Chris Ferguson

Ferguson was given birth to in Los Angeles, California. Both of Ferguson’s folks possess a doctoral diploma in math and the dad, Thomas Ferguson, teaches game concept as well as theoretical probability at UCLA.

Ferguson went to UCLA at which he acquired a Ph.D. in computer science (concentrating on digital network algorithms) in 1999 subsequent to 5 years being an undergraduate as well as Thirteen decades being a graduate pupil. The Ph.D. counselor was Leonard Kleinrock.

Ferguson had been actively playing poker from trhe age Ten. While attending college he perfected his talent on IRC participating in poker for play money in chat rooms. In 1994, he started participating in in competitions in Los angeles as well as in 1995, he got into his very first Wsop. Ferguson defeated T. J. Cloutier in the main event of the 2000 WSOP to win the $1.5 million winning prize. In 2004, he went into the WSOP main event, making $120,000 for his 26th position finish (out of 2,576 players). Furthermore in 2004, Ferguson assisted launching the internet poker website Full Tilt Poker.

Ferguson ended runner-up to Phil Hellmuth in the 2005 Nationwide Heads-Up Poker Championship. He finished in the finals once again in two thousand and six, although once again ended 2nd, this time around to Ted Forrest. In 08 he reached the finals for the 3rd time, this time around beating Andy Bloch and taking the championship. He maintain a pool of the majority of victories within the four-year time period of the tournament, by having an over-all match record of 16-3.

In 08, Ferguson banked for US$677,905 at the WSOP a number which significantly surpass his 07 WSOP money overall of $84,562. By ‘09, his entire live event payout surpass $7,800,000. His 59 WSOP cashes account for $4,031,499 of these profits as well as place him 3rd for most cashes in the WSOP, lurking behind Phil Hellmuth and also Men Nguyen.

He state of having flipped $1 in to even more than $20,000 participating in internet poker through half a year being a individual challenge. He brought up this specific being a guest on Poker Night Live. Likewise, showing the fact that it may be accomplished, he made Dollar into $10,000 on Full Tilt by means of first winning freeroll competitions. In spite of accomplishing his objective, Ferguson has extended the task and was at some point above $20,000. He has created an algorithm for deal making for players that get to the final table in Full Tilt Poker’s on-line competitions.

He’s a fairly peaceful poker player who seem to frequently adopts a characteristic motionless pose avoiding offering info to his competitors. He obtained his brand wide-brimmed hat and shades consciously, attempting to conceal the truth that he was a college pupil.

His style is extremely mathematical, employing a robust understanding of game theory and also creating computer simulations to enhance his idea of the overall game.

Ferguson is nicknamed “Jesus” due to his trademark lengthy dark brown head of hair as well as beard.