Gavin Smith (born 4 September 1968 in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Guelph (pronounced gwÄ›lf) (2004 population 125,872, metropolitan population 155,635) is a city located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, roughly 100 kilometres north-west of downtown Toronto along Ontario provincial highway 6. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 4th 1... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Poker Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the...

Smith learnt cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father. He began playing poker at the age of 26, playing mixed games with co-workers. He became a poker dealer in 1996 and set up his own poker club in 1998. Cribbage pegging (on a 60-hole board) Cribbage or Crib is a card game that involves forming combinations of cards over a series of hands to accumulate points. ... Rummy is a generic term for card games of the same family as gin rummy. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Smith first came to note by winning tournaments in no limit hold'em and seven card stud in the 1999 and 2000 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino. This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... Seven-card stud is a poker variant. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. ...

He first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2003 and would later make the money of the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in 2004, finishing 52nd. He went on to cash in 2005 also (471st.) The WSOP logo. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In May 2005 he won the first prize of $1,128,278 in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas, defeating Ted Forrest in the final heads-up confrontation. In October 2005 he made the WPT final table again in the 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship, where he finished 3rd, behind Minh Ly and "Action" Dan Harrington. His two WPT final tables make him the current fore-runner for the World Poker Tour Player of the Year award for season 4. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21: Subodh Mukherjee May 21: Stephen Elliott May 20... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... Ted Forrest (born 1964 in Syracuse, New York) is a professional poker player. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Doyle Brunson at the 1976 World Series of Poker Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an American professional poker player and author of several poker books. ... Minh Ly is an American professional poker player from Temple City, California. ... Action Dan Harrington is a professional poker player. ...

Smith is good friends with Erick Lindgren who helped bankroll him early in his career. Erick Lindgren is a poker professional who won his first ever major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour (WPT) win just ten months later. ...

As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000. He also plays regular online poker at Full Tilt under the alias "birdguts". 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adverts for Online poker on the London Underground Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet (online). ...

Smith is a superstitious person. He has refused to cut his hair since October 2004 as he found his luck ran badly shortly after the last time he cut it. His hobbies include roller hockey and golf. A superstition is an irrational or invalid belief about the relation between certain actions (often behaviors) and other actions that is not true. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9... Roller hockey is a category which includes two rollersports. ... Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs. ...

External links

• Hendon Mob tournament results
• Gavin Smith: Poker's Modern-Day Samson