Gary Wise
| Gary Wise | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Winnings | US$ 133,773 |
| Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 1 (4) |
| Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 0 (?) |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 240 |
| Planeswalker Level | 46 (Archmage) |
Gary Wise is a Canadian professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He also wrote the "Wise Words" and "Limited Skills" articles.
Gary Wise is also involved with poker. Gary now writes for Bluff Magazine as well his own poker strategy website called WiseHandPoker.com where he details individual hands played by some of the most well known professional poker players.
Not only does Gary write for the above-mentioned sites but he has also been known to provide content for the World Poker Tour website as well as some other high-profile poker sites.
Gary followed a popular trend in his early years on the Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour, putting his experiences into tournament reports in order to share them with the Magic community. He developed a following and became the first paid writer for the Magic Dojo, a now-defunct website that served as the heart of the online Magic community in the late 90's.
After a second stint with the Dojo, Gary was hired by sideboard.com, the official website of the Magic:the Gathering Pro Tour as staff writer and columnist. He served in that capacity from 1998-2003.
Wise traveled to Vegas and stayed the full six weeks during the 2004 World Series, his first foray into the tournament poker world. A year later, he embarked on his poker writing career, co-founding wisehandpoker.com and the Wise Hand of the Day, which was widely available on websites across the internet.
The beginning of his writing career signaled the end of his professional poker pursuits, with the demands of running a business not allowing time for both.
After ongoing work with both Bluff Magazine and World Poker Tour, Wise began his tenure with ESPN in May 2007, staying with the company until late 2012, a period that saw him produce over 400 published works. These included annual forays on to the front page carousel for the World Series of Poker, at which he was a regular attendee on ESPN's behalf. His biline also appeared in the website's tennis, Mixed Martial Arts and Page Two sections, as well as ESPN:The Magazine.
In September 2012, Gary was hired as Manager of Social Media at the online gaming Website Pinnacle Sports. His tenure there is ongoing.
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