Bob Slezak, a professional poker player, is currently living in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob Slezak, who has had quite a few winnings to his credit, has total earnings adding up to $1,070,867, as of 2008. He won Event 17 – Limit Omaha Hi/Lo at the 32nd Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) on May 6, 2001, taking home a whopping $173,625 as prize money. With 179 players in the field, this event was held at the Binion's Horseshoe Casino. Early next year, on January 20, Bob Slezak was placed third in the No-Limit Hold’em Event 17 at the World Poker Challenge 2 earning $6,128. He had another win in the following month, where he took home $1,840 and had a respectable ninth place finish in Event 10 – Limit Omaha Hi/Lo at the LA Poker Classic. On October 1, 2002, he ranked third and earned $7,100 in the Event 15 – Pot-Limit Hold’em at the Four Queens Poker Classic. Two months later, with $7,800 as his prize money, Bob Slezak finished fourth in Event 6 – Limit Omaha Hi/Lo at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
The next big win came on July 25, 2004 with Bob Slezak bagging a handsome amount of $131,355 and securing the first place in the No-Limit Hold’em Event 17 at the Orleans Open 2004. The same year saw him winning $24,000 as prize money when he finished in sixteenth place in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event No-Limit Hold’em at the 2004 Festa al Lago III.
In 2005, Bob Slezak had three wins, adding $63187 to his bankroll. The first win came in March, earning him $18,333 in the No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the Shooting Star Tournament – WPT Season 3. The second win came the following month, when Bob Slezak made $20,704 and ranked twelfth in the No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the World Poker Challenge – WPT Season 3. On December 16, the same year, he won $24,150 in the No-Limit Hold’em WPT Event 14 at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
Another event in which Bob Slezak participated was the WPT No-Limit Hold’em Shooting Star – Season 4 held on March 3, 2006 at the Bay 101. Finishing twentieth in this event, he got away with $50,000 in cash. In the No-Limit Hold’em Event Orleans Open 2006 held on July 16, 2006, Bob Slezak won $640 and finished fourth.
Besides these major events, Bob Slezak had four impressive finishes between 2007 and 2008. On January 12, 2007, he outlasted many professional poker players to finish first in the No-Limit Hold’em at the World Poker Open – Season 5 and made live tournament earnings of $44,254. Following this event, there were a couple of wins the same year, with the highest cash win adding up to $429,114. Bob Slezak finished fifteenth in the No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the 38th Annual WSOP held on July 17, 2007. Later that year, he made an impressive first-place finish in the No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the 1st Annual Horseshoe Poker Classic and walked home with $52,602. His most recent cash win was in 2008, bagging $25,090 in Event 54 – WSOP No-Limit Championship at the 39th World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. With 22 cashes and 1 WSOP gold bracelet to his credit, Bob Slezak sure has a great future in professional poker.
Bob Slezak – Poker Results
- Event: 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event #54 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship / Finished: 526rd / Earned: $ 25,090
- Event: 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event #39 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 228 th / Earned: $2,970
- Event: 2008 Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Tournaments - WSOP Circuit Event Event #4 - No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 4th / Earned: $8,352
- Event: 2007 1st Annual Horseshoe Poker Classic Event #4 - Main Event - No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 1st / Earned: $52,602
- Event: 2007, Gulf Coast Poker Championship WPT Season 6 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship / Finished: 20th / Earned: $14,017
- Event: 2007, 38th Annual World Series of PokerEvent #55 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship / Finished: 15th / Earned: $429,114
- Event: 2007, WPT World Championship / WPT Event Season 5 Super Satellite - No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 33rd / Earned: $25,700
- Event: 2007, WPT Horseshoe Council Bluffs Tournaments / WSOP Circuit Event Event #2 - No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 9th / Earned: $2,629
- Event: 2007 Horseshoe Council Bluffs Tournaments / WSOP Circuit Event Event #1 - No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 41st / Earned: $464
- Event: 2007 World Poker Open / WPT Event - Season 5 No Limit Hold'em / Finished: 1st / Earned: $44,254
