David Oppenheim (born March 7, 1973) is an American professional

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player. Oppenheim is from

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. He started playing live cash games at 16, underaged, at the Bicycle Card Club (now known as the famous Bicycle Casino). He dropped college (

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) to start his poker career around the age of 19. He became known as one of the greatest cash games players of all time, and also became a representative of

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. In 2019, David Oppenheim got inducted into the

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. As of 2021, his winnings in live poker tournaments are close to $2,000,000.

Poker career

During the second season of the

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, he placed third in the No-Limit Hold 'em Championship at the

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Poker Open in

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, earning $117,500 and third at the

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in the $50,000 The Players Championship Event, earning $603,348. In 2011 he finished first in the Australian poker series, 'Aussie Millions' with a cash prize of $250,000. It was a strictly invitational event where each player had to pay a fee of $25,000 to enter. David Oppenheim is a regular in the world famous high stakes cash room at the

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, Bobby's Room (now renamed Legends Room) where he plays stakes as high as $4,000/$8,000.

Movie and TV appearances

Oppenheim also had some exposure in motion pictures and television. In 2007, he had a brief

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as the character "Josh Cohen" in the film '' Lucky You''.imdb.com – David Oppenheim
/ref> In January 2008, Oppenheim appeared on the third season of

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's ''

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'' in the episode "19th Hole".

References

External links

Official home pageNBC Sports profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oppenheim, David 1982 births American poker players Living people People from Calabasas, California Poker Hall of Fame inductees