Robert Turner (poker player)
- Robert Turner (poker player)
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Infobox poker player
imagesize = 150px
firstname=Robert
lastname=Turner
nickname=Chip Burner
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hometown=Downey, California
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=29
wsop main event best finish rank=6th
wsop main event best finish year=1994
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=1
Robert Turner is an American professional poker player based in Downey, California.
Turner is known for introducing Omaha hold 'em into poker-playing circles. He introduced the game to Bill Boyd who offered it as a game at the Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em".)[cite web|url=http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/robert-turner/|title=Robert Turner Profile|author=Rosario, Shirley|authorlink=Shirley Rosario] ]Turner began playing in the 1970s and has won a Best All-Around Player Award at least once per decade since.
Turner won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 1993 in the $1,500 seven-card stud event. He has also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event on numerous occasions: 10th in 1991, 36th in 1992, 13th in 1993, 6th in 1994 and 97th in 2005.
He has worked as an executive host at several of the largest poker casinos, most recently at the Bicycle Casino and Crystal Park Casino in the Los Angeles area.[cite web|url=http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/robert-turner/|title=Robert Turner Profile|author=Rosario, Shirley|authorlink=Shirley Rosario] ]As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000.[cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=235|title=Tournament Results|author=The Hendon Mob|authorlink=Hendon Mob] ]Turner is married to another tournament player, Charity Turner, with whom he has 3 children. Turner also has a daughter from a previous marriage. Turner once joked that all of his winnings, “go to Charity.” Turner is currently the Poker Manager at the [http://www.normandiecasino.com Normandie Casino] in Gardena, California.
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