At 6’9”, the former National Merit Scholar and dot.com multimillionaire, has won a Season Two WORLD POKER TOUR™ victory, sat at a Season One final table, and placed fourth in a World Series in 2001.

Gordon, a Texas native who now resides in South Lake Tahoe, began playing at age seven for pennies and keeps against his beloved Aunt Lib, whom he described as a “brutal player.” Bored in high school, Gordon started taking college classes at age 15.

He dropped out of Georgia Tech for a year to play professional bridge. After graduating with honors and a B.S. in computer science from Georgia Tech, he joined a computer software company in Santa Cruz, California.