David Williams burst on the tournament poker scene by coming second in the 2004 World Series Of Poker main event. He was ultimately defeated by Greg Raymer but put up an excellent display.
David Williams qualified for the World Series of Poker by winning an online qualifier held at PokerStars. In that regard he followed in the footsteps of Chris Moneymaker, and of course Greg Raymer as well.
Williams prefers to play poker in a live game scenario and is not well known as an Internet poker player. In fact, since finishing second in that event Williams has kept a relatively low profile. David Williams has a gaming background, but it is far more modern than that of other poker pros who honed their skills playing chess or backgammon. Williams started out playing Magic: The Gathering. It's a card game for people who feel that Dungeons and Dragons isn't quite geeky enough. Only kidding. The truth of the matter is that Magic combines an element of luck with a lot of skill, and it is also a card game, although the structure differs as it is all heads-up play. Clearly, playing this game at the highest level served Williams well as he parlayed his Magic skills into no limit hold'em skills and netted a cool $3,500,000 for his efforts.
David Williams hails from Texas and is still attending college there at SMU. Unlike other sports the top poker pros tend to be cerebral individuals with a great facility for analytical subjects. This is in marked contrast to your average pro footballer or baseball all-star. Williams has a perfect grade-point average concentrating on Economics and Math. He became an instant celebrity in 2004, but whether or not he becomes a poker legend remains to be seen.
