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Ayaz Mahmood

· Is a professional poker player who was born in Bangladesh but now resides in Sugarland, TX

· Won his first bracelet in the 2010 WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up Championship, winning nine matches in a row good for $625,000, and is the only Bangladesh-born bracelet winner in history

· Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $1.42 million

· Is a former furniture retailer who says he lost interest in his career and decided to become a professional poker player in the early 2000’s

· Says he doesn’t play hold’em that much, that he is an Omaha player and has made his living at that game for the past seven years

NHPC record: 2-1
NHPC total winnings: $30,000

2011: Defeated Annette Obrestad and Barry Greenstein before losing to Jonathan Duhamel in Round 3 ($30,000)

PAD record: No appearances


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