Barry Shulman (born May 8, 1946) is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 15 years, and is the CEO of

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Life and career

Shulman was born in

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, Washington. He began playing poker while studying at college in the 1960s. He worked in real estate for 25 years before moving to

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, Nevada in the early 1990s. He used his retirement funds to purchase Card Player in 1999. Shulman first finished

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in a

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(WSOP) event in

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at the $3,000

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event. He has gone on to cash another 11 times since then, and won a

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at the

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in the $1,500 seven card stud hi-lo split 8 or better event. In October 2003, Shulman made the final table of the

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(WPT) Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic II in Aruba. He finished fourth in the event won by

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. He has also made the final table of a

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(PPT) event, finishing 2nd in 2005. On October 2, 2009 he won the

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Main Event, beating

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heads up for the $1,305,542 first place prize. In January 2010, Shulman finished 3rd in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, winning $1,350,000. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,300,000. Shulman's 15 WSOP cashes account for $1,577,968 of his tournament winnings total.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=133 Shulman has two sons: Jeff Shulman, president of CardPlayer Media and one of the 2009

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, and Michael Shulman, an American writer and owner of online magazine, ''ShulmanSays''. Shulman also has two stepchildren from his second marriage.

World Series of Poker bracelets

An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe

Bibliography

*''52 Tips for Texas Hold 'em Poker'' (2005) *''52 Tips For No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker'' (2006)

References

External links

cardplayer.comWorld Poker Tour profileMyspace page
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