Russ Hamilton
Russ Hamilton is a professional poker player.
Hamilton moved from Detroit, Michigan to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984 for better weather. He opened a burglar alarm business, and was very successful at gambling, including betting on basketball and playing poker.
Hamilton won the main event of the 1994 World Series of Poker, taking a $1,000,000 prize. Because it was the silver (25th) anniversary of the WSOP, he also won his weight in silver, over $26,000. As of 2004 he has career tournament poker winnings in excess of $1,110,000.
Hamilton doesn't travel to play a lot of poker, mainly playing in the larger tournaments. He says since he has already won the WSOP, he doesn't play to win a title anymore, just to get money, and so he will frequently offer to split prize money with other players instead of taking an all-or-nothing risk.
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