Tony
G
Antanas
Guoga (born December 17, 1973 in Kaunas, Lithuanian
SSR), more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman
and amateur poker player. As a child, he was the
Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving
to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has
played poker since the age of 18, and is known
for his outlandish table talk and aggressive play.
Despite this, many poker professionals and dealers
have pointed out that away from the table, Tony
is quite personable and easygoing. He had a fifth
place finish in the World Poker Tour Grand Prix
de Paris 2003, where Howard Lederer refused to
shake his hand due to his aggressive table talk
during play. In June 2003, he won back-to-back
tournaments in Russia, winning nearly $20,000.
He finished in the money twice at the 2004 World
Series of Poker in Seven-card stud and Pot Limit
Texas hold 'em tournaments and three months later
earned his then biggest tournament money finish
in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris 2004 where his
second place finish to England's Surinder Sunar
earned him $414,478. He finished on the bubble
later in the same month at the WPT 2004 Mirage
Poker Showdown. On August 7, 2005 he won the $5,000
No Limit Hold-Em Main Event of the European Poker
Championships, earning £260,000 ($456,822.)
Later in 2005 he made the final table of the World
Speed Poker Open.
In 2006 he won the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II event
when his 10? 8? outdrew Mike Matusow's K? K? on
a board of 8? 10? 2? 9? Q?. He wore a kimono throughout
the event to promote poker in Japan. Also in 2006
he finished second to Yosh Nakano while representing
Australia in the inaugural Intercontinental Poker
Championship, taking down $150,000. True to his
reputation, Tony G launched many verbal assaults
against his opponents, most notably when he eliminated
Russian Ralph Perry in fourth place. Tony G lectured
Ralph Perry, specifically stated, "Look at
this, look how he's doing, look how he's playing,
look how ugly this is. You're a professional player
and I can do this to you. You're a terrible player.
This is disgraceful." Tony's comments were
so scathing that it prompted commentator Gabe
Kaplan to quip "I think Tony G is speaking
more like a Lithuanian than an Australian".
Guoga, however, was more respectful of some players,
such as Doyle Brunson when he called Doyle his
idol after eliminating him.
On 17 November 2006, he won the Betfair Asian
Poker Tour event held in Singapore, walking away
with $451,700 half of which he indicated he will
give to Asian and Australian charities to be nominated
by Betfair. In February 2007, he appeared on the
NBC television program Poker After Dark, coming
in third place behind winner Phil Ivey.
In
November of the same year, he won a tournament
in Moscow, earning $205,000. In his blog, he says
that he left all of his prize money with the officials
to give to Russian orphanages, having been inspired
to do so by Barry Greenstein's habit of donating
all his poker tournament winnings to charity.
In January 2008, Tony received the Shining World
Leadership Award in Melbourne Australia. As of
2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed
$3,000,000. Guoga is also the principal owner
of a network of high traffic poker information
sites, including Pokernews.com, Pokeraffiliateworld.com
and Pokerworks.com
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