Cliff Josephy: Successful in Both Live & Online Poker Events

People say that you cannot do two things best if you are doing them at the same time. This is because your concentration or your focus is divided and that you do not get to put one hundred percent attention to a particular thing. Perhaps, this is also the belief of some professional gamblers. Instead of focusing on more than one gambling activity, they tend to choose only one game so that they can concentrate on improving their skills on the particular game that they have chosen. This is probably true for some poker professionals too. Some poker professionals would rather concentrate on playing in live poker events instead of playing in both live and online games. Or it can be vice versa wherein some poker professionals would rather concentrate on playing online poker games instead of playing in both online and offline poker games. That way, they can put undivided attention to their profession, believing that it will make them succeed in the area that they have chosen.

Well, such philosophy is actually true. A number of poker professionals are living with such philosophy in mind and so far, it has never proven them wrong. However, we must remember that it is actually a case to case basis. Or in other words, there is always an exception to the rule. In this case, the exception is poker professional Cliff Josephy.

Cliff Josephy has always been known as JohnnyBax, the name that he uses when he plays online poker. This poker professional regularly plays poker on the Web site PokerStars.com. JohnnyBax is well-known in the online poker industry because of his ability to win in almost every online poker game that he participates in. He does not only play on PokerStars.com, but also in other Web sites that feature big poker tournaments.

Aside from being famous as JohnnyBax, poker enthusiasts and several poker professionals are also aware that behind such username is the real name Cliff Josephy. His real name is as equally popular as his username due to the fact that he is not only a great online poker player, but he is also a great player of live poker tournaments.

Cliff Josephy, a resident of Syosett, New York, was first recognized as one of the best poker professionals of the world when he won his World Series of Poker bracelet in 2005. The event was a US$1,500 Seven Card Stud game wherein he successfully defeated poker professional Kirill Gerasimov. Cliff Josephy took home the prize money of more than US$192,000. If you think that those were the only perks that he received for winning first place, well, there was definitely one more thing. Such success was much sweeter due to the fact that it was the first time that he ever played a Sever Card Stud game. Well, this poker professional has definitely got the talent in playing poker.

Cliff Josephy has also been active in joining other major live poker tournaments such as the World Poker Tour, wherein he experienced a total of six money finishes.