Diego Cordovez (born 1965) is an American poker player, the only son of the former UN Under-Secretary-General, Diego Cordovez. He has won one

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bracelet, and he has 16 WSOP cash finishes, including 7 final tables. He has won over $1.4 million in career tournament winnings. His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $613,847 of those winnings. Born in

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, Cordovez claims to have been introduced to poker by his first-grade teacher, as a way of making basic math seem like fun. At the

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, Cordovez won the $2,000 no limit

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event, earning more than $290,000 and a

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. He defeated English professional poker player and bracelet winner,

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heads-up to win the tournament. The final table also included Phil Ivey, David Pham, and Toto Leonidas. Cordovez followed this a couple of months later with another first-place finish at the Legends of Poker no-limit hold 'em event. In 2002, Cordovez cashed in another four WSOP events, making the final table in three of them, including a second place in the $2000 SHOE event, losing to

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. He also won the limit Holdem championship at the Los Angeles Poker Open at the Commerce Casino, the largest limit Holdem tournament in history; the first prize was $569,430. Cordovez was featured on ESPN's coverage of the 2008 WSOP Main Event at a table which also featured 2003 Main Event Champion

Chris Moneymaker Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a wo ...

and professional player

Clonie Gowen Cycalona "Clonie" Gowen (born November 6, 1971) is an American professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas. Early life Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma. Her first name was inspired by the fact that she was born ...

as well as being interviewed in a segment about his career as a poker player. Cordovez is currently one of the hosts of the Spanish-language version of ''

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'', broadcast throughout Latin America on Discovery Channel (Latin America). Before his poker career, Cordovez was co-founder and

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of Aveo Inc., a Silicon Valley online tech support software provider. Cordovez holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University.

References

External links

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