David Williams

Name: David Williams
Nickname: D-Dub
Current Residence: Dallas, Texas
Birth Date: June 9, 1980
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, United States
Poker Room: Bodog Poker

It just might be the poker world's worst-kept secret: David Williams is kind of geeky.

The young gun poker pro does a good job of concealing it with his good looks, stylish clothes, sunglasses and aggressive approach to card play. But he's the first to admit that he loves science and math, was a compulsive university student with a 4.0 GPA, and enjoys the Discovery Channel and playing the not-so-chic card game "Magic: The Gathering" in his...

Trivia

One of poker's top money earners
A top-ranked player on the Magic: The Gathering card game circuit prior to his poker career
Earned a 1550 SAT score and had a 4.0 grade point average in university
First major tournament was the 2004 World Series of Poker, where he placed second to Greg "Fossilman" Raymer

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 40 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	16th	$34,551
WPT Season 7, Foxwoods Poker Classic	15th	$34,117
2009 Special, NBC National Heads-Up Championship	8th	$75,000
2008 WSOPE, Event 2, H.O.R.S.E.	16th	£4,812
2008 WSOP, Event 50, World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha	26th	$28,651
2008 WSOP, Event 28, Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	16th	$54,003
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	9th	$36,096
2008 WSOP, Event 4, Mixed Hold'em	7th	$58,515
2007 WSOP, Event 52, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	15th	$40,333
2007 WSOP, Event 33, Pot-Limit Omaha w/re-buys	24th	$16,001
2007 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	50th	$11,060
2007 WSOP, Event 16, H.O.R.S.E.	31st	$6,923
WPT Season 5, Bay 101 Shooting Star	12th	$70,000
2006 WSOP, Event 38, No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/re-buys	2nd	$256,091
2006 WSOP, Event 26A, Pot-Limit Omaha	19th	$3,583
2006 WSOP, Event 17, No-Limit Hold'em	147th	$3,157
2006 WSOP, Event 10, Seven-Card Stud	1st	$163,118
WPT Season 5, Mirage Poker Showdown	4th	$221,958
WPT Season 4, Bay 101 Shooting Star	4th	$280,000
2005 WSOP, Event 7, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	34th	$7,705
WPT Specials, WPT Young Guns	3rd	$0
WPT Season 3, Borgata Poker Open	2nd	$573,800
2004 WSOP, Event 33, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	2nd	$3,500,000