Amnon Eric Filippi (born June 29, 1969) is a professional poker player based in New York City. Filippi's significant achievement to date was his first-place finish in the 2005 $10,000 No Limit

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, from July 18, 2005, through July 21, 2005. Filippi made the final of the

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2006 Borgata Winter Open, held at the

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in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from January 29 through February 1, 2006, placing fourth for $184,785. In December 2008, During Season VII of the WPT Filippi made the final table of the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic and finished in 5th place, earning $288,235. Amnon also appeared on season two of GSN’s

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, and in the 2007 World Series of Poker - Poker Players' Championship, World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Filippi was chip leader for a significant portion of the game beginning on Day 5 of the tournament. finally finishing in fourth place, winning $586,080. As of 2008, Filippi's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000. His 9 cashes at the WSOP account for $686,677 of those winnings.World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com

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