Bruno Fitoussi (born September 21, 1958) is a French professional
poker player from
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
.
He totals 2 700 000 million dollars winnings in live poker tournaments.
Fitoussi's first televised poker outing was on the original poker show
Late Night Poker. He finished 7th in his heat, which also featured Surinder Sunar, Peter "The Bandit" Evans and
Donnacha O'Dea
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.
In 2001, Fitoussi won the
World Heads-Up Poker Championship, defeating
Amarillo Slim in the Grand Final.
In 2003, Fitoussi finished in 8th place in the first
World Poker Tour
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(WPT) Championship. He also finished 15th in the $10,000
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP) Main Event.
In 2005, Fitoussi finished 2nd in the $1,500 Seven Card Razz event.
In 2007, Fitoussi finished 2nd to
Freddy Deeb in the $50,000
WSOP H.O.R.S.E event, winning $1,278,720.
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000. His 8 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,516,167 of those winnings.
Fitoussi also works as an
architect
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and plays the
stock market. He has also worked as a
music
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publisher and producer, and is currently the President of VIP-Gaming.
His wife Isabelle is a fashion designer for
Kenzo
is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*賢三, "wise, three"
*健三, "healthy, three"
*謙三, "humble, three"
*健想, "healthy, concept"
*建造, "bu ...
. The couple has two children: Jason-Bowie and Fleur-Ilana.
References
External links
Cardplayer.com profile
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1958 births
Living people
French poker players
Poker commentators