Joe Awada

infobox poker player
firstname=Joe
lastname=Awada
nickname=Gentle Joe


caption=Joe Awada in the 2006 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=2

Joe 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 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a professional poker 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 the Harlem Globetrotters. After a car accident, he began working as a casino dealer and eventually became a regular on the poker tournament circuit.

At the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Awada finished second to Scott Fischman in the $1,500 no limit hold'em event. Awada would have won the gold bracelet in that tournament were it not for a bad 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 $5,000 seven-card stud event; he defeated "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske. Three months later, he also made the final table of the World 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]