David Singer

David Singer

  • Name: David Singer
  • Current Residence: Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Not every poker player relies on flash and antics along with their poker skills to make a name for themselves. Sometimes there are players, like David Singer, who earn their time in the spotlight just on poker accomplishments alone.

Singer has been a professional poker player since 1996, starting out as a Seven-Card Stud player. He has since branched out and been quietly racking up poker accomplishments. That includes final-tabling three different World Series of Poker events in 2003. One of those events was a ninth-place finish in the Main Event.

His WSOP accomplishments don't end there. Singer has cashed in several events since then, including making back-to-back final tables of the $50k H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006 and 2007. Then in 2008 he finally got his first bracelet win in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event.

Singer also found success in the World Poker Tour circuit. In September 2005 he made the televised final table of a World Poker Tour event and then in January 2006 he did it again. He's cashed consistently in the events, but has yet to pick up a win.

His other major wins include the championship event of the Caesars Palace Classic and the $1,000 event of the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2007. He also found success online at Full Tilt Poker where he won the $25k Heads-Up World Championship.

It seems like an unlikely career for someone who started out on a path as an environmental lawyer for a nonprofit organization. Singer's worked helped advocate the clean-up of Long Island Sound.

Singer continues to be a nature lover. When he's not at the poker tables he's often hitting the hiking trails, fishing or bird watching.

Trivia

  • He once held two fishing world records

  • Only player to make back-to-back WSOP $50k H.O.R.S.E. final table

  • Won a WSOP bracelet and welcomed a new son all within 24 hours in 2008

  • Likes to wear lots of silver rings and owns more than 70 of them

Notable Tournament Cashes

Tournament Place Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 41st $4,330
2009 WSOP, Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 37th $5,838
WPT Season 7, WPT Championship 41st $32,685
2008 WSOP, Event 50, World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha 34th $25,069
2008 WSOP, Event 29, No-Limit Hold'em 5th $112,641
2008 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em 58th $10,650
2008 WSOP, Event 3, Pot-Limit Hold'em 1st $214,131
2008 WSOP, Event 2, No-Limit Hold'em 353rd $2,950
2008 Special, Wynn Classic 18th $11,094
WPT Season 6, L.A. Poker Classic 18th $48,760
WPT Season 6, North American Poker Championship 43rd $19,453
2007 WSOP, Event 47, No-Limit Hold'em 44th $15,578
2007 WSOP, Event 39, World Championship H.O.R.S.E. 6th $337,440
2006 WSOP, Event 30, No-Limit Hold'em- Short-Handed 6/table 52nd $8,340
2006 WSOP, Event 28, Seven-Card Stud 13th $12,831
2006 WSOP, Event 25, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout 17th $4,805
2006 WSOP, Event 20, H.O.R.S.E. 6th $411,840
WPT Season 5, Mirage Poker Showdown 7th $92,482
WPT Season 4, Caribbean Poker Adventure 3rd $436,200
WPT Season 4, Borgata Poker Open 6th $249,775
2005 WSOP, Event 31, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Short-Handed... 32nd $7,780
2005 WSOP, Event 22, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 200th $1,945
2005 WSOP, Event 6, $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em 4th $75,625
2003 WSOP, Event 15, No-Limit Hold'em 5th $23,600
2003 WSOP, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em 7th $15,060
2003 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2003 9th $120,000