Tom Schneider

Tom Schneider (born December 24, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider is a certified public accountant and former president of a public golf company and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002. As of 2017, he is chief financial officer of Loudmouth Golf [http://www.loudmouthgolf.com/]. He wears their sport coats on ''Poker Night in America'' TV shows. He was also the Controller for Ping Golf. He is the author of the book ''Oops! I Won Too Much Money: Winning Wisdom from the Boardroom to the Poker Table'' which provides lessons for both poker and business. Tom was the co-host of the popular poker podcast, [http://www.beyondthetable.com/ Beyond The Table], along with Karridy Askenasy and Dan Michalski, creator and head blogger at [http://www.pokerati.com/ Pokerati], where Tom was a contributing columnist.

He is the father of two children and is married to Kathy, who has three children from a previous marriage. Schneider is a singer-songwriter of country songs.

At the 2007 World Series of Poker Schneider won his first two WSOP bracelets, one in Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better/Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo and the second in Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo. He made the final table of the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, finishing in fourth place. These finishes earned him the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year award.

On September 16, 2008, Schneider won the event #24 of the World Championship of Online Poker, a $530 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw tournament. Schneider, who uses the name 'luvgamble' on PokerStars, bested a field of 308 to win the $42,000 first prize.

Schneider won his third WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2013 World Series of Poker, defeating Owais Ahmed heads-up to win $259,960. He won his fourth bracelet in the $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event defeating Benjamin Scholl.

As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000. His 46 cashes at the WSOP account for $1.6 million of those winnings.

On a side note, Schneider plays an uncredited role as a poker dealer on ''CSI'' episode 16 of season 13 "Last Lady Standing". He is shown briefly in a video as a dealer of the “1998 Palermo Poker Open” Final Table. Provided by Wikipedia