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Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith was born on September 4, 1968 in Guelph in Ontario in the United States. He now lives in Las Vegas in Nevada in the United States. He is considered to be an ace poker player and has several wins to his credit. He has 83 cashes and has earned for himself a total winnings of $5,137,534. He has also got 7 First Place Finishes and has been able to win that all important for a poker player WSOP Bracelet as well.

Gavin Smith was born in Canada and is considered to be a Canadian poker player. The first brush with playing poker that he had was when he started playing rummy and cribbage with his father.

He has held several different jobs before he actually got into full time professional poker. His jobs have been varied such as a taxi driver and on a golf course. The first thing was when he played mixed-games of poker at the age of 26 with his friends.

The first thing that he did when he found himself interested in the game was to turn himself into a poker dealer. In fact, a whole lot of professional poker players start off their journey in this way. Then, he started a club in the year 1998.

The very first big break that Gavin Smith received on the poker circuit was when he came with two first-place finishes at the 2000 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Casino.

The image that Gavin has on the poker table is that of a clown and someone who has really funny antics up their sleeves. He likes this image as it gets him not only the attention but makes people like him. This clown like image that he has also brings down his opponents reserves against him. This might be one of the things that make him a winner time and time again. Leaving aside this image of his, Gavin Smith is considered to be one of the most aggressive of poker players.

He has a bachelor's degree in economics. This along with great insights into Mathematics has allowed him to hone his skills in poker and ensure that he is able to tap the potential to the hilt. He has been able to gain complete mastery over the game of poker and this is seen in the way he continues to win game after game.

The last win that Gavin Smith got was at the 41st World Series of Poker 2010 at event number 57 called WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship 730th. He was able to win himself $19,263 on Nov 9, 2010, and that sure was a great feat.

Gavin Smith first started off by playing cash games but over the years his focus has moved to playing only tournaments. He continues to be grounded and believes in giving back to society. He is a part of several charities that he constantly contributes to.

The name that he uses on Full Tilt Poker is bird gut.