Tony G

Poker attracts its fair share of eccentric and boisterous characters but none come as loud or as fiery as Lithuanian-Australian pro Tony G. Known for his trash talking style on the felt Tony has had an incredibly successful career both as a poker player and as a businessman within the poker industry.

Born in 1973 in Kaunas, Lithuania Tony moved to Australia with his family as an 11 year old. Poker came into his life at the age of 18 and it wasn't long before Tony was making big gains at the local casinos. With a bankroll of several hundred thousand dollars to his name Tony did what any ambitious young player would do and headed to Las Vegas to seek his fortune. Success was hard to come by but Tony had learnt some tough lessons that were to set him on the right track to poker stardom.

He first came to prominence in season 3 of the World Poker Tour at the Grand Prix De Paris. With his now renowned aggressive style of play Tony became a big hit within the poker community. But Tony also showed that he could play to the highest standard placing second and taking home over $400,000.

That success led on to a string of TV tournament dates that started Tony's long running association with PartyPoker.com. He has appeared in numerous PartyPoker.com tournaments over the years with a best place finish of second behind JC Tran at the 2008 Premier League Poker Event.

When people think of Tony's poker persona they immediately recall the famous outbursts but away from the felt he could not be any more different. After winning the $451,700 first prize at the Asian Poker Tour in 2006 Tony generously donated half of his earnings to charities in Asia and Australia. Since then Tony has continued to donate large amounts of his tournament cashes to charities.