Bruno Fitoussi
Bruno Fitoussi nickname is "King"
Nickname:
King
Current Residence:
Paris, France
Birth Date:
September 21, 1958
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Current Employment:
VIP-GAMING.com
Current Title:
Chairman and Owner/Card Player European Representative
Family Members:
Wife, Isabelle, a fashion designer and two children; Jason-Bowie (8 years old) and Fleur-Ilana (4 1/2).
Hobbies:
The Stock Market
Favorite Poker Games:
Pot-limit Omaha and no-limit hold’em
Career Hignlights:
Architect, a music publisher and producer.
Bruno Fitoussi got his start in the gaming industry through the creation and management of France’s first poker card room at the Aviation Club de France in Paris.
His career progressed through the success of the cardroom and its international tournaments. Bruno was also involved in the Euro Finals of Poker and now runs VIP-Gaming.com (a gaming travel agency for VIP gamblers).
Bruno Fitoussi studied architecture, after he graduated from school he ran a successful music company. He sold the business after four years of work, he then pursued poker more regularly. Spenting a number of years playing high-limit games with a circle of friends.
In 1990 a club asked Fitoussi to establish poker games for them and manage that part of the business. He helped set up a club. He used what he learned from the Americans and the English to establish rules for poker play in France.
In 1991 Isabelle visited Fitoussi and, before catching a flight home, the two were married in Las Vegas. His a son and a daughter,inspire Fitoussi to pursue his passion for poker a little closer to home.
So in 1995, he opened the poker tables at the Aviation Club in Paris, now the premier poker venue in the country. But in 1999, Bruno gave up his official position with the Aviation Club and started VIP-Gaming.
In 2002 he had his first win in a major live tournament: the first No-Limit Hold’em World Heads-Up Championship in Vienna, Austria. There, he stunned and delighted the poker world by beating Amarillo Slim Preston. In 2003, Bruno cashed in two major Las Vegas tournaments.
For Fitoussi his other business activities come first before poker. Because he made poker popular in France, he is known as France’s
Ambassador of Poker.
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