World Series of Poker Trivia

1. Which player amazingly was able to make back to back final tables by becoming one of the 2014 November Nine after being a member of the 2013 November Nine?

From Quiz 2014 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Mark Newhouse

Mark Newhouse did what most people thought could not be done considering the field sizes of the main event now, he made back to back final tables. In 2013 the field was 6,352 players and in 2014 it was 6,683 players. In 2013, Newhouse was a short stack and as expected got knocked out in ninth place relatively early. When he registered for the 2014 main event (ME) he swore he would not finish 9th again but fate was not on his side. Even though he entered the final table third in chips, he was yet again knocked out in ninth place. The odds that Newhouse would make back to back final tables were 524,079 to 1. According to EPSN Poker, the odds of Newhouse getting struck by lightning in any two year period were better than what he did (480,000 to 1 according to the National Weather Service per ESPN). Newhouse is the first person to make back to back final tables in the modern era of poker (since the ME fields increased to over 1,000 players in 2004). The odds of Newhouse finishing ninth in consecutive years are an astronomical 42.5 million to 1, according to "Card Player Online". Newhouse won $730,725 in 2014 and $733,224 in 2013.

From Quiz 2013 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Carlos Mortensen

Carlos Mortensen won the WSOP Main Event (ME) in 2001 for $1.5 million. He was the last pre-Moneymaker pro to win the ME prior to the Moneymaker Effect when thousands of amateur players began to play the event. Mortensen was short stacked when play was down to ten handed and ended up being knocked out in tenth place. Mortensen's deep run proved he still has what it takes to play with the best. Mortensen is the only player to have won both the WSOP ME and the WPT Championship has some of the best tournament results on a percentage basis of any pro. Robert Varkonyi won the 2002 ME for $2 million. Scotty Nguyen won the 1998 ME for $1 million. Doyle Brunson won back to back Main Events in 1976 and 1977 for $220,000 and $340,000. Both times Brunson won holding ten deuce when he won.

From Quiz 2012 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Steve Gee

Steve Gee was a 57 year-old professional player from California. He started the final table with 16,860,000 chips and fifth place overall. He was knocked out on Hand #30 of the final table when Russell Thomas called his all-in shove on the river. Gee held pocket eights and Thomas held pocket queens. The board improved neither player. In 2010, Gee outlasted 3,041 other players and won Event #13, a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Tournament. That win earned him $472,479 and a WSOP bracelet. By making the October Nine Gee won $754,798.

From Quiz 2011 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Nevada Gaming Commission

The Nevada Gaming Commission was the final authority in how the 'live' broadcast would be conducted. The main concern of the commission was that the integrity of the game be maintained and that no player would gain an unfair advantage from the coverage. During the first eight days of the tournament in July there were two tables that were featured on a 30 minute delay. Coverage was switched between the tables every 30 minutes so no one table had more coverage than the other. No hole cards were shown unless the hand was played beyond the flop and only after the conclusion of the hand. In November, the final table was broadcast on a 15 minute delay with no hole cards being shown until the completion of the hand.

From Quiz Top Ten WSOP ME Winning Hands

Answer: Four

In this hand Demidov was rather unlucky because the card that gave him two pair gave Eastgate a wheel. In heads up play two pair is a very strong hand. At this point Demidov's only hope is to fill up, get a full house, so he has four outs, either of the remaining 4's or 2's. The 7 of Spades fell on the river and Eastgate became the youngest player to win the Main Event. He has since been surpassed by Joe Cada as the youngest player to win.

From Quiz 2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Four

Senti flopped a set but Nguyen was not drawing dead. He still had a Broadway draw if he could catch any of the four Jacks in the deck. This would give him an Ace high straight and beat the set of Senti. Pre-flop the hand is what is considered a coin flip(50/50) but after the flop Nguyen was in big trouble with only about a 14% chance to win the hand. The turn was the 9s and the river was the meaningless Ks. Senti won the hand and knocked Nguyen out in ninth place, for which he won $811,823. Nguyen was the only true amateur at the final table this year. This was Hand #28 of the final table.

From Quiz 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon won his chance to play in the Main Event in a $130 qualifier. Although he is quoted as saying, ""There were 6,494 players in (the main event) this year, and there were probably 6,300 people in it who are better than I am," he ended up finishing second and winning $5.1 million. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/7221-wsop-november-nine-profile-darvin-moon

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Nouns II

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".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Types of People

Answer: Greg Raymer

Greg Raymer is "Fossilman". He won the 2004 WSOP Main Event, which had 2,576 players, and then followed that up with an impressive result in the 2005 Main Event, finishing 25th out of 5,619 players. He has made five other WSOP final tables, including a noteworthy third place finish in the 2009 WSOP 40th Annual $40k Event. Joe Hachem is "Diamond Joe", Jerry Yang is "The Shadow", and Jamie Gold is "Golden Boy".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Multiple Names

Answer: Howard Lederer

Howard Lederer's accomplishments include two WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles. He also finished fifth in the 1987 WSOP Main Event. He is one of the founders of Full Tilft Poker. His nickname "Bub" comes from his prior nickname of "Bubba" when he was heavy. After he lost weight his name was shortened. He is the brother of Annie "The Duchess of Poker" Duke. Ted Forrest is "Professor Backwards". Chip Reese's real name is David Edward Reese. David Sklansky is "The Mathematician".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Animals

Answer: Billy Argyros

Billy Argyros is an Australian poker pro with a lengthy poker resume. He was the resident expert on the TV show "Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge". If you ever see him on TV he will probably be wearing his trademark Croc hat or shirt. He is a Full Tilt pro. In 1995 he finished 15th in the WSOP Main Event and in 2008 he finished 4th in WSOP $10K World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha event. Dan Harrington is "Action Dan". Paul Darden is "The Truth". Gavin Smith is "Birdguts" or "Caveman".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Screen Names

Answer: Joe Cada

Joe "jcada99" Cada is a member of the 2009 November Nine and has a chance to beat Peter Eastgate's record as the youngest Main Event champion. With his performance in the 2009 WSOP Main Event he burst onto the poker scene but his online credentials show this is no fluke. He has five double digit cashes online. He considers himself to be a cash game heads up specialist. John D'Agostino is "Jdags". Jared Hamby is "TheWacoKidd". Justin Smith is "BoostedJ". http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/7337-wsop-november-nine-profile-joe-cada-on-the-cusp-of-history

From Quiz Poker Quotes

Answer: Amarillo Slim

Amarillo Slim was induced into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992. He won his fourth WSOP bracelet in 1990. Quote from www.amarillo-slim.com.

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Descriptive

Answer: Thomas Keller

Thomas "Thunder" Keller burst onto the poker scene in 2004, winning a bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event by defeating Martin "The Knife" De Knijff. This was a follow up to a heads up victory over Allen "Clever Piggy" Cunningham in late 2003. Keller's brother is Shawn "Lightning" Keller. Layne Flack is "Back to Back". Phil Galfond is "Gandalf". Darrell Dicken is "Gigabet".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Poker Related

Answer: Daniel Negreanu

As of 2009 Daniel Negreanu has won four WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles. He has been named Player of the Year for both the WSOP (2004) and the WPT (2005). Erick Lindgren is "E-Dog". Tom Dwan is "Durrrr". Phuong "Kenny" Tran is "Sick Call Kenny".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Nouns I

Answer: Carlos Mortenson

Carlos Mortenson is the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event(2001) and the WPT Championship Event(2007). He has also won another WSOP bracelet and another WPT title. Antonio Esfandiari is "The Magician". Mike Matusow is "The Mouth". Steve Zolotow is "The Bald Eagle".

From Quiz Poker Pro Nicknames: Geography

Answer: Doyle Brunson

Brunson also is nicknamed "The Godfather of Poker" and has written what many players consider to be the poker Bible, "Super System". That book is said to have revolutionized poker by making it accessible to anyone. Brunson has won the WSOP Main Event twice, back to back, and has 10 bracelets altogether. He has also won a WPT event. His nickname came about when Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder mispronounced his first name during an introduction once.

From Quiz From Toronto to Vegas - Daniel Negreanu

Answer: Professional snooker player

At age 15, Daniel aspired to be a professional snooker. At 16 he spent nearly all his time at pool halls hustling grown men at the snooker tables. It was then that he learned and fell in love with poker.

From Quiz 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Answer: Scott Montgomery

Dennis Phillips started the final table with 26,950,000 chips, followed by Demidov with 24,400,000, then the correct answer of Scott Montgomery with 19,690,000, and finally Eastgate rounded out the top 4 with 18,375,000.

From Quiz Poker 915 World Champions

Answer: 1949 - Based on a heads-up match in Las Vegas

The award this year was based on Johnny Moss' famous marathon win against Nick "The Greek" Dandolos.

From Quiz 2005 "World Series of Poker" Main Event

Answer: Scott Lazar

Although Matusow made three of a kind on the flop, Lazar made an ace high flush (5 cards of the same suit) on the river to take down the pot and stay alive in the tournament.

From Quiz Poker Legends: Stu Ungar

Answer: Tournament Poker and Gin Rummy.

Stu was winning Gin Rummy tournaments and playing professionally, long before he took up Poker as a profession.

From Quiz Poker Legends: Doyle Brunson

Answer: The best mile runner and one of the top five basketball players in the state of Texas.

When he was sixteen he was already considered one of the top five basketball players in Texas. His senior year Doyle entered the Texas Interschoolastic Track Meet, and won the mile. He received around 100 scholarship offers.

From Quiz No One Remembers Second

Answer: Frank Henderson

In 1989 Henderson won a bracelet in Pot Limit Omaha.

From Quiz WSOP - Legends Of The Main Event

Answer: Hal Fowler - 1979

All of these players did win the Main Event in the years listed next to their names. All were considered non-professional at the time they won. However, it was Fowler, all the way back in 1979 who became the first non-pro to win the big one. It is rumored that Benny Binnion had to loan Fowler at least part of the entry fee. Many today still consider Fowler's win to be the greatest upset in WSOP history. If you answered Moneymaker, or Varkonyi, don't feel bad. You are in the company of many avid fans who share your previous misconception.

From Quiz World Series of Poker 2006

Answer: Jamie Gold

Gold won 12 million dollar for his efforts. It took him 8 days to overcome all his opponents. Wasicka came just short but was still rewarded an impressive 6 million dollars for second place. Cunningham finished 4th and was the only poker "pro" at the final table. Friberg finished 8th and was the second to leave the final table. Friberg was the highest ranking European player, he hails from Sweden.

From Quiz Poker Nicknames

Answer: Howard Lederer

Howard was a much larger man, and they called him "Bubba". Howard then lost a lot of weight, so they split the name in half.

From Quiz World Series of Poker 2004

Answer: AA, heart flush

An amateur Internet player called Men's all in bet with a mere flush draw. Call it a terrible call, but he ended up spiking a heart on the river.

From Quiz 2003 World Series of Poker

Answer: 2.5 million

It was 2.5 million in '03, and it was doubled to 5 million for the '04 series.

From Quiz Nicknames of Poker Pros

Answer: Doyle Brunson

Brunson does bear some resemblence to an old-time mobster. This is a fitting name for arguably the greatest poker player to ever live. He has won the World Series of Poker Main Event twice, and is one of only four players to win this multiple times. Another nickname for Brunson is "Texas Dolly".

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