Poker Pro Nicknames: Nouns II Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Sklansky

David Sklansky is a noted poker author who has authored or co-authored 13 books on gambling and poker. His approach is very mathematical. He has three WSOP bracelets to his credit and won the WPT invitational that featured poker authors. He defeated Phil Helmuth, Mike Sexton, Mike Caro, TJ Cloutier and Doyle Brunson to win.

He also made another WPT final table, finishing third. Tom McEvoy is "Poker Chump". Berry Johnston is "Numbers". Lee Markholt is "Seatle Set".

Answer: Paul Darden

Paul Darden grew up as a real rounder, playing in backroom games. Honing his game the hard way paid off for him. He moved his game to Foxwoods and then to Atlantic City where he met Phil Ivey. Ivey encouraged him to try tournaments and it paid off. He has one WSOP bracelet and one WPT title to his credit.

He has also made another final table at both the WSOP and the WPT. Nick Schulman is "The Takeover". Jonathan Little is "Fiery Justice" or "Jcardshark". Gavin Griffin has no known nickname.

Answer: Roland De Wolfe

Roland De Wolfe is also known as "The Werewolf", "Chopper", and "The Sheep". He was the second poker player to complete the trifecta, winning a WSOP bracelet, a WPT title and an EPT title. Gavin Griffin was the first player to do so. De Wolfe has made a total of five WSOP final tables and two WPT final tables. Jonathan Little is "Fiery Justice" or "Jcardshark". Bertrand Grosspellier is "ElkY". Peter Costa is "The Poet".

Answer: Nick Schulman

Nick Schulman is the youngest ever winner on the WPT. He won the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods barely one month after turning 21. He also won the WPT Season IV Battle of Champions Invitational. In 2009 he won his first WSOP bracelet. He has also made one other WSOP final table and one WSOP Circuit Event final table.

His nickname comes from his online screen name. Brandon Cantu is "The Bounty Hunter". Gabe Kaplan is "The Gimp". Amnon Filippi is "Guts".

Answer: Brandon Cantu

Brandon Cantu is known as an aggressive player who will play almost every hand. According to Phil Hellmuth one of his nicknames is "Any Two". Cantu has made four WSOP final tables and won two bracelets. He also won one WPT title. In 2008 he finished 20th out of 6844 players in the WSOP Main Event. David Benyamine is "Napoleon". Jared Hamby is "TheWacoKidd". Max Pesactori is "The Italian Pirate".
Hellmuth quote:
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Answer: Jared Hamby

Jared Hamby started out as an online phenom and prefers online tournaments to live ones. But he has proven he is equally at home wherever he plays. He has won three WPT preliminary events and made one WPT main event final table, finishing second. In the 2007 WSOP Main Event he finished 88th out of 6358 players. Alex Bolotin is "Diesel". Justin SMith is "BoostedJ". Joe Cada is "jcada99".

Answer: Martin de Knijff

Martin de Knijff started out as a bridge phenom, becoming a life master at 21. But bridge could not pay the bills so he turned to sports betting and poker. He has been hugely successful at both. In 2002 de Knijff picked five of the seven winning horses in Sweden's V75 and won $1.3 million.

In 2004 he won the Season II WPT Championship and $2.7 million. He has made one WSOP final table and finished 13th in the 2002 Main Event. Tony G is "The Mouth From Down Under" or "The Australian Air bag". Darrell Dicken is "Gigabet". Gabe Kaplan is "The Gimp".

Answer: Tony G

Tony G is an Australian pro who was born in Lithuania. His real name is Antanas Guoga. He got his nicknames because of his verbally aggressive style at the table. He has made three WSOP final tables, one WSOPE final table and one WPT final table. He won the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II invitational, beating Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Men Nguyen, Gus Hansen, and Jean-Robert Bellande.

He has won numerous other titles with winnings exceeding $3 million. He is the principal owner of Pokernews.com. Jeffrey Lisandro is "Iceman". Billy Argyos is "The Croc". Mel Judah is "The Silver Fox".

Answer: Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan is more famous as an actor but in the poker community his game is well respected. He started playing back when his TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" was a hit. Kaplan has made six WSOP final tables but has yet to win a bracelet. He finished 13th in the WSOP Main Event in 1991.

He has also made one WPT final table, finishing third. He won the Super Bowl of Poker in 1980 and made the final table of the event two more times in the next five years. He is a poker commentator as well, most notably for GSN's "High Stakes Poker". Doyle Brunson is "Texas Dolly" or "The Godfather of Poker". Barry Greenstein is "The Robin Hood of Poker" or "The Bear". Eli Elezra is "Mr. Vegas" or "Wizard".

Answer: Max Pescatori

Max Pescatori is proud of his Italian heritage and wears a tricolor bandanna when playing, hence the nickname. He has made four WSOP final tables, winning two bracelets. He has also made a WSOPE final table. His winnings to date exceed $2.8 million. John D'Agostino is "jdags". Dario Minieri is "Supernova". Paul Magriel is "X22" or "Button".