David Williams
This young, charismatic tournament and online-savvy player is a force to be
reckoned with. In 2004 alone, David won $3.5 Million for his Runner Up Finish
at the WSOP Main Event and $573,000 for his Runner Up Finish at the WPT. Coming
from a college background including Princeton and Southern Methodist University,
David is an active World Poker Tour Professional, Professional Poker Tour
Participant, and Card Player Magazine cover story. Before poker, David, now
25 years old, was an avid "Magic" player, a game that is only played one-on-one.
Within the last year, David Williams has truly established himself as an important
part of the professional poker tour landscape. With Two Second Place finishes
in key tournaments, the Borgata Poker Open and the World Series of Poker "No
Limit Hold'em Poker Championship, David proves his tournament mettle. David
is one of the World Poker Tour's "Young Guns" and has been featured in Playboy
and ALL IN Magazines as the Future of Poker.
More Background
His Magic Days David traveled the world playing "Magic - The Gathering" a
card game with the features of chess, bridge & poker. During his travels he
made many friends, including Noah Boeken who is also now making his living
as a professional poker player like David.
What is David Like?
If you ask people who know David, his friends and family, about him you will
get all the pieces of an amazing puzzle that becomes the David Williams people
see at the table and on the final table poker tournament coverage on TV. David
is smart and mature for his age, he has needed to be as he grew up in a single
parent household, so he has always felt the need to be responsible. David
is competitive- he wants to win - period. Second place is nice but it is not
first to him who is always striving to be the best in all he does. He is wicked
smart with an SAT score of 1550 Princeton welcomed David with open arms but
he found a better college fit in his home state of Texas at Southern Methodist
University. Polite and reliable are the comments of the people who do business
with David, he follows through and does what he says he is going to do. David
accepts reality, which helps him with the roller coaster ride of a nontraditional
career in poker- he doesn't allow the ups & downs to waver him from his goal
to win at the table and in the long run. Poker truly defines David, it gives
him a place to carve out his own piece of the wilderness within a set of rules
that favors one who can adapt, change gears, keep his opponents guessing,
and define as you go