Vincent Burgio, born around 1940, is an American professional poker player and writer based in West Hills, California, and a member of the Senior Poker Hall of Fame. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he first played poker at the age of eight, playing penny ante with his family at Christmas, graduated from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1976. In 1987 he sold his construction business to play tournaments full time. He was a columnist for Card Player Magazine and wrote Pizza, Pasta and Poker and Inside Poker: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He won the best all-around player award at the 1992 Queens Poker Classic, won a WSOP bracelet in the Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo event in 1994 by defeating 211 opponents, and made the Main Event final table that year, finishing fourth. He also made one World Poker Tour final table, finishing fifth in the first season Gold Rush event.
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is an American professional poker player and writer
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he was a columnist for Card Player Magazine and is the author of Pizza, Pasta and Poker and Inside Poker: The Go
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is an American professional poker player and writer
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Burgio won his first World Series of Poker in 1994, defeating 211 opponents for the title
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