Eli Elezra is a world famous poker player. He was born on November 24, 1960 in Jerusalem. He is an Israeli professional poker player and a businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
During his time in Israel, Elezra was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade where he sustained a bad leg injury. While recovering from his injury he began playing poker.
Elezra made numerous money finishes in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Omaha, Texas Hold 'em and Draw events after moving to America. He won his first bracelet by winning the World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low in the 2007 World Series of Poker after defeating Scotty Nguyen heads-up.
In July 2004, Elezra won the World Poker Tour (WPT) $10,000 no limit hold'em event at the 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown, where he won $1,024,574.
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strong>Why is he famous?
Eli is famous for being a world class poker player. He also appeared on several episodes of the show Poker After Dark-along with Doyle Brunson and Gabe Kaplan, in 2009.
Eli has played in "The Big Game" in Vegas for many years. He appeared in the second and third seasons of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. He is currently playing in the GSN series High Stakes Poker.
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