Lee Nelson (poker player)
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Nelson in 2008
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| Nickname(s) | Final Table |
| Residence | Nelson, New Zealand |
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January 19, 1943 (age 74) United States |
Lee Nelson, M.D. (born January 19, 1943) is a retired New Zealand doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Nelson. He was born in the United States.
In 2004, Nelson won the St. Maarten's event in December, 2014. Because he wore a Hawaiian shirt to the final table, it became his signature outfit when he reaches the final table.
Nelson is a regular on the Australasian poker tournament circuit, having won two events at the 2005 Crown Australian Poker Championship.
In April 2005, Nelson won the PartyPoker World Open in Maidstone, Kent, England, winning the $400,000 first prize after defeating "Gentleman" Liam Flood in the final heads-up confrontation. He also made the semi-finals of the VC Cup that year whilst in England.
In January 2006, Nelson won the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championship, taking home A$1,295,800. That also granted him a lifetime entry pass to the annual event, which he does return annually.
As of 2008, Nelson's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000.
Nelson was inducted in the Australian Poker Hall of Fame in 2009, and he won the $1,100 pot limit Omaha tournament in Aussie Millions side event.
He previously represented PokerStars as one of the poker professionals on their "Team PokerStars".
In 2012, he won the Victoria Championship Main Event.
Nelson is also the co-author (with Blair Rodman) of the poker strategy book Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments (ISBN ), "Let's Play Poker" and a sequel to "Kill Phil" (named after many top poker players at the time named Phil: Phil Galfond, Phil Gordon, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Phil Laak ), "Kill Everyone."
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