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 hasan habib
hasan habib

hasan habib -lrb- born 19 april 1962 in karachi , pakistan -rrb- is a pakistani american professional poker player .
during his early years in pakistan , habib was the pakistan 14-and-under national tennis champion .
habib went to america at the age of 18 to study business at the university of redlands .
he also once owned a nationwide chain of video stores .
he began playing casino poker in 1985 , and had his first poker tournament cash in 1993 .
in 2004 he finished second to martin de knijff in the world poker tour -lrb- wpt -rrb- $ 25,000 championship , receiving a $ 1,372,223 prize .
later in the year he finished on the television bubble at the wpt $ 15,000 five-diamond world poker classic , gaining a further $ 108,906 .
he eventually won a world series of poker bracelet for the $ 1,500 seven card stud hi-lo split event -lrb- $ 93,060 -rrb- in 2004 .
the following year he made the final table of the $ 25,000 wpt championship again .
he finished in third place -lrb- $ 896,375 -rrb- , but also had a stake on eventual winner tuan le .
observers have commented that this may have affected the interaction between them on the final table , however habib has made it clear he was still playing to win , citing that the endorsements would have made it more financially viable .
as of 2015 , he has cashed twenty-five times in the world series of poker -lrb- wsop -rrb- , including a 2nd place finish in $ 2,500 omaha hi-lo split event in 2000 , and a 4th place finish in the $ 10,000 no limit texas hold 'em main event in the same year , for which he took home $ 326,000 .
in september 2005 , he won the opening no limit hold 'em event of pokerstars ' fourth annual world championship of online poker , taking home $ 306,000 .
as of 2015 , his total live tournament winnings to date exceed $ 5,500,000 .
his 25 cashes at the wsop account for over $ 1,500,000 of those winnings .
habib currently resides in downey , california .
