Alex Outhred “The Insider“

Birthplace
Houston, Texas

Hometown
Los Angeles, CA

Birthday
November 9

Total Winnings
$184,745

Alex Outhred may have been born in Texas, but it would take moving to both American coasts before he settled into a life of Texas Hold'em. The one-time model with the Ford Agency found a love for poker in his New York City junior high school where he battled against his classmates for milk money. Graduation from junior high led him into informal games in high school and college. He was a math whiz that majored in psychology and philosophy at the University of Michigan. Courses in game theory and statistics further fueled his love for poker. Still, he was a model and not a pro poker player. Finally, Alex moved to Los Angeles and there he found the backroom games inhabited by Hollywood actors and musicians.

It wouldn't be long before Alex found a way to make his passion for poker into a profession. He signed on as an associate producer the World Poker Tour and had the benefit of working behind the scenes and seeing everything that happened at every important final table. It was his job to scrutinize players' every card, critical decision, and glance across the table. As such, Alex has been dubbed "The Insider" and has served as an instructor at the WPT BOOT CAMP.

Alex found his game getting even better after working with World Poker Tour announcers Mike Sexton and Vincent Van Patten. Interacting day in and day out with the poker gurus opened his eyes to how psychology and math meld together to create a perfect technique that produces winning results. Alex has since begun applying what he knows at Southern California poker tournaments, where he finishes in the money over 50 percent of the time. His greatest achievement to date is making the final table of a World Poker Tour event. When he's not playing poker, Alex spends his time training some of Hollywood's celebrities and managing tournaments featuring many elite Los Angeles celebrities, poker players, and athletes.