Mike Sexton

To many people Mike Sexton will be known as the man that introduced them to the world of poker. As co-host of the World Poker Tour TV series Mike has been fundamental to the rise of poker into the mainstream arena. Alongside presenter Vince Van Patten, Mike brought poker to the masses with his ability to communicate the complex thinking of great poker players like Phil Ivey, Daniel Negraneau and Gus Hansen in a simple yet captivating style.

But the 'voice of poker' as he has become known is no mean poker player himself. With over $3 million in tournament earnings over a career spanning thirty years Mike can rightly be regarded as one of the most versatile professionals on the circuit. His long-term success at the poker tables as well as his influential role bringing poker to a wider audience were fittingly recognised in 2009 as Mike was inducted into the prestigious WSOP Poker Hall of Fame.

Vegas and the WSOP

Mike has been a keen poker since his college days but it was not until 1984 that he finally made the move to Las Vegas to turn his hobby into a full-time profession. With his great friend, three-time WSOP Main Event winner, Stu Ungar by his side Mike began to make big waves in the Las Vegas card rooms cashing twice at the 1984 WSOP.

His first and so far only WSOP bracelet came five years later in the limit seven-card stud event where he took down first place and $104,400 from a field of 174. To date Mike has cashed in forty-six WSOP events with his biggest prize money coming as recently as 2008 in the $10,000 buy-in World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. Finishing fourth Mike took home $248,180 from a field of 352 entrants that included the likes of Patrick Antonius and Phil Laak.

Mike Names PartyPoker

Mike has also been an enthusiastic supporter of online poker and his association with PartyPoker.com goes back to the very early days when our site was first established. To say that Mike has had a major impact on the success and growth of PartyPoker would be an understatement, after all he actually came up with the name PartyPoker back in 1999.

As our main spokesman Mike played a crucial role in the early days of the online poker revolution helping us to grow into one of the biggest poker sites in the world. After a hiatus of a couple of years he returned to Team PartyPoker in 2009 to lead the group as our global ambassador and continues to play the major offline tournaments in his PartyPoker colours.