Lyle Berman

Name: Lyle Berman
Current Residence: Minneapolis, Minn.
Born: August 6, 1941
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Notable Tournament Cashes

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 37 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo...	12th	$33,668
2008 WSOP, Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	5th	$444,000
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	5th	$54,144
WPT Season 5, WPT World Championship	29th	$92,820
WPT Season 4, World Poker Finals	5th	$345,000
2001 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em	21st	$5,135
1989 WSOP, Event 14, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	5th	$67,950
1989 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Omaha	1st	$108,600
1992 WSOP, Event 16, No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$192,000
1994 WSOP, Event 20, No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	1st	$128,250
1997 WSOP, Event 16, $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	2nd	$91,250
1985 WSOP, Event 2, Limit Hold'em	2nd	$68,400
1987 WSOP, Event 6, Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys	2nd	$108,750
2000 WSOP, Event 12, No-Limit 2-7 Lowball	2nd	$81,250
1985 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em	4th	$15,200
1986 WSOP, Event 2, Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys	7th	$12,700
1984 WSOP, Event 9, Limit Hold'em	9th	$5,400

Player Analysis of Lyle Berman

Description

Lyle is the best businessman/poker player, a title previously held by Jay Heimowitz. Lyle used to be one of the most feared short-handed Pot-Limit Omaha players, but was weak at Limit poker. He worked hard to improve his Limit game and for some reason, as his Limit game improved, his ferocity at No-Limit declined. Regardless, he still holds his own in the biggest game and would be a clear favorite in the next level down except for the fact that the smaller stakes would bore him.

Best Game

Pot-Limit Omaha

Weakness

Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo

Lyle Berman's Score

5.8/10

Aggressiveness 5
Looseness 4
Limit 5
No-Limit 7
Side Games 7
Steam Control 6
Against Strong Players 7
Tournaments 6
Short-Handed 6
Against Weak Players 5

Amusing Anecdote

One of the first times I played with Lyle, he drove me back to where I was staying. He told me how impressed he had been when he first came to Las Vegas for his honeymoon in 1967. As we drove by Caesars Palace he said, “I was in awe of this place when I stayed there for my honeymoon, and now I own about 1% of it.”

He also told me how he went to Las Vegas in 1984 and won $10,000 at the craps table. He had nothing to do, but he heard someone talk about a $100 satellite for a big poker tournament. He had played poker when he was young, so he entered and then made two re-buys.

Along the way, he knocked out the reigning world champion, Tom McEvoy, and at one point he was the chip leader. He didn't win the satellite but he enjoyed losing the $300 much more than he enjoyed winning the $10,000. That's what got him back into poker.

Analysis brought to you by Barry Greenstein