[bestcellar]

How old are you? 31

Birthday? August 14th

Where do you live? Oak Park, Illinois, 1st suburb west of Chicago

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? Married, no kids

Occupation besides poker? I work at a Union of Scenic Designers, Costume Designers and Lighting Designers. I also run a small independent record label and play in several bands...check it out at http://www.spadekitty.com

If studying (or if graduated), what and where? BA in Econ from Northwestern University, June of 1996

Favorite movie? House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather, Excalibur, LOTR series, Star Wars series, Shawshank Redemption, Trading Places, American Werewolf in London

Music? besides the bands I play in and the bands on my record label? King Crimson, Zappa, The Jam, Badfinger, Yes, Radiohead, Spoon, Guided by Voices, Pixies, Sonic Youth, early Genesis, Superchunk


Best poker accomplishment? How long been playing? Probably placing 11th/4000 in a Stars weekly $200+15 this month. I've been playing poker since 1987, but usually just for nickels and dimes until 2000, when I joined a "serious" home game with a buy in of $20. The home game grew, we started hitting the boats, I went online in 2002 and paid poker tuition until about 2004 when I started becoming a winning tournament player.

Matt W.

some pretty funny pictures

from 1998 or so

circa 2001