David Oppenheim (poker player)

David Oppenheim (born March 7, 1973) is an American professional poker player. During the second season of the World Poker Tour, he placed third in the No-Limit Hold 'em Championship at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, earning $117,500 and third at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $50,000 The Players Championship Event, earning $603,348.[1] In 2011 he finished first in the Australian poker series, 'Aussie Millions' with a cash prize of $250,000. It was a strictly invitational event where each player had to pay a fee of $25,000 to enter.

This article is about the poker player. For other people named David Oppenheim, see David Oppenheim (disambiguation).
David HOF Oppenheim
Oppenheim at the 2010 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)Hall of Fame Dave/ /Oppy/The Big opp/ Big O/ The Big Dave
Born (1973-03-07) March 7, 1973
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Money finish(es)10
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)11

Oppenheim is from Calabasas, California. He began playing poker at the age of 19 during his second year of college, and as of 2008 had been playing professionally for over 15 years.[2] He became known as one of the greatest cash games players of all time, and also became a representative of Full Tilt Poker.[3] As of 2011, his winnings in live poker tournaments exceed $3,000,000.[4] Oppenheim has been recently inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. He later adopted his alias Hall of Fame Dave.

Oppenheim also had some exposure in motion pictures and television. In 2007, he had a brief cameo role as the character "Josh Cohen" in the film Lucky You.[5]

In January 2008, Oppenheim appeared on the third season of NBC's Poker After Dark in the episode "19th Hole".[1]

References
  1. "Expansive Poker Player Database". cardplayer.com. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  2. "NBC Sports.com – profile of David Oppenheim". Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
  3. fulltiltpoker.com – David Oppenheim
  4. Butt, Robert. "David Oppenheim – Stats". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  5. imdb.com – David Oppenheim
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