Amir Vahedi - Professional Poker Player Review Series By Brian Garvin At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Amir Vahedi is someone most people would like to refer to as a survivor story; a man who has truly lived the American dream. This man who was born in Tehran, Iran, fled to Germany as a political refugee during the Iran-Iraq wars; finally he came to United States in search of a decent living. Vahedi discovered poker in the year 1997, and it was love at first sight, as he learnt the ropes of the game he kept working at various jobs and today, he is a professional fulltime poker player.

Amir Vahedi is undoubtedly one of the topmost Professional Poker Players who have ruled the poker tables for sometime now. Vahedi was born in the year 1961 in Iran, he moved to America as a war refugee after leaving Iranian army on his mother's request. After running many small businesses across the United States, Vahedi is amongst the well established Poker Players of USA today.

Vahedi is famed across the casinos for his charismatic personality and his ruthless strategies have earned him envious fame in the poker circuits, along with a huge amount of money. The unpredictable playing style of Vahedi makes it very difficult for the opponents to read or predict his moves. As a player he has been described by most of his co players as someone who is unassuming in the poker table, but entirely unpredictable at the same time. Although the lure of the other forms of poker is a bit too irresistible for most Poker Players, but Amir is of the opinion that it is better to stick to poker and not to stray into the territory of Blackjack and craps.

Due to his enormous skill at the game of poker Amir has won numerous distinctions, some of the most notable ones have been provided below. Amir has won the No Limit Texas Hold'em Player of the Year in 2001, in the year 2003 he finished in the sixth place at the WSOP No Limit Hold'em event which was worth $270,000. Some of the biggest achievements of this man include the WSOP bracelet that he won in the year 2003; he came first in the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic Limit Hold'em Shootout, this tournament made him richer by $49,832.

Vahedi is one of the most esteemed full time Poker Professionals who plays several tournaments each year, and takes home a huge amount of cash in the form of winnings in most cases. Most of the people who have played with this wonderful player will vouch for the fact that he is among the most well behaved yet ruthless competitors in the circuit.

This enigmatic player admits that it took him some time to develop his money management skills at the poker table and since then there has been no looking back. This man is also famous for being the mastermind who taught "Daredevil" star Ben Affleck the ins and outs of this game of No Limit Hold'em. Vahedi is someone everyone in the poker circuit looks up to for his magnanimous personality and his huge experience at the poker table.

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