Steve Badger is a former professional poker

Poker

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 player and World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

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 bracelet winner. He also owned Playwinningpoker.com before he sold it to 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...

 in 2010.

Career

Badger has had tournament wins at the 1993 California State Lowball Championship and the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Legends of Poker Omaha

Omaha hold 'em

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 championships.

In 1999 he won Omaha tournaments at the Commerce Casino

Commerce Casino

Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world...

's Los Angeles Poker Classic and Hollywood Park Racetrack's National Championship of Poker. That year he also won the Omaha championship at the 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...

.

In 2000, Badger established his PlayWinningPoker.com website, which includes his Omaha

Omaha hold 'em

Omaha hold 'em is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards...

, 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...

, and other poker strategy articles. At one time he was a columnist for Cardplayer Magazine.

As of 2011, Badger is tied with Men Nguyen

Men Nguyen

Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with...

 and Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen

Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship...

 for most Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament wins as ranked by worldpokerrank.com. His total live tournament winnings exceed $590,000, with 18 career titles and 87 tournament cashes.

World Series of Poker Bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
1999 1999 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*...	$2,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	$186,000

External links

• Collected articles at Playwinningpoker.com