Another huge live tournament win came in 2010 at the WPT World Championship with Williams finishing first in the $25,000 event and collecting $1.5 Million. His first big win came in 2006 WSOP when Williams won his first WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud event and collected $163,118 as the first place prize. Just a few months later Williams again finished second in a major poker event, this time losing to Daniel Negreanu at the WPT Borgata Poker Open final table.
In the year 2004 came Williams' big brake when he reached the WSOP final table and took home $3.5 Million after finishing second and falling only to Greg Raymer in a heads-up battle. He earned over $30,000 playing Magic: The Gathering and was considered one of the best players in the world.Īfter some time Williams discovered Texas Hold'em which appeared to be much more profitable than Magic. It was at that time when Williams became famous for his card-playing abilities, which, however, had nothing to do with poker. After he finished High School, Williams was accepted to both Harvard and Princeton, however, after a short while of studying at the Princeton University he decided to return to his home state and study economics at Southern Methodist University. David Williams was born in 1980 in Arlington, Texas.
