Eli Elezra

Eliahu Ilan Elezra (born 1960 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional poker player and businessman who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is counted among the most successful players of the post-Moneymaker poker boom, with five World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour win. After moving to America he made more than 70 money finishes at the World Series of Poker in Omaha, Texas Hold 'em and draw events. In July 2004 he won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown and its prize of $1,024,574, and he won his first bracelet in the 2007 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low, beating Scotty Nguyen heads-up. He was a regular in the Las Vegas Big Game and appeared in the first six seasons of High Stakes Poker. A 2017 biography, Poker Legend, was later translated into English as Pulling the Trigger, and he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2021.