12 Facts About Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest was born on September 24,1964 and is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 1992, Forrest won two tournaments at the LA Poker Classic and one at the World Poker Finals in Mashantucket.

Ted Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker.

Ted Forrest made a triumphant return to the WSOP by winning two bracelets at the 2004 World Series of Poker.

Ted Forrest did not fare as well in season three, being mathematically eliminated early in the preliminaries.

Ted Forrest played in the first two seasons of the GSN series High Stakes Poker.

In March 2006, Ted Forrest won the annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship, defeating Erik Seidel, Chad Brown, Ernie Dureck, Sam Farha, Shahram Sheikhan and Chris Ferguson to win the $500,000 first prize.

In June 2014 Ted Forrest defeated notable poker player Phil Hellmuth in the final table of the WSOP Razz event, bringing his total number of WSOP bracelets to six.

Forrest's no-limit Texas hold 'em strategy vastly differs from that of many other established pros who believe that pre-flop one should always raise or fold, Forrest has repeatedly stated and demonstrated in his play, that limping, or simply calling a raise, is not a bad play and should be frequently employed.

Ted Forrest gave one of the remaining two to his daughter; and has the other locked away.

Ted Forrest owns one WSOP championship bracelet that formerly belonged to Hamid Dastmalchi, which he purchased from Dastmalchi after the 1992 World Series of Poker world champion complained that the bracelet wasn't worth what the Binion family claimed.

In September 2016, Ted Forrest was charged in the Las Vegas Justice Court with two felonies: drawing and passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud, and theft.