Whether his academic background is the secret of Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s success or not, is anybody’s guess, but it is certain to have helped him in his career. There were numerous times when he stepped forth and proved he was not only a world class live poker player, but possibly an even better online poker player.

In a challenge launched on Full Tilt Poker, he proved that one could indeed turn zilch into a fortune at Full Tilt. He vowed that he would build up a $10,000 bankroll having started from zero, just to prove that it was indeed possible to accomplish a feat like that on Full Tilt provided one was skilled-enough. He pulled off the trick, and went on to try to take his bankroll all the way to $1 million.

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1963, Chris Ferguson has begun playing poker from a very tender age. He was probably among the first people in the world to play poker online, back in the days when online poker rooms as we know them today did not exist. He used IRC for his games.

Chris Ferguson’s WSOP achievements include 5 WSOP bracelets (two in 2000, one in 2001, and two more in 2003) as well as no less than 51 money finishes. His biggest WSOP achievement is the winning of the Main Event in 2000, which brought him $1.5 million.

He doesn’t have a WPT title to show yet, but he does have one final table appearance and 7 money finishes.

His antics in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship are well known. Having made the finals twice (2005 and 2006) and having lost both times (first to Phil Hellmuth then to Ted Forrest) he was quite understandably out to exact some revenge in 2008 when he – again – made the finals. This time it was Andy Bloch who tried to stop him with little success.

In one four-year span Chris Ferguson can boast a record of 16-3 in the Heads-Up Poker Championship, an accomplishment no one could equal yet. Download our Chris Ferguson torrents featured below to catch a glimpse of this superstar in action.