birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title birth_name
jamaica , new york , united states 14 january 1955 1998 & ndash ; present john adikes bond
 john adikes bond
john adikes bond

john adikes bond is an author , attorney , poker player , political activist and real estate developer born in jamaica , new york january 14 , 1955 .
he grew up in massapequa and port washington , new york before moving to south florida in 1972 .
he currently resides between dania beach , florida and andros island , the bahamas .
he is the eldest of five children ; his brother james alexander bond is a theatre director in new york city .
from february , 1992-july , 2010 bond co-authored with his collaborator and co-author roy cooke , a poker column , real poker , for card player magazine .
it is the longest continuously running poker feature in the world .
bond was the developer of atlantis the water kingdom which became the six flags atlantis water theme park in hollywood florida from 1979-1983 .
