Sammy Farha Aggressiveness: 7 Looseness: 8 Short-handed: 8 Limit: 4 No-limit: 7 Tournaments: 6 Side games: 6 Steam control: 5 Against weak players: 7 Against strong players: 7

Best game : Pot-limit Omaha
Weakness : Any game except Omaha

Sammy may be the most feared short-handed pot-limit Omaha player in the world. He is so good that we only play Omaha with him in mixed-games with one or two other games added. Even though his fame came from his second place finish to Moneymaker in the 2003 WSOP finale, hold’em is not his forte. His fearlessness carried him through that event.

Amusing anecdote

Eight hands before the end of Day 2 in 2003, I drew out on Sammy and he got up from the table. He thought he was busted, but he had 5,000 more than I had. (80,000 was average at that point.) He said, “I’m leaving. I can’t do anything with 5,000.” I said, “Sammy, sit down and take a shot.” Sammy went all-in in the dark on the next two hands and doubled up each time. Of the last eight hands played at our table that night, Sammy was all-in before the flop on seven of them. He ended the second day with 58,000. Of course, Sammy went on to become famous as he cashed out $1.3 million for his second place finish in the event.

Sammy Farha's Website: www.samfarha.net

Title: As Time Goes By
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Year: 1942