Gershon Distenfeld

Gershon Distenfeld

Nationality
United States
United States
Coaching
GPI Rank 42,058
WSOP Bracelets 1
Total Live Earnings $239,663
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Biography

Gershon Distenfeld is the co-head of Fixed Income and Director of Credit at AllianceBernstein. He is also a poker-player and philanthropist.

Distenfeld shot to prominence after final-tabling the 2020 WSOP Main Event, promising to donate all his winnings to charity, something that stems from his Modern Orthodox Jewish religion.

��I am not in this for personal financial gain. I will be donating 100% of my poker winnings (net of any taxes) to charity,�� he told PokerNews. ��The charities I have chosen thus far encompass many of my and my wife Aviva��s personal areas of interest which include organizations with proven track records in helping those less fortunate and more vulnerable improve their lives.��

In 2021, Distenfeld made it to the final-table of Event #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em and again promised to donate any winnings to charity.

He would go on to win the event for $204,063 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet

"I��ve always dreamt of winning one, and it��s one of those things you think is never going to happen," he told PokerNews. "I just don��t know what to say. I even teared up a little bit which is not very like me."

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
616th $1,200
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
23rd $6,951
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack
93rd $10,499
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
164th $2,004
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em
1st $204,063
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #12: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack
38th $1,640
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #4: $500 NLH Super Turbo
57th $1,071
2020 World Series of Poker Main Event
2020 WSOP Main Event - WSOP.com
8th $125,885
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max
44th $1,895
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout
59th $3,422

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