Player Focus: David Gross

David Gross aka "thekid08" is the man behind Poker Verdict...

Team PV 21 November 2006

"David has reached over 20 high stakes final tables, winning several of them"

David Gross is the Managing Director of www.pokerverdict.com. A prolific tournament winner in his own right, you can read his regular poker blogs for an insight into his game

Over the last eight years, he has balanced his love for poker with a hectic professional life having started www.easyodds.com in early 2000 and Poker Verdict in late 2006.
 
At 31-years-old, whilst relatively young in business terms, he is somewhat of a veteran in the internet age of poker, having first started playing live tournaments over 10 years ago.

He has reached over 20 high stakes final tables in big online tournaments accross a variety of sites. Highlights include:

* $137,000 on PokerStars, $500 buy-in, 1,887 runners, 1st place (you can read David's blog about it here) - Dec 2005

* $34,000 on Paradise, $200 buy-in, 740 runners, 1st place (read blog) - April 2006

*£17,000 on Betfair Poker, £200, 667 runners, 2nd place - Dec 2004

* $11,000 on Ladbrokes, $500 buy-in, 50 runners, 1st place - Dec 2005

When Playing online, David plays as:

* thekid08 on PokerStars

* dg8888 on PartyPoker, UltimateBet

* millhillkid
on Paradise

He has also had decent success offline, including 4 final tables at the Bellagio Cup earning him 27th place in the 2007 rankings for UK poker players (Poker Player Magazine - August 2007).

 

THE OTHER TOP ONLINE PLAYERS

Top US Players

Top Swedish Players

Top German Players

Top Italian Players

Top Norwegian Players

Top Canadian Players

Top UK Players

Top Female Players


Top French Players


Who have we missed? Email and tell us who you want to read about

24/07/07