Chris Bigler

Chris Bigler was born on February 11, 1949 in Zurich, Switzerland and is a retired businessman, who became a professional poker player.

Bigler first began playing poker on a trip to Las Vegas in 1997. He read poker books and studied the game which helped him make the final table of the 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, earning $212,420 for his 5th place finish. Chris Bigler is the only Swiss player to have made the final table of the WSOP main event.

Chris also made two final tables during the first season of the World Poker Tour (WPT), finishing 5th during the inaugural WPT event, and runner-up to Paul "The Truth" Darden in the Gold Rush event.

Bigler has also finished 2nd in two events of the Professional Poker Tour (PPT) and was a quarter-finalist in the 2002 World Heads-Up Poker Championship.

Chris' favorite poker games are Pot Limit and No-limit Hold 'em as he is better at tournaments than at cash games, and Erik Seidel, TJ Cloutier, Daniel Negreanu rank high on his list of respected poker players.


Fun Facts:

• Is an avid skier.
• Worked as a senior poker consultant for several major online poker sites.