Facts: - residence: arlington , texas , u.s. - caption: marquis at the 2008 world series of poker - updated: july 18 , 2010 - birth date: march 14 , 1985 - name: craig marquis - image: craig marquis.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of craig marquis .
craig marquis -lrb- born march 14 , 1985 -rrb- is an american poker player from arlington , texas , and a final table participant in the 2008 world series of poker main event .he had three prior wsop cashes , one in 2008 and two in 2007 .at the 2008 wsop main event final table , marquis was the first to be eliminated , starting the table with 10,210,000 in tournament chips .in his last hand , with a little under 5,000,000 in chips , marquis open raised all-in in middle position with .scott montgomery , in the cutoff position with over 11.5 million in chips , called with .the flop came giving montgomery a pair of aces with marquis making a set of sevens .however , the turn and river ran giving montgomery a straight which eliminated marquis in ninth place , earning him $ 900,670 .at the 2010 world series of poker , marquis cashed twice .as of 2010 , his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 990,000 .his six cashes at the wsop account for $ 976,376 of those winnings .