John Esposito Jr (born June 7) is an American businessman and professional

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player who won a

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in Limit Hold'em. Esposito has 43 money finishes at the

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(WSOP) including eight final tables and seven cashes in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event.

Poker career

Esposito has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since 1985 and has won numerous titles in different poker variants. He first cashed in the World Series of Poker in 1987 in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event and first cashed in the Main Event in 1989, just missing the final table with and 11th place finish. He won his bracelet with a first place finish in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em at the 1999 World Series of Poker beating out fellow professional

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heads-up, earning a cash prize of $219,225. That final table also included top tournament players T. J. Cloutier and David Chiu. Esposito also has multiple high finishes in the $10,000 Main Event Championship including 11th in

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, 12th in

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, 19th in

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26th in

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, 108th in

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and 32nd in the 2011 WSOP. He has also participated on the

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and has cashed in four WPT tournaments. His highest finish on the WPT so far is an 11th place in the 2004 Poker Million Cruise event. As of 2019, Esposito's total live tournament winnings exceed $3,650,000 His 43 cashes at the WSOP account for over $1,700,000 of those winnings.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, John American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from the Las Vegas Valley Living people Year of birth missing (living people)