Maciek Gracz

Name: Maciek Gracz
Nickname: The Kid
Current Residence: Raleigh, N.C.
Birth Date: October 23, 1980
Birth Place: Warsaw, Poland

Maciek Gracz's mother is a professor of biochemistry at North Carolina State University, and she insisted her son receive a formal education. He says of the time he spent earning his degree at North Carolina State, "I studied finance with my concentration on business. I like the math part of business."

Maciek, known as Mike, has a good friend, Chris Bell, who believes in his talent and helped pay his buy-ins when he was starting out...

Trivia

Was named Card Player Magazine "Breakthrough Player of the Year" in 2005
Winner of the 2005 Party Poker Million
Won a major WPT event as well as a WSOP bracelet in 2005
Holds a bachelor's degree in finance from North Carolina State University

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	23rd	$16,920
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	11th	$131,910
2007 WSOP, Event 49, No-Limit Hold'em	110th	$5,161
2007 WSOP, Event 22, No-Limit Hold'em	9th	$43,684
2007 WSOP, Event 8, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	6th	$84,858
2006 WSOP, Event 14, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	27th	$11,589
2005 WSOP, Event 37, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	31st	$8,225
2005 WSOP, Event 7, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	1st	$594,460
WPT Season 3, PartyPoker Million IV	1st	$1,500,000