David Levi is an Israeli professional poker player, who was born on 12th December 1962 in Tel Aviv, Israel. At present he resides in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States of America. While in Israel, he served the Israeli Defense Force as a paratrooper. David Levi was also a renowned soccer player in his homeland. His soccer career was cut short by a knee injury, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California. It is in Los Angeles that he was introduced to the poker game by his roommate Amir Vahedi, who is also a professional poker player.
Initially, David Levi started playing small stake games and then, moved on to medium stake games, which helped in improving his game at a steady pace. Later, with the support from financial backers, he moved to high stake tournaments which brought him great success. From then on, there was no looking back for David Levi in poker sport.
David Levi began his poker career in 2000 with an impressive eighth-place finish in the Limit Hold'em event at the California State Poker Championship and made $2,662 as his first poker prize money. After a few months, David Levi had one of the major turning points in his poker career, when he won the Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event at the Winnin' O the Green Tournament and took home $11,040. This win was further enhanced by another first-place finish at the California State Poker Classic 2000, where he earned $26,751 in Event #5 – Pot-Limit Hold'em.
In 2001, David Levi had back to back victories at the Fall Peppermill Poker Tournament in two events that include Limit Omaha Hi/Lo and Limit Hold’em and he bagged total prize money of $10,382. David Levi continued his winning streak with another first place finish at the Tom McEvoy Tournament and pocketed $6,210 in the Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event. David Levi began 2002 on a promising note with a spectacular win at the No-Limit Hold 'em (3 Day Event). This win was a major achievement in his poker career and earned him a whopping $159,468 in prize money. In the same year, he made his maiden appearance at the 33rd Annual World Series of Poker. He participated in various events, which included Event #7 - Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Event #14 - Limit Razz, and Event #17 – Pot-Limit Hold'em and made a total of $35,660.
David Levi continued this good run, when he took part in the 2003 Five Diamond - World Poker Tour (WPT) Season 2 held at the Bellagio, Las Vegas. He participated in Limit Hold'em event and outlasted all 249 entrants to finish in first place.
He maintained this good momentum and won Event #19 – No-Limit Hold'em at the California State Poker Championship and took home $99,745 in cash. In 2005, he appeared at the 36th Annual World Series of Poker and took part in three events that include Event #2 – No-Limit Hold'em, Event #6 - No-Limit Hold'em, and Event #8 - Limit Seven Card Stud. From all these events, he made a total of $15,215 in prize money.
In 2006, he participated in Event #8 - Omaha Hi/Lo, Event #18 - Pot Limit Hold'em, Event #20 - No Limit H.O.R.S.E, and Event #34 - No Limit Hold'em at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker and pocketed $153,922.
Then in 2007, David Levi won the No-Limit Hold'em event at the Wynn Classic and added $93,314 to his bank payroll. He also participated in the No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the WPT World Championship/WPT Event Season 5 and cashed $154,705.
David Levi continued his winning streak in 2008, when he won the No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the Orleans Open and walked away with $37,450 in prize money.
In spite of his successful poker career, Soccer has always been the first love for David Levi, and during his spare time he enjoys coaching youth soccer teams.
