Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest (2006)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 24, 1964
place of birth	Syracuse
Nicknames 0	Spooky Professor Backwards
place of residence	Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,100,000
Total prize money	$ 6,392,082
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	6th
Cashes	38
Best main event	408th ( 2006 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	11
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Last updated: March 16, 2020

Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964 in Syracuse , New York ) is a professional American poker player. He is six-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 , Forrest was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Poker career

Career

Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . For a long time he then concentrated entirely on cash games . He returned to the WSOP in 2004 and had a great success with two more bracelets. Since then, the seven-card stud specialist has concentrated more and more on Hold'em and has achieved some excellent placements on the World Poker Tour and the Professional Poker Tour . In March 2006, Forrest won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship . He defeated Erik Seidel , Chad Brown , Ernie Dureck , Sam Farha , Shahram Sheikhan , Chris Ferguson on his way to the title and won the grand prize of half a million US dollars . In March 2007, Forrest won a World Poker Tour tournament in San Jose and $ 1.1 million in prize money. Forrest usually plays to the highest available limits in poker. He was an important part of a group of players who pooled their money to play heads-up against billionaire Andrew Beal . The game took place at the Bellagio and had limits of $ 50,000 and $ 100,000. He made it to the round of 16 of the second season of Poker Superstars . At High Stakes Poker he was seen in the first two seasons.

In total, Forrest won nearly $ 6.5 million in live poker tournaments.

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1993	5000	Seven Card Stud	057	114,000
	1500	Seven Card Razz	129	077,400
	1500	Omaha 8 or better	200	120,000
2004	1500	Seven Card Stud	258	111,440
	1500	No Limit Hold'em	834	300,300
2014	1500	Seven Card Razz	352	121,196

Web links

Commons : Ted Forrest  - Collection of Images

• Ted Forrest in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Ted Forrest in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Ted Forrest in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 21, 2019.
2. ↑ Ted Forrest in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 27, 2017.