# Russ Hamilton

> Russ Hamilton is an American poker player. He was the 1994 World Series of Poker main event champion, defeating Hugh Vincent in heads-up play to win $1 million in first-prize money as well as his bodyweight in silver. Following his World Series win, Hamilton served as a consultant for Ultimate Bet, an online poker server. In 2008, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission found Hamilton largely responsible for cheating players on Ultimate Bet out of $6.1 million through software that allowed access to opponents' hole cards. In 2009, Kahnawake increased the $6.1 million estimate to $22,100,000.

*American poker player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/russ-hamilton

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 2000
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Russ Hamilton](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton)
- [Ръс Хамилтън (покер играч)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D1%81_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87))
- [Russ Hamilton (Pokerspieler)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton_(Pokerspieler))
- [Russ Hamilton (poker player)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton_(poker_player))
- [Russ Hamilton](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton)
- [Russ Hamilton](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton)
- [러스 해밀턴 (포커 선수)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9F%AC%EC%8A%A4_%ED%95%B4%EB%B0%80%ED%84%B4_(%ED%8F%AC%EC%BB%A4_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98))
- [Russ Hamilton (pokerspeler)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton_(pokerspeler))
- [Russ Hamilton](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton)
- [Russ Hamilton](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1378977)

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