Mike Sexton

The "Ambassador of Poker" is best known as host of the World Poker Tour.

The "Ambassador of Poker" is best known as host of the World Poker Tour and spokesman for PartyPoker.

Sexton was born Sept. 22, 1947, and says he "majored in poker" while working toward his degree at Ohio State University. He's also a bridge player and taught the game in North Carolina. He took up poker in 1977, and in 1985 he moved to Nevada to pursue the game full time. In 1989 he won the stud event and a bracelet at theWorld Series of Poker. He also placed fifth in the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship and won the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions for $1 million.

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2 months ago1,364PokerTube,

Published 2 months ago

$3,942,500 at Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table

Join the intense competition as Steven Kelly, Alan Sternberg, Mike Matusow, Vivek Rajkumar, Casey McCarrel, and Mike Sexton vie fo...

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Published 10 years ago

High Stakes Living Mike Sexton

Card Player TV takes an exclusive tour of the Sexton Estate in Las Vegas, NV.

3 years ago4,056PokerTube,

Published 3 years ago

High Stakes Living: Mike Sexton

Card Player TV takes an exclusive tour of the Sexton Estate in Las Vegas, NV.

9 years ago4,341BestPokerVids,

Published 9 years ago

PartyPoker WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Announcement

Mike Sexton announces partypoker WPT Winter Poker Open at Borgata

9 years ago4,749BestPokerVids,

Published 9 years ago

Cards to Cure Cancer Initiative with Mike Sexton and Shawn Cunix

Mike Sexton and Shawn Cunix talk about the charity initiative to battle cancer

7 years ago4,821BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

WPT Montreal - Canadian Slang

Mike Sexton and other poker players at the Playground Poker Club for WPT Montreal introduce us to some unfamiliar Canadian slang w...

7 years ago4,993BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

Trailer for Upcoming WPT500 and WPT UK Main Event

Trailer for upcoming WPT events at Dusk Till Dawn Casino in Nottingham, with Mike Sexton and Simon TrumperWPT500: October 24 - 30,...

7 years ago5,313BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

Mike Sexton - Baller of the Month

Every month, PokerUpdate.com bring you the one poker pro who was just Baller during the month! During the month of November, that...

15 years ago5,588

Published 15 years ago

Mike Sexton - Doubles Up Before The Break

Melissa interview Mike moments after he doubles up in the $10K Pot-Limit Holdem event. 2008 WSOP

7 years ago5,902BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

Introducing the MyWPT App

Mike Sexton introduces the MyWPT app, which is designed exclusively for WPT players on tour; in fact, the only way you can use it ...

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Scott Blumstein Takes the WSOP Main Event title!

Scott Blumstein won the Main Event bracelet, $8,150,000 and a place in poker history!

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

WSOP Event #30: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (LIve Updates)

Put on your leather chaps and polish your stirrups, its HORSE time at the WSOP. The $10k HORSE event is the most prestigious of the limit games on the schedule.

Top Five Poker Shows on Netflix

Netflix is a full to the brim with great choices for your evening’s entertainment. There’s also plenty to pick from if you want something connected to poker.

Sickest Hero Calls

Elite players run through the hand in their hand, weighing up what their opponents may hold. It is no easy task and when they make up their mind they put their money where the mouth is.

Live Poker Events, 7 years ago

What We Think About This Year’s Bay101 Shooting Stars

Looking at the line-up - there’s a definite hint of the A-List and the Z-list about a large chunk of the participants!

Interview With Mike Sexton

PokerTube caught up with the partypoker chairman and Hall of Famer

Live Poker Events, 7 years ago

Howard Lederer Makes Debut at WSOP

One apology and the surprise appearance of Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson later, and it was the turn of Howard ‘The Professor’ Lederer to step into the Rio in Las Vegas, yesterday, for the World Series of Poker.

Remembering the Poker Players We Lost in 2020

2020 has been a challenging year for many, a great year for a select few, and for all, at least, a year unlike any other

Protection Poker – it’s got GAME

Entertainment maestros G.A.M.E. coming up with Protection Poker – a new form of Texas Hold’em which aims to reduce variance and, hopefully, the tilt that comes with being sucked out on.

Online Poker , 4 years ago

This Weekend’s $1million Big Game Tops the partypoker Weekly News

partypoker’s most recent newsletter reveals that there’s some Big Game fun lined up