David Williams
| Pokerplayer: | David Williams |
| Nickname: | none |
| Born in: | Arlington, Texas (1980) |
David Williams was a student at Princeton University and studied Economics at Southern Methodist University. Williams was self taught to play no-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments. He was then mentored in poker by Marcel Luske, with whom they both had a mutual friend in the Netherlands, Noah Boeken.
Williams's poker success was capped at the 2004 World Series of Poker. He won his buy-in through an online poker site and made it to the finals of the main event, ultimately finishing second to Greg Raymer, but still winning $3.5 million for the runner-up prize. His second-place finish is the best ever by an African American in a WSOP Main Event, besting Phil Ivey's 10th place finish a year earlier. Four months later, he finished second at the Borgata Open World Poker Tour where he collected $573,800. David Williams became a member of Team Bodog after his the 2004 World Series of Poker.
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