Jamie Gold is the most famous professional poker player started his gambling career in 2004. It is the common knowledge that poker is extremely complicated game of skill that requires lots of training and practicing. The rules and strategies of poker are described in many books but it is also important to be able to "read" other participants.
Background
Jamie gold got his bachelor's degree from the New York's university and continued studying entertainment law. Jamie was very determined to do his best and he actually did.
Jamie Gold has never thought of becoming one of the famous poker stars as he started his career in completely different field. Jamie was the talent manager and brought lots of today's stars to the spotlight, for example, Lucy Lu and Jimmy Fallon.
At the age of 21 he was considered to have the good name in the entertainment business world. This was a breakthrough for him and Gold created his own talent agency, called JMG Management. His company got acquainted with professional poker world and Jamie Gold was given a few helpful advices on how to be successful in the poker business.
Poker career success
Jamie Gold has talent and gift for poker from his mother and grandfather, who both were keen on poker.
Gold started his poker career quickly and highly successfully by winning in couple of tournaments. He mastered his skills by reading many books on poker and practicing a lot in the nearest casino. The worldwide recognition came to him when he won big ($12,000,000) in 2006. He became the most famous poker gambler and the biggest winner in the poker history. After such astonishing success Gold was offered to sign the contract with Bodog.com company. And later he became the head of Buzznation, the famous entertainment company.
The total Gold's earning in poker tournaments amounted to $12,223,798 and he continues playing as he loves it very much.
Jamie Gold is also considered to be one of the most famous poker players due to his ability to "read" others as he is always surrounded by talented people such as actors.