Louis Asmo is a professional poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player from Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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. He won a World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

 bracelet in 1997

1997 World Series of Poker

The 1997 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the final table of the main event took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside of Binions...

 in the $3,000 Limit Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em

Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...

 event. Asmo's other notable finish came when he lost heads up against David Chiu

David Chiu (poker player)

David Chiu is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Rowland Heights, California, who has won four World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.Chiu was a...

 in the 1999 Tournament of Champions of Poker. In a famous hand of the TOC, Chiu to mucked two kings face-up to Asmo's pre-flop re-raise. Asmo then showed that he did hold two aces.

Asmo is also known to have open and run Columbus poker organization Ohio Charity Gaming. Open through the early 2000s (approximately 2004), this traveling poker room was held in numerous VFW halls throughout Columbus.

As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $580,000.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
1997 1997 World Series of Poker The 1997 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the final table of the main event took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside of Binions...	$3,000 Limit Hold'em	$231,600