Perry Green

infobox poker player
firstname=Perry
lastname=Green
nickname=Alaska's Poker Guru [http://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/09/alaska-ponders-legalizing-poker.htm Alaska Ponders Legalizing Poker] ]

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hometown= Anchorage, Alaska
wsop bracelet count=3
wsop money finishes=20
wsop main event best finish rank=2nd
wsop main event best finish year
multi-year wsop winner=1981
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables=1
wpt money finishes=1

Perry Green (b. c. 1936) is a American poker player who has won three World Series of Poker bracelets and who has made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event twice. [http://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/07/legends-poker-perry-green.htm Legends of Poker: Perry Green] ]

Green, a former fur trader from Anchorage, Alaska, began playing at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the 1970s and won his first bracelet in 1976 in the $1000 Ace to Five Draw event. In the following year he won his second bracelet in the $5000 Ace to Five event and then in 1979 he won his third WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Texas Hold'em event in which he defeated Jim Bechtel during heads-up play.

In addition to his three bracelets, Green's largest payday to date in a poker tournament was at the 1981 World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished in second place earning $150,000 after he had been beaten by the then reigning champion Stu Ungar in heads-up play. Ten years later at the 1991 WSOP Main Event he made a second final table finishing in fifth place.

Green has been active in a so far unsuccessful effort to legalize casino poker in Alaska.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $800,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=11216 Hendon Mob tournament results] ]

WSOP Bracelets

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External links

* [http://pokerworks.com/article-346.html pokerworks.com WSOP 1981 Final Hand]