Gene Fisher

Gene Fisher is an American poker player from El Paso, Texas, who won World Series of Poker bracelets in 1980 and 1993, winning the same amount, 113,400 dollars, in both events. He won his first bracelet in the 1,500 dollar No Limit Hold'em event in 1980 and his second in the 1,500 dollar Seven-Card Stud Split event in 1993. He finished third in the 1981 WSOP Main Event, won by Stu Ungar after he defeated Perry Green heads-up, and was runner-up to Ungar in 1989 at Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker. He stopped playing in the World Series of Poker for many years because of problems with the IRS. As of 2015 his total live tournament winnings exceeded 1,200,000 dollars, with 581,246 dollars from 23 WSOP cashes.