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Chris Ferguson Profile

Posted by Bill "Zimba" Seibert 1 year ago

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is a respected top American tournament poker player. He won the 2000 WSOP Main Event and has five WSOP bracelets along with 25 final tables and 63 WSOP cashes. Ferguson won the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and has over $8 million in live tournament winnings. He is a quiet player at the table who uses a heavy mathematical and game theory approach to his game. Ferguson is a member of Team Full Tilt. Ferguson was born April 11, 1963 in Los Angeles, California and currently calls Pacific Palisades, California home.

Things you might not know:

Both Ferguson's parents have doctoral degrees in mathematics.
Ferguson's father teaches game theory and theoretical probability at UCLA.
Ferguson attended UCLA undergrad for 5 years and earned a PHD in computer science after 13 years.
Ferguson has turned $1 into more than $20k over 6 months of playing online poker, having done it a second time from $0 to $10k by first starting in freerolls as a personal challenge and to show it could be done.
Ferguson is nicknamed "Jesus" because of his trademark long brown hair and beard.
Ferguson adopted his trademark wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses in an effort to disguise the fact that he was a college student.
Ferguson is the only player to have won three WSOP circuit events.
Ferguson is president of the swing dancing club at UCLA.
Ferguson can throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas, carrots and even melons from a distance of 10 feet.

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is one of the very recognizable icons of tournament poker. With the easing of his self imposed exile from WPT events and his continued good WSOP results, Ferguson should be a live tournament force for years to come.

A Heads Up Championship video and Ferguson's last hand at the 2000 WSOP ME:

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comments

benfika.pmw 1 year ago

last video he must have tought "HAKUNA MATATAAAAAA"

duken 1 year ago

"Ferguson can throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas, carrots and even melons from a distance of 10 feet."

lol?

medjed 1 year ago

I think Mike Matusow deserves to get his profile on this site :)

Flex- 1 year ago

I think these videos don't represent anything of how much of a great player he is.

Battle 1 year ago

Rofl that second vid has everything to do with luck and much less with excellent poker ;Z

everlast (GosuCrew) 1 year ago

#4 - Agreed, winning with an underdog hand on an all-in like that, doesn't show skill in itself, just "what happens" in poker and how you can take a bracelet (WSOP) with it as well...

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#2 - Yah, never seen the full tilt commercial where he does that? Here it is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtqH7E3kypk

But this one is cool too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE19UJawOuw

I wonder what kind of paper-cut she´d get if he hit her haha

everlast (GosuCrew) 1 year ago

#3 - I am sure he´ll get there eventually :)

Zimba 1 year ago

#2 I substituted in a video of Ferguson demonstrating his card throwing skills.

#3 There are lots of interesting characters and top poker players that I will profile. It will just take some time.

#4 + #5 The videos added are for entertainment purposes. Ferguson makes a good read and call down in the first video to win a decent pot. Poker is about both luck and skill, and being in the right place. No individual hand can truly represent the total skill of a player, certainly the few captured on TV poker.

If people are more interested in the skill aspect, I encourage you to read the poker guides I put up every couple days. Or contribute in the poker strategy forum so we can as a community grow as players.