Pete ‘The Beat’ Giordano

Throughout all the debate over who is the best poker player in the world on any given day, one thing is for certain. Pete "The Beat" Giordano has been one of the most consistently strong tournament players in the world of online poker over the past four years. During 2001, he was named the "Best All-Round Player." In 2002, Pete finished in the top five on the Tournament Leader board and has finished no lower than fifth in each ensuing year.

Pete was at one point in his life a sales representative for Hewlett-Packard, and had been playing poker for many years when back in 1998 he noticed that a large tournament was coming to the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City. He played in the tournament winning first prize, and has been hooked on poker ever since.

In late 2003 Pete turned pro. His strategy is to stick with medium buy-in events online and to put up his own money for large live buy-in events. Fortunately this approach has proven to be successful, winning 4 major events in Aruba, Foxwoods, the Bahamas, and at the WSOP last year.

Select Achievements

• 06-Jun-05 $500 No Limit Hold'em Palms No Limit Hold'em Summer Poker Series, Las Vegas 5th  $ 2,670
• 21-Apr-05 $200 No Limit Hold'em 3rd Annual Turning Stone Casino Resort & Casino Poker Classic, Verona
   2nd  $ 6,992
• 05-Jan-05  WPT $7,800 WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
  2005 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island
   33rd $ 13,000
• 06-Dec-04  $200 No Limit Hold'em Caribbean Poker Classic 2004, St. Maarten  5th $ 2,526
• 05-Dec-04  $200 No Limit Hold'em Caribbean Poker Classic 2004, St. Maarten  5th $ 1,862
• 13-Nov-04  WPT $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day - WPT
  2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket  16th $ 72,118
• 02-Nov-04  $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket  8th $ 11,294
• 07-Oct-04  $500 No Limit Hold'em 2004 3rd Annual East Coast Poker Championship, Verona  1st  $ 15,000
• 06-Oct-04  $300 No Limit Hold'em 2004 3rd Annual East Coast Poker Championship, Verona  3rd  $ 3,135
• 28-Sep-04  WPT $6,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day 2004 Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic, Palm Beach  74th $ 8,000
• 14-Aug-04  $300 No Limit Hold'em Second Annual Empire State Hold'em Championship Tournament, Verona  9th $ 1,107
• 13-Aug-04  $200 No Limit Hold'em Second Annual Empire State Hold'em Championship Tournament, Verona  3rd
   $ 3,780
• 22-May-04  WSOP $10,000 World Championship Event
  35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas
   50th $ 45,000