Bill Baxter

Name: Bill Baxter
Current Residence: Augusta, Ga.
Birth Date: 1940
Birth Place: Augusta, Ga., United States

Most men in their 60s are looking forward to retirement and giving up their jobs, but not Billy Baxter. So far he's let retirement sail on by as he continues to play professional poker and make money betting.

Baxter, a father of three and husband for more than 30 years, is the picture of a successful gambler. And like many other poker legends, he began his career gambling in pool halls.

It was the summer after he turned 14 when Baxter...

Trivia

Was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in the summer of 2006
Backed Stu Ungar from 1990 on
Specialty is Deuce-to-Seven No-Limit one draw
Fought the IRS to have poker winnings treated like earned income
Has seven World Series of Poker bracelets
Was friends with Stu Ungar
Specialty is deuce-to-seven no-limit one-draw
Fought the IRS to have poker winnings treated like earned income and won
Seven WSOP bracelets

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 40, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	7th	$15,053
2008 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	59th	$8,971
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	64th	$39,570
WPT Season 6, WPT Celebrity Invitational	3rd	$20,000
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	136th	$58,570
WPT Season 6, Mandalay Bay Poker Championship	26th	$13,115
2006 WSOP, Event 6, No-Limit Hold'em	20th	$27,941
2006 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed, 6/table	82nd	$3,790
2005 WSOP, Event 33, $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	46th	$6,550
1993 WSOP, $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw	1st	$130,500
1978 WSOP, Event 1, Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	1st	$90,000
1975 WSOP, $1,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw	1st	$35,000
1982 WSOP, $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw	1st	$95,000
1982 WSOP, $2,500 Ace-to-Five Draw	1st	$48,750
1987 WSOP, $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw	1st	$153,000
2002 WSOP, $1,500 Razz	1st	$64,860