Hasan Habib (born 19 April 1962 in
Karachi
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,
Pakistan
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) is a
Pakistani American
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professional
poker
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player.
During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National
Tennis
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Champion. Habib went to America at the age of 18 to study business at the University of Redlands. He also once owned a nationwide chain of video stores. He began playing casino poker in 1985, and had his first
poker tournament
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cash in 1993.
In 2004, he finished second to
Martin De Knijff in the
World Poker Tour
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(WPT) $25,000 Championship, receiving a $1,372,223 prize. Later in the year he finished on the television bubble at the WPT $15,000 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, gaining a further $108,906. He eventually won a World Series of Poker bracelet for the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split event ($93,060) in
2004
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.
The following year he made the final table of the $25,000 WPT Championship again. He finished in third place ($896,375), but also had a stake on eventual winner
Tuan Le
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. Observers have commented that this may have affected the interaction between them on the final table, however Habib has made it clear he was still playing to win, citing that the endorsements would have made it more financially viable.
As of 2015, he has cashed twenty-five times in the
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP), including a 2nd-place finish in $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event in
2000
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, and a 4th-place finish in the $10,000
no limit
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Texas hold 'em
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Main Event in the same year, for which he took home $326,000. In September 2005, he won the opening No Limit Hold'em event of
PokerStars
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' fourth annual
World Championship of Online Poker
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, taking home $306,000.
As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings to date exceed $5,500,000. His 25 cashes at the WSOP account for over $1,500,000 of those winnings.
World Series of Poker Earnings
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Habib currently resides in Downey, California
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.
References
External links
Carplayer Magazine feature
World Poker Tour profile
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1962 births
American poker players
Living people
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
Pakistani poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
People from Downey, California
American sportspeople of Pakistani descent