Almost everyone in the poker industry today knows who Chris Ferguson is. The professional player is better known as Jesus because of his long hair, his beard, his trademark hat and sunglasses. Over the years he has had several accomplishments in the field along with winning the 2000 WSOP main event winning a cool prize of $1.5 million after beating T.J. Cloutier.

Background

Chris Ferguson first started playing the game before he was even ten years old. Long before the online casinos even existed, he had played for cash in the chat rooms through internet in his college. Later he tried his hand in Vegas and realized that he was in fact pretty good at the game. He only lost 2 games out of a total 22 trips that the made to Vegas.

Early Career

He first began his career in the year 1994 at high stakes tournaments on PartyPoker. In the year 1995 he entered his first ever WSOP event and ever since then he has been playing at the main event every year. He had recognized that his knowledge about the game was quite a powerful weapon and he started by playing at the smaller tournaments in LA. In the initial five years, Chris played few tournaments but he did manage to make it to the final tables 7 times and finished in money 12 times.

Career Peak

The peak in his career began with the new millennia. He won the first WSOP event in the year 2000 which since then has become a legendary game. It had been his 2nd bracelet in the same year after his win I the event for seven card stud. His next bracelet came in the year 2001 at he Omaha Hi Lo split and two more later in the year 2003.

Ever since he began to play the world series he has won more bracelets and has managed to make it to more money finishes and final tables than any other players in the world. In the recent WSOP circuit win and with another final table finish, he managed to make as much as $4,000,000 alone through just those two games.

Again in the year 2006, Chris made his way through 64 players on Everest Poker in order to win the second place for the second time at the National heads up Poker event. Today Chris plays online poker as well where he applies his own ideas in order to improve the game for players. He has his own team of programmers and players who design the software for a poker website and ensures that the customers have the best possible experience playing the game.

Chris Ferguson is a legendary player, someone who is respected and looked up to in the industry. There are not many players who can match his skills in the game. For this reason, he is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of poker ever. His charisma, his immense talent and his clever playing style is what makes him so successful in the industry.