World Poker Tour

Josh Spiegelman

Birthplace
New York

Birthday
August 15

Total Winnings
$147,828

Josh is a 45 year-old Human Resources Consultant from Secaucus, New Jersey and one heck of a poker player. A life-long poker aficionado, Josh first ran into trouble for playing poker at his bar mitzvah, and ever since, it's been a tug-of-war between poker fantasy and reality. This year, finally, those two came together when Josh made the final table at the Season 4 inaugural Borgata Poker Classic. Having decided to take a 6 month leave of absence from his day job to pursue his poker dream, he qualified for Borgata on a $1,000 satellite, and fought his way through a tough field of 381 players to make the final six. (Which was pretty close to a miracle: his A-K busted out bubble-finisher Peter Feldman's A-A.) With a guaranteed minimum payout of $110,871, perhaps Josh will consider a new day job. Then again, as Josh says: "I'm just a normal guy," and so far it's definitely working for him.