Steve Zolotow (also known as Stevie Z) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. The poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ. 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, after which the pot is awarded to the... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... State nickname: Silver State, Battle Born State (official) Other U.S. States Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Governor Kenny Guinn (R) Official languages None Area 286,367 km² (7th)  - Land 284,396 km²  - Water 1,971 km² (0. ...

Zolotow has been on the poker circuit since 1988, when he finished in 5th place in that year's World Series of Poker $2500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. In the years to come, he would earn bracelets for winning the 1995 Chinese Poker tournament (which also featured Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and Howard "The Professor" Lederer,) and for winning the 2001 $3000 Pot Limit Hold-Em tournament (which also featured John Juanda, Tom McEvoy, Kathy Liebert, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Scotty Nguyen.) In total he has finished in the money at the World Series 22 times (including 5 times in 2005.) The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... 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. ... Howard The Professor Lederer (born in Concord, New Hampshire) is a professional poker player and brother of poker pro Annie Duke. ... Johnson Juanda (John) (born July 8, 1971, in Indonesia) is a professional poker player. ... Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player. ... Kathy Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a professional poker player. ... Chris Jesus Ferguson (born April 11, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA) is a professional poker player. ... Thuan Scotty Nguyen is a professional poker player. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Despite his successes at the World Series, his biggest cash win to date came for a 4th place on the World Poker Tour's season 2 PartyPoker.com Million Cruise, which saw him sharing a final table with Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu and eventual winner Erick Lindgren. Steve won $259,684 from the tournament's prize pool. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. ... Daniel Negreanu, Professional Poker Player Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional poker player. ... 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 WPT win just ten months later. ...

His total winnings to date exceed $1,300,000.