Chris "Jesus" Ferguson was born April 11, 1963, in LA, California. Jesus is one of the most successful and famous professional poker players. Chris Ferguson uses a very mathematical approach to the game which is founded in his college studies and his father's teachings of game theory. He has taken this theory and has used it alongside computer simulations to determine the best mathematical decision whenever a decision comes up in a poker tournament. Chris Jesus Ferguson had been playing poker since he was 10 and took the poker world by storm after upsetting the long time professional tournament champion T.J. Cloutier at the main event of the 2000 World Series of Poker for $1.5 million.
In 2004, Ferguson was one of the endorsed Full Tilt Poker pros which helped launch the online poker site Full Tilt Poker. The site has become one of the top three online poker rooms.
Jesus has won over $6 million playing tournaments. Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson finished runner-up to Phil Hellmuth in the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship and again finished 2nd in 2006 to Ted Forrest.
Jesus has 5 World Series of Poker bracelets
2000 $2,500 Seven Card Stud $151,000
2000 $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em World Championship $1,500,000
2001 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $164,735
2003 $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better $123,680
2003 $2,000 1/2 Limit Hold'em - 1/2 Seven Card Stud $66,220
Three World Series of Poker circuit events titles, a record.
Ferguson got the nickname "Jesus" because of his long brown hair and beard which resemble Jesus Christ. When he plays, he often sits motionless during a hand so his opponents cannot get a read on his hand. His popularity soared on television during ESPN broadcasts of the World Series of Poker when he was shown throwing poker cards across a room at blazing speeds which cut through different fruit including bananas, carrots, and melons. Chris Ferguson is also known to have grinded $1 online up to $20,000 to prove that good bankroll management and good play can make a player successful even if they do not start with a lot of money.
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