Robert Turner is an American

United States

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 professional poker

Poker

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 player based in Downey

Downey, California

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, California

California

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Turner is known for introducing Omaha hold 'em

Omaha hold 'em

Omaha hold 'em is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards...

 into poker-playing circles. He introduced the game to Bill Boyd who offered it as a game at the Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em".)

Turner began playing in the 1970s and has won a Best All-Around Player Award at least once per decade since.

Turner won a World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

 (WSOP) bracelet in 1993

1993 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 220 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry....

 in the $1,500 seven-card stud

Seven-card stud

Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country. Two to eight players is common, though eight may...

 event. He has also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit

Betting (poker)

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 hold'em main event on numerous occasions: 10th in 1991

1991 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of 1 million dollars.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:...

, 36th in 1992

1992 World Series of Poker

The 1992 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Among notable participants was actor Telly Savalas of Kojak fame.-Preliminary events:-Main Event:...

, 13th in 1993, 6th in 1994

1994 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Since this was the 25th Anniversary of the event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silver, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary.-Final table:-Other...

 and 97th in 2005

2005 World Series of Poker

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Turner has worked as an executive host at several of the largest poker casinos, most recently at the Bicycle Casino

Bicycle Casino

The Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker cardroom.Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker, panguingue and California blackjack.Financing to build the casino...

 and Crystal Park Casino in the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 area. He is the Poker Manager at the Normandie Casino

Normandie Casino

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 in Gardena, California

Gardena, California

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As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000. His 28 cashes at the WSOP account for $568,357 of those winnings.

Turner is married to Charity Turner, also a tournament player, with whom he has three children. Turner has another daughter from a previous marriage.