Steve Badger (born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin) is the alias of Steve Belling [1], a professional poker player and website entrepreneur. Sherman Oaks is a district of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Kaukauna (pron. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a...

Badger began playing casino poker in Santa Cruz, California in the 1980s. Following the introduction of flop games to California, Badger played ring games across Northern California, but after relocating to Los Angeles he began to focus primarily on the budding poker tournament scene there. Among his major tournament titles are the 1993 California State Lowball Championship and titles from the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Legends of Poker Omaha championships. A game of Texas holdem, the most popular form of poker, in progress. ... Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ... Texas hold em Texas hold em (also holdem, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... Omaha hold em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (flop 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. ...

In 1999 he also won major Omaha tournaments at the Commerce Casino's Los Angeles Poker Classic and Hollywood Park Racetrack's National Championship of Poker. The most prestigious tournament he won that year was the Omaha championship at the World Series of Poker. Established in 1983, The Commerce Casino is the largest card casino in the world, with over 240 tables. ... Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to the Great Western Forum. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ...

In 2000, Badger established his PlayWinningPoker.com website, which includes his Omaha, Texas hold 'em, other poker strategy articles, as well as his Winner's Guide to Online Poker, which was the first online poker-specific strategy guide on the internet when it was published in 2000. He continues to write for and update his website regularly. Texas hold em Texas hold em (also holdem, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... // Poker strategy is a complex subject. ... Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ...

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $580,000.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Hendon Mob tournament results 2

External links

• Official site
• Poker Babes profile
• Professional-Poker.com interview