- Joe Awada
infobox poker player
firstname=Joe
lastname=Awada
nickname=Gentle Joe
caption=Joe Awada in the2006 World Series of Poker
hometown=Las Vegas, Nevada
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=9
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables=1
wpt money finishes=2Joe Awada (born Yehia Awada [ [http://www.cardplayer.com/players/results/Yehia_%26quot%3BJoe%26quot%3B__Awada/3342 Cardplayer.com player results] ] on
March 12 1959 inBeirut ,Lebanon ) is a professionalpoker player, based in Las Vegas,Nevada .Awada moved from Lebanon to the
United States in his early teenage years, working as a juggler, eventually touring with theHarlem Globetrotters . After a car accident, he began working as a casino dealer and eventually became a regular on thepoker tournament circuit.At the
2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Awada finished second toScott Fischman in the $1,500 no limithold'em event. Awada would have won the gold bracelet in that tournament were it not for abad beat on the river that kept Fischman alive; Fischman won the tournament on the very next hand. Later in the same WSOP, Awada "did" win a gold bracelet in the $5,000seven-card stud event; he defeated "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske. Three months later, he also made the final table of theWorld Poker Tour (WPT) third season event won by Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson.Awada has also won an event on the
Ultimate Poker Challenge and made the final table of a World Series of Poker circuit event.As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=25985 Hendon Mob tournament results] ]
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External links
* [http://www.worldpokertour.com/players/?x=profile&poker-player=254 World Poker Tour profile]
* [http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/48061/joe-awada.htm PokerPages.com tournament results]
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