Lee Watkinson Poker Profile

Lee Watkinson was born in 1966 in Longbranch, Washington. Lee has managed, unlike many other celebrities of the poker world, to keep much of his personal life out of the spotlight. He graduated college with a degree in economics.

At the 2006 World Series of Poker, my husband and I had the luck to be in the front row of the audience watching Lee win the WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. Watkinson’s interests outside of poker include surfing and wrestling.

Player stats

2009: 5th place Full Tilt Poker Million VIII Sky Sports Heat 4

2009: 2nd place WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo

2009: 36th place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

2009: Winner 7th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $2,500 Super Satellite

2008: 3rd place Poker After Dark V Week 1

2008: 5th place WSOP $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em

2008: 91st place WSOP $2,500 No Limit Hold’em

2008: 14th place WSOP $10,000 World Championship 8-Game

2008: 51st place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

2008: 7th place WPT 6th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic $5,000 No Limit Hold’em

2008: 9th place WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars Championship Event

2008: 7th place WSOP Circuit Championship Event

2008: 5th place WPT Borgata Winter Open

2008: 8th place Aussie Millions A$2,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed

2008: Winner Aussie Millions A$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha

2007: 23rd place Caesars Palace Classic Championship Event

2007: 8th place WSOP Main Event

2007: 60th place WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

2007: 107th place WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold’em

2006: 30th place WSOP $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em

2006: Winner $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha

2005: 3rd place WSOP Tournament Circuit $10,000 Championship Event

2005: 43rd place WPT Festa al Lago 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship

2005: 45th place WSOP $10,000 Main Event

2005: 40th place WSOP $5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold’em

2005: 3rd place Bellagio $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

2004: 3rd place 5-Diamon World Poker Classic $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em

2004: 2nd place WPT Legends of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Championship

2004: 2nd place WPT Mirage Poker Showdown $10,000 No Limit Hold’em

2004: 113th place WSOP Main Event

2004: 2nd place WSOP $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

2004: 4th place WSOP $5,000 No Limit Hold’em

2004: 23rd place WPT Bellagio 5-Star World Poker Classic $25,000 No Limit Hold’em

2004: 2nd place Bellagio Weekly $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

2004: 4th place Grand American Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event

2004: 18th place 5th Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open $500 Pot Limit Omaha

2003: 3rd place Bellagio 5-Diamond World Poker Classic $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha

2003: 4th place California State Poker Championship $500 Pot Limit Hold’em

1994: 10th place L.A. Poker Classic $500 Limit Hold’em

Lee currently resides in Las Vegas with his girlfriend. He is also a humanitarian and works with the Cortland Brandenburg Foundation, which rescues retired chimpanzee test subjects.