Almedin "Ali" Imsirovic (born January 29, 1995) is a Bosnian-American professional

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Early life and education

Imsirovic was born in

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and moved to the

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at the age of three with his family after the

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. Fond of basketball, Ali however had to drop any dreams of turning professional because of

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. He studied criminal justice at

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but dropped out a semester short of graduating to pursue poker full-time right before the Black Friday events, starting illegally with online games at the age of 16.

Career

At the age of 18, Ali Imsirovic joined live tournaments, and won $1,500 in the first poker tournament he ever played in and deposited $100 online to begin his career. He first cashed in a

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(WSOP) event in 2017. In 2018, at the age of 23, Imsirovic won two events at the

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and earned the Purple Jacket as series champion. He also finished seventh at the

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that year and was runner-up in the Super High Roller Bowl London in 2019, earning $1.1 million for his largest live tournament cash. At the WSOP, Imsirovic has 29 cashes and has made three final tables. He finished second in the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty event in

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. He also won a WSOP Circuit event in 2019. He has also won two events at the

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, one in 2019 and another in 2021. In total, Imsirovic has more than $18.6 million in live tournament winnings as of 2023. His online

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are "ali23imsirovic” on

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, “allinali23” on WSOP.com and under his full name “Ali Imsirovic” on Natural8-GGNetwork. In 2022, Imsirovic faced accusations of cheating, leading to his suspension from all

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events through the 2022 season. The allegations included collusion and the use of real-time assistance. In 2023, Imsirovic admitted to multi-accounting in high-stakes online poker games in a YouTube video, acknowledging a "bad mistake" but denying some other cheating allegations.

References

External links

Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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