Robert Williamson III (born November 7, 1970) is an American poker player from
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
.
Williamson grew up with three sisters in
Granbury, Texas
Granbury is a city in and the county seat of Hood County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,958, and it is the principal city of the Granbury micropolitan statistical area. Granbury is named after Con ...
, and received
B.B.A.
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degrees in
finance
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and
real estate from
Angelo State University
Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the s ...
in
San Angelo
San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert ...
.
Williamson is known as an
Omaha
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specialist, with numerous notable finishes in
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP) Omaha tournaments, including his one bracelet in 2002 and numerous top-three finishes.
Williamson had
gastric bypass surgery
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between 2002 and 2005, reducing his weight from 400 lb to 200 lb. He now claims to be "half the man
e/nowiki> used to be."
World Series of Poker Bracelet
References
External links
Card Player profile
Hendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1970 births
Living people
American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Poker commentators
Angelo State University alumni
People from Granbury, Texas