Lee Watkinson

Name: Lee Watkinson
Current Residence: Tacoma, Wash.
Birth Place: Cheney, Wash.
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker

At a 2007 World Series of Poker final table made up of relatively unknown players, Lee Watkinson's name might have been the only one to ring any bells.

The Washington native holds a gold bracelet for winning the 2006 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship, has nine WSOP cashes and two second-place finishes at World Poker Tour final tables.

Watkinson qualified for the 2007 Main Event through Full Tilt Poker, which meant that he had a shot... Read More >>

Trivia

2007 WSOP Main Event eight-place finisher
Named Player of the Year in 2004 by CardPlayer Magazine
Economics graduate

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 48 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	2nd	$141,873
2009 WSOP, Event 4 - $1000 No-Limit Hold'em	36th	$22,671
2008 WSOP, Event 38, Pot-Limit Hold'em	5th	$63,313
2008 WSOP, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em	91st	$5,784
2008 WSOP, Event 8, World Championship Mixed Event	14th	$27,072
2008 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	51st	$9,839
WPT Season 6, Bay 101 Shooting Star	9th	$44,000
2007 WSOPC, Harrah's Rincon San Diego North	7th	$28,272
WPT Season 6, Borgata Poker Classic	5th	$282,779
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	8th	$585,699
2007 WSOP, Event 52, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	60th	$8,067
2007 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	107th	$4,108
2006 WSOP, Event 29, Pot-Limit Hold'em	30th	$4,524
2006 WSOP, Event 16, Pot-Limit Omaha	1st	$655,746
2005 WSOP, Event 42, No-Limit Hold'em Championship	45th	$235,390
2005 WSOP, Event 31, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Short-Handed...	40th	$6,790
WPT Season 3, Legends of Poker	2nd	$578,375
WPT Season 3, Mirage Poker Showdown	2nd	$513,038
2004 WSOP, Event 33, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	113th	$15,000
2004 WSOP, Event 31, Pot-Limit Omaha	2nd	$270,000