2006 US Poker Championship Winner Winning Again on ‘Jeopardy!’
Published on:
Apr/14/2015
Alex Jacob, winner of the 2006 US Poker Championship and its $878,500 cash prize, stopped playing poker after a 2012 World Series appearance.
He resurfaced last week on the popular U.S. game show “Jeopardy!” winning a cool $48,000 heading into Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Jacob went up another $36,000.
Prior to leaving the world of poker, Jacob had won $2.6 million in total live tournament winnings.
He graduated in May 2006 from Yale University with a degree in Economics and Mathematics. Since leaving poker, Jacob became a commodities trader.
- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com
