O'Neil Longson is an American professional

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, who has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker.

Poker career

Longson first finished

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at the

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(WSOP) in 1980, finishing 4th in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event. In

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in the $5,000 Pot limit Omaha event, he finished 2nd to former world champion

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. He had another second-place finish in the

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in the $1,500 no limit

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event, where he finished 2nd to

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. He also cashed in the $10,000 no limit hold'em

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that year, finishing 12th. Longson was again close to winning a WSOP bracelet in

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, finishing 2nd to

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in the $5,000

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event. Longson eventually won a WSOP bracelet in

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in the $1,500 pot limit Omaha event, defeating a final table including Surinder Sunar and T. J. Cloutier. He defeated J. C. Pearson during the heads-up play. He won a second bracelet in

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in the $5,000 no limit deuce to seven

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event, defeating a final table including runner-up

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, Bill Baxter,

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and

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. His third and most recent bracelet came in the

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$1,500 Seven-Card

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event, defeating a final table including runner-up Bruno Fitoussi,

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, and Mickey Wernick. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000. His 26 cashes at the WSOP account for $994,195 of those winnings. Longson plays fewer tournaments than he used to as he is

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and now chooses to concentrate on cash games instead. His overwhelmingly aggressive style was noted in "Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker" by

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and

Bob Ciaffone Bob Ciaffone (December 10, 1940 – May 13, 2022) was an American poker player, author of ''Robert's Rules of Poker''. Ciaffone finished third in the 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em main event, winning $125,0 ...

, and his signature colossal preflop raises and betting in the dark continue to astound and confuse opponents years later. (1)
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World Series of Poker Bracelets

References

External links

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