John Cernuto
| John Cernuto | |
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John "Miami" Cernuto playing in the WPT main event at the Mirage (World Poker Tour / PPT / Mirage Poker Showdown 2005).
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| Nickname(s) | Miami John |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Born | January 10, 1944 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 50 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
345th, 2011 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
John Anthony Cernuto (born January 10, 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey) also known as Miami, is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, specialising in Omaha hi-lo events. Cernuto has won over $5,500,000 in live tournament winnings from small cashes, his largest score was for $259,150 from his $2000 No Limit Hold'em bracelet victory in the 1997 World Series of Poker.
Before embarking on his poker career, Cernuto graduated Florida State University as a finance major. After graduating he worked as an air traffic controller. When Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers during a 1981 strike, he turned to poker for his profession.
He first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making the final table in the 1989 World Series of Poker in the $5,000 seven-card stud event. He finished fourth in a final table also featuring David Sklansky, Humberto Brenes, Gabe Kaplan, and the tournament winner Don Holt.
Another five WSOP money finishes followed before he won his first bracelet in the 1996 WSOP $1,500 seven card stud split tournament. He also won the $2,000 no limit hold'em event in the 1997 World Series of Poker and the $1,500 limit omaha event in the 2002 World Series of Poker.
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