Isaac Baron
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Isaac Baron an American
United States
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 professional poker
Poker
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 player from Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
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. He was the winner of the first Card Player Magazine Online Poker Player of the Year Award in 2007.

Online poker

Playing under the screen names of "westmenloAA" on PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...

 and "Isaac Baron" on Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is an online poker card room that opened in June 2004 with the involvement of poker professionals Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson...

, Baron's online winnings exceeded $1,000,000 in 2007, including a win in the PokerStars weekly Sunday Million tournament in January for $254,000. He has also been able to translate his online success to live games. At a time when he was unable to play tournaments in the United States because of his age, he cashed four times in World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...

 and two European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 events held outside of the U.S.

Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS)

Baron under the screen name "the guru 11," won the first event of FTOPS VIII
Full Tilt Online Poker Series
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 on May 08, 2008, earning $158,852.

European Poker Tour

On April 4th, At the 2008 European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 (EPT) San Remo, Baron cashed in his first EPT after being eliminated in 11th place by Dario Minieri
Dario Minieri
Dario Minieri is an Italian professional poker player from Rome, Italy who won a bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker at the age of 23, is a member of team PokerStars, is an online poker player who was the first person to collect enough Frequent Player Points to buy an automobile with them,...

.

On April 17th, At the 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Baron made the final table finishing in 4th place. He exited the tournament holding AQ against eventual winner Glen Chorney's pocket aces, he picked him self up €589,000 ($932,692)for his efforts.

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000.

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