Lee Nelson

"For the football player of the same name see Lee Nelson (football player)."

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Lee Nelson, M.D. (born January 19 1943) is a retired New Zealand doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Nelson. He was born in the United States

Nelson is a regular on the Australasian poker tournament circuit, having won two events at the 2005 Crown Australian Poker Championship.

In April 2005, Nelson won the PartyPoker World Open in Maidstone, Kent, England, winning the $400,000 first prize after defeating "Gentleman" Liam Flood in the final heads-up confrontation. He also made the semi-finals of the VC Cup that year whilst in England.

In January 2006, Nelson won the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championship, taking home AUD$1,295,800

As of 2008, Nelson's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000. [ [http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/25268/lee-nelson.htm PokerPages.com profile: Lee Nelson] ]

He also represents PokerStars as one of the poker professionals on their "Team PokerStars". [ [http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/lee-nelson/ Team PokerStars profile: Lee Nelson] ]

Nelson is also the co-author (with Blair Rodman) of the poker strategy book "Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments" (ISBN 0-929712-24-2), "Let's Play Poker" and a sequel to "Kill Phil", "Kill Everyone."

Nelson's hobbies include meditation, nutrition, walking, swimming and yoga.

Nelson co-hosts Joker Poker with Mike Goldman on Network 10 in Australia and also co-hosts the New Zealand version on TV3 with Brooke Howard-Smith. Nelson provides expert commentary and explanations of poker rules and strategy to viewers.

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External links

* [http://www.killphilpoker.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/lee-nelson/ Team PokerStars profile]
* [http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/profiles/leenelson.htm PokerPages profile]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=182 Hendon Mob tournament results]