Mike Sexton

Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton

Mike Sexton at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s) The Ambassador of Poker
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada
Born September 22, 1947 (1947-09-22) (age 64)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finish(es) 47
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
12th, 2000
World Poker Tour
Title(s) None
Final table(s) 1
Money finish(es) 1
Information accurate as of 12-09-2010.

Michael Richard Sexton[1] (born September 22, 1947 in Shelby, Indiana) is an American professional poker player and commentator. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

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Early years

Sexton was a gymnast and attended The Ohio State University where he earned a degree in public recreation after changing majors from business. He jokes that he majored in poker because he played very frequently in college. He also regularly played contract bridge and taught classes on it in North Carolina.

Sexton joined the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division in 1970. The division, however, had just got back from Vietnam, so he never saw any action. While he was in the army he taught ballroom dancing and one of his clients convinced him to try being a salesman, which he continued to do after his two-year enlistment was up. After a while he realized that he could make more money playing poker than being a salesman, so he took up poker in 1977.

Although Sexton frequented tournaments, he was never able to make it to the World Series of Poker because he coached Little League baseball teams and the schedules overlapped. In 1985 he moved to Nevada to pursue poker full time. Sexton was a well known cohort of poker player Stu Ungar. Upon Ungar's death, Sexton was a pallbearer and speaker at his funeral.

Poker player and promoter

As of 2010, Sexton has won several tournaments, including one World Series of Poker bracelet, and over $3,825,000 in total tournament winnings.[2] He won his bracelet in the $1,500 Seven card stud split event at the 1989 World Series of Poker. His 46 cashes at the WSOP account for $910,792 of his total winnings.

However, Sexton is better known for his promotion of various poker events and services. He is the main host of the World Poker Tour and spokesman for PartyPoker.com, an online poker room. He has written for Card Player Magazine and the Gambling Times. He also founded the now defunct Tournament of Champions of Poker, which only let tournament winners from the previous year compete.

For all of his work promoting poker, Sexton is often known as the "ambassador of poker". Because of his affiliations, however, Sexton is unable to play in some poker events. Although the number of games he plays currently is less than before, he states that he doesn't mind so much, having played for so many years. Sexton did finish 10th in a preliminary event at the 2005 World Series of Poker and also in the final 16 of Poker Superstars II.

On February 15, 2006, Sexton was recognized as the top poker ambassador at the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year Awards Gala.

On June 27, 2006, Sexton won the third annual World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions event, and along with it the $1,000,000 first prize. In the final hand, his A♥ A♣ defeated Daniel Negreanu's Q♥ J♥ on a board of 10♦ 8♦ 4♠ A♦ 8♣. Sexton later donated half of his post-tax winnings to five charities, and has pledged to do the same with all future winnings.[3]

In early 2009, Sexton along with Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher and Lisa Tenner, created PokerGives.org, a nonprofit organization that offers poker players an easier way to give to charity.[4]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Event Prize Money
1989 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split $104,400

Bibliography

  • Shuffle Up and Deal: The Ultimate No Limit Texas Hold 'em Guide (2005) ISBN 0060762519

Notes

  1. ^ books by Mike Sexton
  2. ^ Hendon Mob tournament results
  3. ^ Sexton, Mike (September 2006). Remembering Stuey 1953-1998. Poker Player Magazine. 
  4. ^ PokerGives makes donating easy for players, PokerListings.com

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