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Bilzerian was the victim of three heart attacks by the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carbonpoker.ag/blog/dan-bilzerian-heart-attack-28/ |title=Dan Bilzerian Heart Attack King |date=August 28, 2011 |publisher=''Carbon Poker'' |accessdate=September 26, 2013}}</ref> Bilzerian is also a gun collector.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/news/features/10327/laak_and_esfandiari_shoot_guns.html |title=LAAK AND ESFANDIARI SHOOT GUNS |author=Michael Kaplan |date=April 2010 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |publisher=''Poker Player''}}</ref> He is the son of Wall Street corporate take-over specialist [[Paul Bilzerian]]<ref name=laist>{{cite web |url=http://laist.com/2013/09/01/film_financer_promised_a_bit_part_s.php |title=Poker Player Promised 'Lone Survivor' Bit Part Sues Producers When His Role Is Left On Cutting Room Floor |date=September 1, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |author=Lindsay William-Ross |publisher=''LA-ist''}}</ref> and the brother of Adam Bilzerian, who also plays poker. He also pledged and became a brother of [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] Fraternity when he was a student at University of Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/DanBilzerian/status/451781834297184256 |title=Dan Bilzeran poker playboy crowned Instagram King reveals lunatic lifestyle |date=December 11, 2013 |publisher=''Twitter, Official Dan Bilzerian'' |accessdate=July 18, 2014}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:32, 31 July 2014
Dan Bilzerian | |
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| Born | Dan Bilzerian December 7, 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Venture capitalist, poker player |
Dan Bilzerian (born December 7, 1980)[1] is an Armenian-American venture capitalist, as well as a poker player.
Early life
Of Armenian descent, Dan Bilzerian was born 7 December 1980 in Tampa, Florida to father Paul Bilzerian and Joan Bilzerian.[2] The family had two sons, Dan and Adam. Bilzerian is a 4-year military veteran. He enlisted in the Navy in 1999 and went to BUD/S. He states that he was kicked-out of SEAL training two days before graduation.[3] After his military career, Bilzerian enrolled at the University of Florida, majoring in Business and Criminology.[4]
Gambling career
As a professional poker player Bilzerian's most notable cash was in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, for which he appeared on six episodes of the show's television broadcast.[5] He finished in 180th place and won $36,626.[6] He is also a co-founder of Victory Poker, an online poker room.[7] In 2010 he was voted one of the funniest poker players on Twitter by Bluff Magazine.[8] On March 9, 2011 Bilzerian raced fellow race car enthusiast and Supreme Court Litigator Tom Goldstein for a wager of $385,000 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with Bilzerian racing a 1965 AC Cobra and Goldstein behind the wheel of a Ferrari 458 Italia. Bilzerian won the race.[9]
In November 2011 Bilzerian, along with ten others including actors Tobey Maguire, Nick Cassavetes and Gabe Kaplan, were asked to pay back winnings that they had won in poker games against ponzi-scheme operator Bradley Ruderman after Ruderman was sentenced to prison, to help pay back some of the victims Ruderman had stolen from over his criminal career.[10] That same year Bilzerian defended Alex Rodriguez publicly against accusations that he had gambled illegally, claiming that he was present when the alleged gambling event had taken place and Rodriguez was not present.[11]
Film career
Bilzerian first appeared as a stunt person in the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen.[5] Bilzerian invested one million dollars in the production of Lone Survivor,[citation needed] in which he had a role. Bilzerian has acting roles in the 2014 films The Other Woman and The Equalizer.[5][12]
Personal life
Bilzerian was the victim of three heart attacks by the age of 30.[13] Bilzerian is also a gun collector.[14] He is the son of Wall Street corporate take-over specialist Paul Bilzerian[15] and the brother of Adam Bilzerian, who also plays poker. He also pledged and became a brother of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity when he was a student at University of Florida.[16]
References
- ^ "Dan Bilzerian Victory Pros". Victory Poker. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "Dan Bilzerian: Fifty Million in Poker Earnings". Unfinished Man. 20 June 2014.
- ^ Brandon Webb (September 1, 2013). "Exclusive: Dan Bilzerian Talks To SOFREP "For The Record"". Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ "Dan Bilzeran poker playboy crowned Instagram King reveals lunatic lifestyle". joesdaily. December 11, 2013. Retrieved Aprila 3, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "Filmography". Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ Wsop.com
- ^ Piero 'Pierelfo' Pelosi (June 17, 2010). "Dan Bilzerian inguaia Victory Poker con la ESPN". Asso Poker. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Reader's Choice Nominees: Funniest Poker Twitterer". Bluff. December 3, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Ferrari 458 Challenge 1967 Shelby Cobra: $ 400,000 up for grabs". Nano Press Motori. March 22, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Alan Duke (November 28, 2011). "Tobey Maguire settles poker lawsuit". CNN. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ Lance Bradley (August 5, 2011). "A.M. SCRAMBLE: Karr's High Roller Rail, Hall Of Famers, November Niners & A-Rod's Alibi". Bluff.com. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Aaron Couch (August 28, 2013). "Actor Sues 'Lone Survivor' Producers After Role Cut". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Dan Bilzerian Heart Attack King". Carbon Poker. August 28, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Michael Kaplan (April 2010). "LAAK AND ESFANDIARI SHOOT GUNS". Poker Player. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Lindsay William-Ross (September 1, 2013). "Poker Player Promised 'Lone Survivor' Bit Part Sues Producers When His Role Is Left On Cutting Room Floor". LA-ist. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Dan Bilzeran poker playboy crowned Instagram King reveals lunatic lifestyle". Twitter, Official Dan Bilzerian. December 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
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External links
- Dan Bilzerian at IMDb
- Dan Bilzerian on X