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| | name = Dan Bilzerian | |||
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| | caption = Photo credit Damir K | |||
| | birth_name = Dan Bilzerian | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|07}} | |||
| | birth_place = ] | |||
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| | occupation = Venture Capitalist, Poker player | |||
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| | website = <!-- {{URL|dan-bilzerian.com}} --> | |||
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| '''Dan Bilzerian''' (born December 7, 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://victorypoker.com/victory-pros/dan-bilzerian|title=Dan Bilzerian Victory Pros|publisher=Victory Poker|accessdate=2014-03-12}}</ref> is an American ], as well as a poker player. | |||
| ==Gambling career== | |||
| As a professional poker player Bilzerian's most notable cash was in the 2009 ], for which he appeared on six episodes of the show's television broadcast.<ref name=imbd /> He finished in 180th place and won $36,626.<ref>http://www.wsop.com/tourney/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=607</ref> He is also a co-founder of Victory Poker, an online poker room.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assopoker.com/poker-news/dan-bilzerian-inguaia-victory-poker-con-la-espn-4940 |title=Dan Bilzerian inguaia Victory Poker con la ESPN |author=Piero 'Pierelfo' Pelosi |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |date=June 17, 2010 |publisher=''Asso Poker''}}</ref> In 2010 he was voted one of the funniest poker players on Twitter by ''Bluff Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluff.com/news/readers-choice-nominees-funniest-poker-twitterer-17193/ |date=December 3, 2010 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |title=Reader’s Choice Nominees: Funniest Poker Twitterer |publisher=''Bluff''}}</ref> On March 9, 2011 Bilzerian raced fellow race car enthusiast and Supreme Court Litigator ] for a wager of $385,000 at ], with Bilzerian racing a 1965 ] and Goldstein behind the wheel of a ]. Bilzerian won the race.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari 458 Challenge 1967 Shelby Cobra: $ 400,000 up for grabs |url=http://motori.nanopress.it/ferrari-458-sfida-shelby-cobra-del-1967-400-000-dollari-in-palio/P69835/ |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |date=March 22, 2011 |publisher=''Nano Press Motori''}}</ref> | |||
| In November 2011 Bilzerian, along with ten others including actors ], ] and ], were asked to pay back winnings that they had won in poker games against ponzi-scheme operator ] after Ruderman was sentenced to prison, to help pay back some of the victims Ruderman had stolen from over his criminal career.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/28/showbiz/maguire-poker-suit/ |date=November 28, 2011 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |publisher=] |title=Tobey Maguire settles poker lawsuit |author=Alan Duke}}</ref> That same year Bilzerian defended ] publicly against accusations that he had gambled illegally, claiming that he was present when the alleged gambling event had taken place and Rodriguez was not present.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluff.com/news/am-scramble-karrs-high-roller-rail-hall-of-famers-november-niners-a-rods-alibi-24194/ |title=A.M. SCRAMBLE: Karr’s High Roller Rail, Hall Of Famers, November Niners & A-Rod’s Alibi |date=August 5, 2011 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |publisher=''Bluff.com'' |author=Lance Bradley}}</ref> | |||
| ==Film career== | |||
| Bilzerian first appeared as a stunt person in the 2013 film '']''.<ref name=imbd /> Bilzerian invested one million dollars in the production of '']'', in which he had a role. Bilzerian has acting roles in the 2014 films '']'' and '']''.<ref name=imbd>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3626447/ |title=Filmography |accessdate=September 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/actor-sues-lone-survivor-producers-616876 |title=Actor Sues 'Lone Survivor' Producers After Role Cut |date=August 28, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |author=Aaron Couch |publisher='']''}}</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Bilzerian is a 4-year military veteran. He enlisted in the Navy in 1999 and went to ]. He states that he was kicked-out of SEAL training two days before graduation; he received an honorable discharge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sofrep.com/26399/exclusive-dan-bilzerian-talks-to-sofrep-for-the-record/ |title=Exclusive: Dan Bilzerian Talks To SOFREP "For The Record" |author=Brian Webb |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |date=September 1, 2013}}</ref> Bilzerian was the victim of two heart attacks by the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carbonpoker.ag/blog/dan-bilzerian-heart-attack-28/ |title=Dan Bilzerian Heart Attack King |date=August 28, 2011 |publisher=''Carbon Poker'' |accessdate=September 26, 2013}}</ref> Bilzerian is also a gun collector.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/news/features/10327/laak_and_esfandiari_shoot_guns.html |title=LAAK AND ESFANDIARI SHOOT GUNS |author=Michael Kaplan |date=April 2010 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |publisher=''Poker Player''}}</ref> He is the son of Wall Street corporate take-over specialist ]<ref name=laist>{{cite web |url=http://laist.com/2013/09/01/film_financer_promised_a_bit_part_s.php |title=Poker Player Promised 'Lone Survivor' Bit Part Sues Producers When His Role Is Left On Cutting Room Floor |date=September 1, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2013 |author=Lindsay William-Ross |publisher=''LA-ist''}}</ref> and the brother of Adam Bilzerian, who also plays poker. After his Military career, Bilzerian enrolled at the University of Florida in Business and Criminology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joesdaily.com/lifestyle/dan-bilzerian-set-retire-crown-instagram-king/ |title=Dan Bilzeran poker playboy crowned Instagram King reveals lunatic lifestyle |date=December 11, 2013 |publisher=''joesdaily'' |accessdate=Aprila 3, 2014}}</ref> He also pledged and became a brother of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/DanBilzerian/status/451781834297184256 |title=Dan Bilzeran poker playboy crowned Instagram King reveals lunatic lifestyle |date=December 11, 2013 |publisher=''Twitter, Official Dan Bilzerian'' |accessdate=July 18, 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| | NAME = Bilzerian, Dan | |||
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| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Venture capitalist | |||
| | DATE OF BIRTH = December 7, 1980 | |||
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