28 Facts About Jamie Gold

Jamie M Gold was born on August 25,1969 and is an American television producer, talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California.

Jamie Gold is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and poker competition, primarily major tournaments.

Jamie Gold's name was later changed by court order to Jamie M Gold following his mother's divorce and remarriage to Dr Robert Gold.

The family moved to Paramus, New Jersey, where Gold was raised by his mother and her second husband.

Jamie Gold later earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1991, and studied entertainment law at UCLA.

In 2014, Jamie Gold was part of the launch of the "Island Breeze", a refurbished ship turned into a casino off the coast of Palm Beach, USA.

Over a span of ten years Jamie Gold focused on philanthropy, raising over half a billion dollars.

Jamie Gold has hosted or worked closely on nearly 300 celebrity charity events.

Jamie Gold has participated in numerous poker tournaments that have been designed primarily to benefit charitable causes.

Jamie Gold has mentioned in several recent interviews his plans to create a charity poker tournament to benefit people affected with Lou Gehrig's disease.

Jamie Gold's mother, Jane, was a keen poker player, and his grandfather was a champion gin rummy player.

Jamie Gold favored pressuring all of the players at the table especially when playing in position.

At the 2006 WSOP, Jamie Gold maintained a significant chip lead from Day 4 onwards to win the World Series of Poker Main Event, outlasting 8,772 other players.

Jamie Gold eliminated seven of his eight opponents at the final table.

Jamie Gold won the event despite earlier saying that he would prefer to finish second, as he felt uncomfortable with the idea of being famous.

Jamie Gold ate blueberries during the play of the 2006 WSOP main event final table and joked in a post-tournament interview that the blueberries were "brain food" and the reason he won.

Jamie Gold consistently told his opponents that he was weak or strong, telling the truth sometimes, and sometimes lying, with the net result of successfully deceiving his opponents most of the time.

Jamie Gold's "table talk", though both an asset and a source of criticism for his tendency to tell opponents his actual hand during play, was contrary to WSOP rules.

In one case at the final table, Jamie Gold actually flashed one of his hole cards to an opponent, creating enough uncertainty that his opponent folded the better hand.

Immediately after his WSOP win, Gold called his stepfather, Dr Robert I Gold, who could not attend as he was suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Jamie Gold pledged to use his winnings to make his stepfather more comfortable.

Jamie Gold's stepfather died four months later on December 13,2006.

Jamie Gold partnered with Crispin Leyser to help with this task in exchange for half of Jamie Gold's winnings, according to Leyser.

Jamie Gold did a radio interview on Rounders the Poker Show following his Main Event win where he mentioned his deal with Leyser.

On February 6,2007, Leyser and Jamie Gold released a joint statement stating they had settled the matter outside of court.

On January 25,2007, Bodog ended their business relationship with Jamie Gold, citing their decision to cease all offline marketing initiatives in the US, and instead refocus their efforts on growing their entertainment brand in Europe and Asia.

Jamie Gold returned to defend his title at the 2007 WSOP, but was eliminated on the first day.

Jamie Gold had more success in the 2007 WSOP Europe, where he finished 35th in the Main Event.