poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
player from
Anaheim, CA
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. He won his first
World Series of Poker bracelet
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at the
2011 World Series of Poker
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where he finished
in the money
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in five mixed game events. He also has won over $1,767,696 million in live poker tournament earnings. He has since pursued his interests into filmmaking and arts, along with starting to make short films. He is an Executive Producer on the movie "Joyland", which played at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
World Series of Poker
Ahmed made the final table of his first WSOP in the money finish with a 5th-place finish in the 2010 408-player $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event 21 for a prize of $29,809. Prior to winning his first bracelet the following year, this was his highest prize. In 2011, he notched a 1st-place finish to earn his first bracelet at a final table that included five-time bracelet winner
Scotty Nguyen
Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and ...
and a heads up match against
Michael Mizrachi
Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who won the 2010, 2012 and 2018 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour titles, and he finished 5th in the ...
at the 450-player $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better Event 47 for a prize of $255,959. He overcame a three-to-one chip deficit against Mizrachi at the start of heads up play.
Personal life
Ahmed was born in Miami, Florida and lives in Long Beach, California and is currently pursuing his interests in filmmaking and arts. He is a Muslim.
Card Player
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Position
Games of Anglo-American origin
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