classic IV ($ 5,000 + 80 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ 1996 United States Poker Championship ($ 4,000 + 100 Limit Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Razz) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ O'Neil Longson in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 1, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Longson, O'Neil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century