CEO of Card Player Magazine

Barry Shulman was born May 8, 1946 in Seattle, Washington and in addition to being a poker player, he is CEO of Card Player Magazine, which he and many other professional players consider "the bible in the poker industry." He is a strong poker player, having won what he estimates to be around a million dollars in games, although Shulman focuses his energies on his publication rather than on participating in actual tournaments.

Shulman began playing poker while studying at college in the 1960s. He worked in real estate for 25 years. It was only during the mid-1990s, when he retired to Vegas, that he caught the "poker bug." Shulman read Card Player religiously in order to know more about the game, and that was when the "poker bug" bit. He used his retirement funds to eventually purchase Card Player in 1999.

Shulman first finished in the money in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in 1997 at the $3,000 pot limit hold'em event. He has gone on to cash another 8 times since then, and won a bracelet at the 2001 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 seven card stud hi-lo split 8 or better event.

In October 2003, Shulman made the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic II in Aruba. He finished fourth in the event won by Erick Lindgren. He has also made the final table of a Professional Poker Tour (PPT) event, finishing 2nd.

Fun Facts:

• Has 1 WSOP Bracelet.
• Married 32 years with 2 Sons
• Started Playing Poker in 1956