Tom Schneider (born December 24, 1959 in

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) is a professional

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player from

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. Schneider is a certified public accountant and former president of a public golf company and

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for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002. As of 2017, he is Chief Financial Officer of Loudmouth Gol

He wears their sport coats on ''

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'' TV shows. He was also the Controller for Ping Golf. He is the author of the book ''Oops! I Won Too Much Money: Winning Wisdom from the Boardroom to the Poker Table'' which provides lessons for both poker and business. Tom was the co-host of the popular poker

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Beyond The Table
along with Karridy Askenasy and Dan Michalski, creator and head

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where Tom was a contributing columnist. He is the father of 2 children and is married to Kathy who has 3 children from a previous marriage. Schneider is a singer-songwriter of country songs. At the

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Schneider won his first two

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, one in Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better/

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Hi/Lo and the second in Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo. He also made the final table of the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, finishing in fourth place. These finishes earned him the 2007

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award. On September 16, 2008, Schneider won the event #24 of the

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, a $530 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw tournament. Schneider, who uses the name 'luvgamble' on

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, bested a field of 308 to win the $42,000 first prize. Schneider won his third WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the

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, defeating Owais Ahmed heads-up to win $259,960. He then won his fourth bracelet in the $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event defeating Benjamin Scholl. With that win, he became the first person in WSOP history to win multiple mixed game bracelets in the same WSOP event. As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000. His 46 cashes at the WSOP account for $1.6 million of those winnings.World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com On a side note, Schneider plays an uncredited role as a poker dealer on ''CSI'' episode 16 of season 13 "Last Lady Standing". He is shown briefly in a video as a dealer of the “1998 Palermo Poker Open” Final Table.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Tom 1959 births American gambling writers American male non-fiction writers American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners WSOP Player of the Year Award winners People from Indianapolis Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona Living people American chief financial officers