Walter Browne

Trivia

• On June 8-11, 2007, won $189,960 from the World Series of Poker.
• Has been a professional poker player since 1966 and plays several times a week at the Oaks Club in Emeryville, California.
• Aside from his U.S. Championship wins, also won the National Open eleven times, the American Open seven times, the World Open three times, and the U.S. Open Chess Championship twice (1971, 1972).
• Represented Australia twice and the United States four times, winning a total of five medals, all bronze.
• Qualified for three Interzonal tournaments, but never came close to qualification for the Candidates Tournament.
• Played top board for Australia at the 1970 and 1972 Chess Olympiads, before switching to representing the United States in 1974.
• Gained the Grandmaster title by tieing for 2nd-4th places, with Bruno Parma and Arthur Bisguier, behind reigning world champion Boris Spassky.
• Tied first with Renato Naranja while representing Australia at the 1969 Asian Zonal tournament in Singapore, earning the International Master title, which immediately earned him an invitation to an international grandmaster tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Won the 1969 Australian Chess Championship.
• Represented his country of birth Australia for a short time.