Cliff D. Josephy is an American professional poker player from

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. At the

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(WSOP), Josephy won a bracelet in the $1,500

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event, defeating fellow professional Kirill Gerasimov in the final heads-up confrontation. He has also finished

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in several

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(WPT) events. At the

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, Josephy won the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout to win his second bracelet. Josephy has earned a level of success in live events that his real name is fairly well known, but he is still known by the screen name "JohnnyBax" on the Internet. At different times, he has been the number one ranked

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tournament player on PocketFives.com. Josephy works as a poker instructor for PokerXFactor website. Together with

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, he has produced numerous training videos featuring professional players as they play poker online. Josephy finished in third place at the Main Event of the

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for his largest tournament cash to date ($3,453,035). As of 2020, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,700,000.Hendon Mob tournament results
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Josephy, Cliff American poker players Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners Year of birth missing (living people) People from Syosset, New York