David Sklansky

Name: David Sklansky
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Birth Place: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

If you scan the bookshelf of any serious poker player, one author that will keep popping up is David Sklansky. Many popular online and offline pro players will tell you one of the first books they picked up as they were learning was one of Sklansky's.

Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, even said in an interview the biggest influence on his game was Sklansky's The Theory of Poker.

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Trivia

Finished third at the 2006 Borgata Poker Open WPT Championship
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner
Is an accomplished poker author who penned the praised book The Theory of Poker
Professional gambler and casino consultant

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 44 - $2,500 Seven-Card Razz	29th	$4,745
2009 WSOP, Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	40th	$5,838
2009 WSOP, Event 10 - $2500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha	21st	$7,918
WPT Season 7, Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	91st	$21,620
2008 WSOP, Event 47, 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better	8th	$19,306
2008 WSOP, Event 40, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	6th	$20,528
2007 WSOP, Event 29, 7-Card Razz	30th	$3,724
2007 WSOP, Event 24, World Championship Seven-Card Stud...	5th	$35,825
2007 WSOP, Event 6, Limit Hold'em	13th	$10,310
WPT Season 5, Borgata Poker Open	3rd	$419,040
2006 WSOP, Event 35, Seven-Card Hi-Lo Split	32nd	$3,299
2006 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	74th	$5,804
2006 WSOP, Event 10, Seven-Card Stud	37th	$2,610
WPT Specials, WPT Poker by the Book	1st	$0
1982 WSOP, Event 7, Seven-Card Stud	1st	$8,800
1982 WSOP, Event 12, Limit Draw	1st	$15,500
1983 WSOP, Event 11, Limit Omaha	1st	$25,500
1984 WSOP, Event 3, Pot-Limit Omaha With Rebuys	2nd	$33,600
1989 WSOP, Event 5, Seven-Card Stud	2nd	$96,250
1983 WSOP, Event 13, Seven-Card Stud	4th	$22,000
1987 WSOP, Event 9, Razz	4th	$9,780
2001 WSOP, Event 6, Limit Omaha	5th	$9,430
1988 WSOP, Event 6, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	8th	$6,180
1990 WSOP, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em	8th	$13,000
1991 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Razz	8th	$3,465
2002 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2002	42nd	$20,000