David Williams

David Williams

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 1,023
WSOP Bracelets 1
WPT Wins 1
Total Live Earnings $9,497,205
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Biography

David Williams was born in 1980 in Arlington, Texas. 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. It was at that time when Williams became famous for his card-playing abilities, which, however, had nothing to do with poker. He earned over $30,000 playing Magic: The Gathering and was considered one of the best players in the world.

After some time Williams discovered Texas Hold'em which appeared to be much more profitable than Magic. 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. 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.

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. 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. Some of his other big tournament achievements include 4th place finishes at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event in March 2006 and WPT Mirage Poker Showdown two months later.

Poker Results

When it comes to online poker, Williams' biggest achievement is the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker Event #42 ($2,100 8-Game) title. Williams, under the screen name “RugDoctor”, defeated Alexander “joiso” Kostritsynin to collect $107,800 as the first place prize.

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,900,000. Over $4 Million of these winnings came off the WSOP tables, while the biggest part of the rest of them were collected at the WPT events.

After his 2004 second place finish at the WSOP Main Event, David Williams signed a sponsorship deal with Bodog and represented the site for almost 7 years. However in 2010 his deal with Bodog expired and he decided to join the team PokerStars.

In 2023, Williams was one of the contestants on GGPoker's first season of Game Of Gold, a Survivor-inflected reboot of Poker After Dark.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #97: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
104th $6,021
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #99: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
100th $2,224
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em Presented by GGPoker
99th $2,200
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #61: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed)
3rd $102,335
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship
36th $20,306
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $600 Mixed: No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack (8-Handed)
267th $1,416
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
477th $3,070
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion
64th $9,141
2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas
$10,400 WPT World Championship
468th $18,700
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship
210th $12,100
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #11: $800 Flip & Go
94th $1,400
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
$1,650 Main Event
76th $3,945
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #95: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
116th $2,137
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #89: $1,000 Flip & Go Presented by GGPoker
6th $28,870
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty
196th $3,135
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty
130th $2,213
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack
1205th $2,401
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max
152nd $757
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
11th $31,674
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
163rd $2,904
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
3158th $480
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
53rd $4,936
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
53rd $4,835
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
114th $1,967
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop
156th $4,341
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty
397th $3,510
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha
18th $23,327
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
6th $58,606
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #32: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
9th $15,080
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
91st $2,702
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em
94th $2,340
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
9th $120,457
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
211th $3,006
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #80: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
23rd $10,692
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $400 Colossus
978th $700
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack
95th $1,407
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
9th $13,989
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E
41st $3,522
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack
225th $963
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed
41st $3,315
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em
117th $2,155
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
2nd $50,842
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em
1814th $800
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #30: $600 NLH 6-Max Championship
60th $1,226
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #24: $400 NLH Monster Stack
159th $593
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed
37th $1,237
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #14: $500 No-Limit Hold'em
2nd $55,664
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo
142nd $650
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #7: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Deepstack
104th $961
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Cherokee
Main Event
78th $3,221
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
26th $12,678
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #80: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha
147th $2,308
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
77th $8,213
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
26th $4,192
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
39th $2,772
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
70th $4,665
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
78th $2,732
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em
115th $5,369
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
69th $5,500
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
19th $28,290
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low
6th $49,817
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
65th $3,962
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€10,600 Main Event
24th €36,700
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em
18th $7,697
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
120th $2,302
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
78th £9,500
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
30th $5,195
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
23rd $7,116
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
4th $36,470
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
14th $9,644
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
24th $9,223
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Main Event
22nd $5,557
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
25th $17,987
2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun
2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
78th $8,500
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
597th $21,365
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
4th $51,145
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
16th $34,552
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
8th $75,000
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 2 - £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
16th £4,812
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship
26th $28,651
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
16th $54,003
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
9th $36,096
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit)
7th $58,515
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 52 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys
15th $40,333
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 33 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/ rebuys
24th $16,001
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 27 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
50th $11,060
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 16 - $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
31st $6,941

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