Jamie Gold: The Master of Bluffs
Jamie M. Gold is a well-known American T.V. producer, an established talent agent and a professional poker player. Gold was born on August 25, 1969 in Kansas City but is now living in Malibu, California. Jamie is best remembered for winning a bracelet at the World Series of Poker in 2006. He is president for production of Buzznation, an entertainment company.
At four years old, he and his mother moved to Manhattan. His mother then divorced re-married a doctor Robert Gold thus his name in lieu of a court order was changed from Jamie Usher to Jamie Gold. His new family traveled to Paramus, New York where Jamie grew up. In 1987, he got his high school diploma at Paramus High School. He attended college at the State University of New York at Albany where he earned his degree in 1991. He later on enrolled at UCLA and took up entertainment law.
Jamie was exposed to poker at a very young age. Jamie's grandfather was a gin rummy player and his mother, Jane was a good poker player. But he got more interested in poker when he got acquainted with WSOP winners Chris Moneymaker and Johnny Chan on a forthcoming television program. Chan began show, and Chan taught him the finer point in poker.
In April 2005, Jamie captured his first major tournament win at the Bicycle Casino. He took home $54,225. All through 2005, Gold had seven more cashes in several tournaments in California.
In the 2006 World Series of Poker, Jamie holding a big chip lead won the$10,000 buy-in No-Limit holdem main event. In the final table, Jamie defeated Paul Wasicka on their one-on-one match to earned a record $12,000,000
His performance at the 2006 WSOP was marked by his unusual way of provoking his opponents to either call his bet when he holds a superior hands or giving up when his holding an inferior hand. He got his opponents confused because he sometimes declared the truth and at times lying. Before winning the 2006 WSOP, Jamie is credited of winning several events due to the lessoned he learned from Johnny Chan.
Jamie's "table talk" tactic meted him a reprimand in his future participation in major tournaments.
As of 2008, Jamie Gold's live tournament career winnings surpassed $12,100,000.
Jamie Gold also appeared in some event of the NBC Poker After Dark series of tournaments. Jamie also played in season 3 and 4 at the High Stakes Poker hosted by NBC. In the 2007 WSOP, Jamie was booted out in the first day.
Jamie has also played in several poker tournaments whose primary beneficiaries are some charitable foundations.
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