Ted Forrest is an all American professional poker player who found his fame in the 1993 World Series Of Poker, claiming three WSOP Bracelets throughout the tournament. Ted Forrest spent the next few years concentrating his energy on cash games, but in 2004, made his triumphant return to the WSOP by snagging his fourth and fifth WSOP Bracelets. Forrest is known for his ultimately competitive nature in high stakes poker, especially Stud games.

Born September 24, 1964 in Syracuse, New York, Ted Forrest turned pro in 1986 at the age of 22. Since then, Forrest has accomplished many feats along his lucrative career path. Ted has finished in the money at live poker tournament events 63 times, 11 of which were 1st-place wins. Over the last 22 years, Ted Forrest has accumulated 5 WSOP Bracelets and earned a total of $4,509,259 in live poker tournament winnings.

Though regarded as one of the most prolific poker players of our time, Ted Forrest is even better known, in some circles, for taking pleasure in proposition bets. Forrest once made a $10,000 wager that he could perform a standing back-flip during a WSOP event. Ted won that bet. He also made a wager that he could bench press 225 lbs., 50 times in a single day. He would likely have won that bet as well had he not torn a pectoral muscle in the process.

Ted Forrest and the WSOP
Ted Forrest found his first significantly profitable poker tournament to be the 1993 WSOP, where he astonishingly won three truly back-to-back Bracelets - Events #11, #12 and #13. Along with his coveted Bracelets, Ted Forrest pocketed $114,000, $77,400 and $120,000 respectively.

Forrest’s second big WSOP victory came on May 2, 1999 in Event #7 NL Hold’em. He finished just shy of another WSOP Bracelet, taking the 2nd position for $145,825. Ted took a break from major tournaments for awhile after that, joining mostly in cash games.

Forrest’s fourth and fifth WSOP Bracelets did not come until 2004, taking down an early Seven Card Stud event, followed by a NL Hold’em event a few weeks later. Forrest took home another impressive paycheck of more than $400,000 for the combined wins.

Since that time, Ted has only cashed four times in the WSOP, twice in 2006 and twice again in 2007, earning about $48,000 collectively.

Ted Forrest and the WPT
When the World Poker Tour began its first season, Ted Forrest hopped on board, like most of the professional poker players on the circuit today. His first win came in the Five Star World Poker Classic on April 18, 2003. Forrest finished 5th overall in the Main Event for a tidy sum of $119,990. WPT Season 2 saw nearly the same success for Ted, taking 1st place in Event #6 Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo for $73,720, and 22nd place in the Main Event for another $49,899.

Ted cashed four more times in the third season of the WPT, his most substantial being a 4th position at the LA Poker Classic Main Event to collect $263,487. In its fourth season, the WPT gave Ted Forrest very little opportunities, but he made the most of what he was given. Forrest won $579,386 for a 2nd place finish at the Mirage Poker Showdown Main Event in May of 2005.

Ted’s most productive tournament to date came into play on March 16, 2007 at the Bay 101 Shooting Star Tournament of WPT Season 5. Forrest eluded the opposition, clearing the field to be the last man sitting in the NL Hold’em Championship, awarding a massive prize purse of $1,100,000.

Ted Forrest’s Other Achievements
In 1992, Ted Forrest found his name plastered around the professional poker community for cashing an amazing 12 times in the LA Poker Classic tournament. Forrest not only finished in the money, he made the final table in each and every one of those cashes, earning a total of about $110,000.

In May of 2005, Ted Forrest was seated at the PPT NL Hold’em $500,000 Freeroll Tournament, where his skills and expertise brought him all the way through to the 1st place position to pocket a cool $200,000.

March 6, 2006 is another notable date in the Forrest family album, as Ted took down another 1st position win at the National Heads Up Poker tournament for half a million.

Most recently, Ted Forrest participate in the first annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), where he finish 17th in the PL Omaha Championship for a cash of $16,085.