Max Stern is a professional

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player,

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and author. He is the co-author of ''Championship Stud'', with

Tom McEvoy Thomas K. McEvoy (born November 14, 1944, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a professional poker player, author and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, 2013 inductee. He is best known for winning the 1983 World Series of Poker Main Event. Early lif ...

and Linda Johnson. Stern contributed to the sections on

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and Seven-card stud (8 or better)

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and ring game play. Stern is considered to be a

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, Seven Card Stud, and Omaha Hi/lo specialist. He has won three

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, one in 1995 and two in 1997. His basic poker philosophy is "In order to survive, you must be willing to die." Maria Stern is also a World Series of Poker winner, having won a

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Stud title, making the Sterns one of two married couples to have won World Series bracelets. Harry and Jeri Thomas are the other. As of 2016, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,487,000. His 28 cashes at the WSOP account for $831,407 of those winnings.

World Series of Poker bracelets

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