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Eli Elezra

Eli Elezra lives in Henderson in Nevada in the United States. He is known by the nick name of Mr. Vegas or the Wizard. He was born in the year 1960 and has already been able to earn for himself one bracelet in the World Series of Poker.

Eli Elezra has several other achievements to his credit right from 28 cashes to a total winnings of $1,829,604. He has been able to finish three times at First Place Finishes.

The last win that he got was at the 41st World Series of Poker 2010 in the Event number 44 and win for himself $8,372 on Jun 24, 2010. This was certainly quite an achievement and made him richer by several thousands of dollars.

The thing to be noted about Eli Elezra is that he was born in Jerusalem in Israel. Also, he is not only a poker player but an astute business man as well. In fact, if he had the choice between being called a poker player or a businessman, then he would prefer the title of a businessman.

For several years, Eli Elezra worked in Alaska before he moved to Las Vegas. The really turning point in his poker career was the win that he had in the year 2004 which won him an amount of $1,024,574. There is the news that out of this amount earned by Eli Elezra, he went on to donate $50,000 to renovate his new military gym.

The very first bracelet that was won by him was at the World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low in the year 2007 of the World Series of Poker. He was able to garner this win for him after defeating Scotty Nguyen.

The interesting thing about this win is that before the event Elezra had made a side bet with Barry Greenstein. This side bet went on to earn him further amount of $25,000 and thet total that he collected on that day was $250,000 for his win.

At last count Eli Elezra had been able to earn for himself an amount of more than $1,900,000 by participating in live tournaments. Out of that an amount of $565,805 of those winnings from the 18 cashes WSOP. Today, Eli Elezra has his very own H.O.R.S.E table devoted to him. This goes on to show that he has really arrived in the poker scene.

In the year 2009, Eli Elezra appeared on several episodes of Poker after Dark. The other two players who appeared along with him were Doyle Brunson and Gabe Kaplan.

If Eli Elezra were to be asked if he considers himself to be an ace poker player then even after having spent years in playing poker he would go on to deny that.

He loves his family very much and considers himself to be a complete family oriented person. He has a multi-million dollar business in the Las Vegas strip that he runs to perfection. He also has several other successful business ventures underneath his belt.