Scott Montgomery

Name: Scott Montgomery
Nickname: r_a_y
Current Residence: Perth, Ontario, Canada

Scott Montgomery made a final table in the first live tournament he ever played. And, no, it wasn't the WSOP Main Event. That tourney came a couple of months later.

It was February 2008 and Montgomery had been playing poker for several years already. Though primarily an online player, he had decided to test his skills in the live arena, and chose the WPT L.A. Poker Classic Championship as his jump-off point.

Needless to say, it was a very... Read More >>

Trivia

Is a pro poker player
Learned to play poker in 2004 while teaching English in Japan after college
Characterizes his playing style as "insanely, psychotically aggressive"
Mostly plays tournaments online and cash games live
Hates online cash games
Studied mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Ontario
Invests most of his poker winnings

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 54, Main Event No-Limit Hold'em	5th	$3,096,768
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	16th	$36,096
2008 WSOP, Event 7, No-Limit Hold'em	17th	$18,833
2008 WSOP, Event 2, No-Limit Hold'em	29th	$18,771
WPT Season 6, L.A. Poker Classic	5th	$296,860