Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Furniture City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the card game. ...

McEvoy was an accountant but after he was laid off from his job he took up poker full time in 1978. He first learned to play poker when he was five years old and would regularly get in trouble for playing it in grade school. Accountancy (British English) or accounting (American English) is the process of maintaining, auditing, and processing financial information for business purposes. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

McEvoy won the 1983 World Series of Poker main event, and still plays regularly today. As of 2004 he has 4 WSOP bracelets and over $2 million in tournament winnings. He has played against every WSOP main event winner in the history of the event. The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was also the first main event winner to earn his buy-in through a satellite tournament. Satellites and Super-Satellites are highly popular today, particularly online. A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region. ...

McEvoy is staunchly opposed to smoking. In 1998 he helped organize the first tournament where smoking was not allowed. There was much reluctance, but the tournament still attracted a large number of players, and therefore confirmed the viability of having non-smoking tournaments. In 2002 he convinced Benny Binion Behnen to make the WSOP to be a non-smoking tournament by agreeing to give Behnen poker lessons. 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

McEvoy has authored or coauthored over a dozen books on poker with other players such as T. J. Cloutier, Brad Daugherty, Don Vines, and Max Stern. He is a columnist for CardPlayer Magazine and a representative of Pokerstars.com. T.J. Cloutier (born October 13, 1939 in Albany, California) is a professional poker player. ... Brad Daugherty (born July 5, 1951 in Mountain Grove, Missouri) is a professional poker player. ... Dr. Max Stern is a professional poker player, pediatrician and author. ... Card Player Magazine is an industry publication specializing in poker strategy and tournament coverage. ... PokerStars. ...

As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,710,000 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

McEvoy resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and has three children. Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 km² 519 km 788 km 0. ...

World Series of Poker Bracelets

The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... RAZZ: (noun) a slut with humor and chivalrous qualities. ... The 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ...

External links

• Interview
• Hendon Mob tournament results