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  David Williams WSOP Poker Star
David Williams aka David Anthony Williams or "The Ferret".
David Williams is already a poker star with his success at the WSOP in 2004.
David was already a well known card player before he took up poker in 1997, as one of the top ranked pros in the collectible card game “Magic: The Gathering.” He plans on moving to Los Angeles after completing his education, and hopes to find a career path he loves.
www.pokernex.com /David-williams.htm   (359 words)

  
 David Williams - Poker Pro
David started his card game domination as a youngster playing Magic The Gathering, a strategy card game that is played one on one in tournaments.
He was disqualified without prize because a few of the cards in his deck were bent slightly, they were all copies of the same card, and the tournament judges were able to cut the deck to one of them every time they tried.
David's poker success was capped at the 2004 WSOP, after qualifying through an online poker site he made it to the final table of the main event, ultimately finishing second to Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, winning $3.5 million for the runner-up prize.
www.poker.com /professionalplayers/williams.htm   (479 words)

  
 David Williams - From Second Best To Poker Champion | Poker Pro Stories
Poker professional David Williams is one who has refused to be that "one hit wonder", turning his first shining moment into a career that has taken him into poker's upper echelons.
David noted the similarities in strategy between poker and Magic and started to delve into poker tournaments, where he parlayed his ever growing skills into several smaller tournament successes.
David has a very complex style of play that makes it difficult to get a handle on what exactly he is doing at the tables.
www.pokernews.com /stories/david-williams.htm   (779 words)

  
 Quarterfinals: David Williams vs. Matthew Schempp
Williams played "the Pirates" which originated last week at GP London.
Williams was the only player to make Day 2 with the deck, but found it to be amazing in the mono fl intense metagame of day two.
Williams removed this nuisance with a Slithery Stalker.
www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=sideboard/gpcle02/qf1   (388 words)

  
 David Blaine Magic Card Trick
David Blaine - David Blaine (born David Blaine White on April 4, 1973), is an American illusionist and stunt performer born in Brooklyn, New York City.
Twenty One Card Trick - The Twenty One Card Trick is a magic effect in which the magician deals twenty one cards onto the table, into three face up piles of seven cards each, and asks the spectator to think of any of the cards shown.
David Williams (card player) - David Anthony Williams (born June 9, 1980 in Arlington, Texas) is a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player.
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 David Williams (card player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Williams was suspended by the DCI from sanctioned Magic: The Gathering tournaments for one year.
David Williams was accepted into the Team Bodog after his exceptional performance at the 2004 World Series of Poker, where he enjoys the company of other high profile poker players such as Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng.
Williams' mother Shirley often attends poker events in which he plays, and even competed in the 2006 WSOP main event, outlasting her son in the process.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Williams_(card_player)   (717 words)

  
 David Williams, Team Bodog WSOP 7 Card Stud Winner - Bodog Poker Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams began playing poker online in the Bodog Poker Room, where he managed to qualify for WSOP in 2004.
Williams continued to raise eyebrows on the world poker circuit with big money wins, final table finishes, and an interview by Playboy Magazine.
Williams grew up in a home full of card players.
www.bodog.com /poker/david-anthony-williams.jsp   (300 words)

  
 David Williams - Poker and Magic Player Dave Williams
David Williams was not a name well known in poker circles, until the 2004 World Series of Poker.
David has been better known for being one of the top ranked players in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.
You have a deck of cards which all have a specific function which is explained on the cards, and you use them in combination to defeat your opponent.
www.poker-babes.com /bio/david-williams   (668 words)

  
 David Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams has a bright, young mind and is one of the more charismatic players in the poker world.
Williams is a savvy tournament and online poker player who was thrust into the spotlight as a 23-year-old at the 2004 World Series of Poker main event.
Players utilize cards in combinations to defeat their opponents in head-to-head matches.
poker.betfirms.com /david-williams.shtml   (637 words)

  
 David Williams Profile | David Williams Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams : Should he want it, it is very likely David Williams could become the leading spokesman for the Movement To Make Geeks Cool.
David Williams: It must be something of a dream job for the imaginative, fantasy-oriented, game loving crowd; being a professional Magic: The Gathering player.
Known for his humility and willingness to learn as much as for his sometimes chaotic, but always fine poker play, David Williams is just starting out on a life as a poker pro that is destined to be filled with not Magic, but magic.
www.guidetopoker.com /David-Williams.php   (739 words)

  
 David Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Williams (Son of Dork), guitarist in British band Son of Dork
David Williams (Welsh footballer) (born 1955), former footballer and current football coach.
Sir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Williams   (356 words)

  
 Card Player Magazine - David Williams: Living the Dream by Richard Belsky
David next entered a Magic pro tour qualifying event and won his way into the first major tournament of his young gaming career.
Fortunately for David, despite his lack of experience and self-proclaimed atrocious play, he started his poker career during a "running well" cycle of cards, and continued to win.
David certainly has become one of the young superstars in poker, and runs with a like-stationed crowd.
www.cardplayer.com /magazine/article/15108   (2445 words)

  
 David Williams of Team Bodog Wins Seven-Card Stud at WSOP
Williams bested a field of 478 players to take the top prize in Event No. 10 of the 2006 World Series of Poker, the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud tournament.
"David continues to prove he's one of the best poker players in the world, and I'm sure this is just the first of many more WSOP bracelets he'll wín over his career," said Calvin Ayre, Bodog.com's Founder and CEO.
Williams, with just a pair of fours, called and the small pair proved to be all he needed for the wín and career first bracelet.
www.readybetgo.com /poker/news/williams-wsop-7-card-2021.html   (905 words)

  
 dallasobserver.com - News - Dynamite Dave
David Williams looks over his chips at the WSOP, where his second-place finish earned him $3.5 million.
David Williams' phone rings a lot from all over the world.
Williams had played in a pro tournament before, but he'd never played at the World Series of Poker.
dallasobserver.com /Issues/2004-07-01/news/feature.html   (821 words)

  
 Bodog Poker Pro David Williams Wins World Series of Poker Bracelet
Williams, though, quickly took command at the final table on Friday with aggressive play against the veterans, gaining the chip lead early and never looking back.
Williams, with just a pair of fours, called and the small pair proved to be all he needed for the win and career first bracelet.
Williams has now won a total of $3,670,823 in three WSOP appearances, earning him the distinction of being the youngest player on the World Series of Poker's "Top Ten" All-Time Money List.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/7/prweb410327.htm   (976 words)

  
 POKER PLAYER PROFILES - David Williams
Marcel Luske, whove I played with also, is ten times the player TJ "I choke at the final table" CLoutier.
Stating that the great T.J. is a donkey but david williams is going to be a force for a long time.....
A good player with a lot of potiential if he is willing to keep developing his play...
www.homepokergames.com /david-williams.php   (248 words)

  
 David Williams - Pro Poker Player   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams was already famous before he made a name for himself in Poker.
David Williams' first claim to fame was through the card game Magic: The Gathering.
David Williams feels that it may be possible that he may not need to work, considering his success in Poker.
www.offshorepokerroom.com /david-williams.html   (729 words)

  
 David Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams (card player), a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player
David Williams (UK politician), a British Conservative politician who was elected to Parliament in 1979
David Williams, one of the captors of John Andre in the American Revolutionary War
david-williams.mindbit.com   (69 words)

  
 David Williams' Blog: 10 10 10
I held my own pretty well and caught some pretty good cards and was able to get my 5k up to 16k by the dinner break.
I paired my door card on 5th to make trip 10s again, and was against 578 with two spades.
On 6th I didn't fill up and he caught the worst card in the world for me, the 6 of spades.
www.davidwilliamspoker.com /blogs/2005/06/10-10-10.html   (1150 words)

  
 King David Williams Claims a WSOP Bracelet - Bodog Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As evidenced by the photo of David Williams at the winning table of the Seven-Card Stud event the action at this year's WSOP is intense.
Williams, though, quickly took command at the final table with aggressive play against the veterans, gaining the chip lead early and never looking back.
An experienced player, Louise feels her chances of winning a bracelet at the 2006 WSOP are good.
www.bodognation.com /poker-news/all-hail-king-david.html   (997 words)

  
 Player Profile - David Williams | David Williams - Player Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Should he want the gig, David Williams might single-handedly prove that geeks can be hot, or cool, depending upon what you prefer.
Young and charismatic, David Williams is also a force to be reckoned with at the poker table.
"He [Williams] says he entered the WSOP because he's a perfectionist with a strong desire to be the best at anything he does," wrote Pat Jordan in Playboy Magazine.
www.chicksnchips.com /David-Williams.php   (764 words)

  
 Round seven: David Williams vs. Jeff Taylor
He is beloved by the players at this event and was being teased about one of the weirder questions on the MQ test.
In addition to be tested on card knowledge, rules knowledge, and game theory the players were tested on how lucky they were and in one section even encouraged to cheat.
A card was taped down in front of them and they were asked to identify it but if they were caught looking at it they would be penalized.
www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=sideboard/ehi03/fm7   (777 words)

  
 Card Shark Media > Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He is the 2004 ESPN Player of the Year, 2004 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year, and 2004 World Poker Tour Player of the Year.
Card Shark Media (CSM) was founded in 2004 with the sole mission of providing unique and entertaining poker-related content to the newspaper marketplace.
In 2005, Card Shark Media and Daniel Negreanu entered into an agreement in which CSM was named the exclusive producer and distributor of Daniel’s syndicated poker columns to newspapers in the USA and Canada.
www.cardsharkmedia.com /press.html   (1329 words)

  
 David Williams Shows Strength, Wins Poker While Ill - Bodog Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The ailing David Williams – he’ll be sick-as-a-dog Michael Jordan.
David Williams, the poker protégé who finished second to Greg Raymer at the 2004 World Series of Poker, fell ill before the commencement of action, and struggled with flu-like symptoms throughout the game.
Williams was unable to comment on his impressive performance, but he did speak volumes with his game.
www.bodognation.com /celebrity-gossip/show-of-strength.html   (833 words)

  
 David Williams Wins WSOP Seven-Card Stud Preliminary – Bodog Beat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Williams is a savvy tournament and online player, Williams rocketed into the spotlight as a 23-year-old at the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2004.
Williams won $3.5 million when he finished second at the WSOP and also won $573,000 as runner-up at the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Open.
Remarkably bright, Williams is a scholar with numerous academic achievements to his credit.
www.bodogbeat.com /archives/2006/07/davis_williams.html   (211 words)

  
 David Williams Biography
David Williams, although born and raised in Texas, is a newcomer to the high stakes world of poker, hitting the scene in 1997.
Williams, finishing second only to Greg Raymer in earnings, collected $3.5 million at the 2004 WSOP Championship Event in addition to his other achievements which include boasting the title “2nd all time” WSOP money winner.
David Williams will remain a formidable opponent in the poker world for years to come, and quite possibly the next Texas Hold’em world champion
www.card-sharx.com /david-williams-young-pro-poker-biography.html   (249 words)

  
 David Williams - Professional Poker Player Profile
David Williams got an early start making money playing cards, but not in the traditional sense.
Williams earned more than $30,000 playing Magic before he tried his hand at Texas Hold'em.
The move turned out to be a good one, with his "big break" coming in 2004 when he finished second in the World Series of Poker main event.
www.pokerpages.com /players/profiles/22080/david-williams.htm   (390 words)

  
 David Williams Bobblehead 16-DWBH
This young, charismatic tournament-savvy player is a force to be reckoned with.
In 2004 alone, David has won $3.5 Million for his Runner up at the WSOP Main Event and $670,000 for his Runner up Finish at the WPT.
A 4.0 GPA senior at Southern Methodist University, David is an active World Poker Tour Professional, Professional Poker Tour Participant, and Card Player Magazine cover story.
www.5stardeal.com /c/Bobbleheads_Poker_Pro_Collectibles/D16-DWBH.asp   (174 words)

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