Buddy Bonnecaze

Buddy Bonnecaze is an American poker player and the winner of two World Series of Poker bracelets in the 1990s, a prominent player through the 1980s and 1990s. He began cashing in tournaments in the mid-1980s and made his first WSOP cash in 1986, finishing 35th in the Main Event for 7,500 dollars. He won his first bracelet in 1992 in the 1,500 dollar Pot Limit Hold'em event and another the next year in the 1,500 dollar Pot Limit Omaha event. After nearly a decade away from the poker scene he returned and finished fourth in the 2009 Winter Bayou Poker Challenge in New Orleans for 4,609 dollars. By 2009 his tournament winnings were 234,064 dollars, 205,465 of them from the WSOP.