Steve Zolotow is an American

United States

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 businessman and professional poker

Poker

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 player from Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club

Mayfair Club

The Mayfair Club was a cardroom in New York. Originally starting as a bridge and backgammon club, it eventually became "the most touted card club in New York" until its abrupt closing by authorities in 2000." Unlike the other gamehalls in the city, The Mayfair Club kept a low profile in a basement...

 while he lived in New York City.

New York Years

Zolotow lived in New York City for many years before becoming a professional poker player and moving to Las Vegas. He worked as a businessman, and owns several bars and restaurants in New York City.

He also discovered poker while living in New York and became a regular player at the Mayfair club along with now well-known poker professionals like Howard Lederer

Howard Lederer

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, Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington

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, Jay Heimowitz

Jay Heimowitz

Jay B. Heimowitz is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. Heimowitz was one of the original players to help establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....

, and Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel

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, among others.

Poker career

Zolotow has been on the poker circuit since 1988, when he finished in 5th place in that year's World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

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 $2500 Pot Limit Omaha

Omaha hold 'em

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 tournament.

In the years to come, he would earn bracelets for winning the 1995 Chinese Poker

Chinese poker

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 tournament (which also featured Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson

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 and Howard Lederer

Howard Lederer

Howard Henry Lederer is an American professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author and poet Katy Lederer. On September 20, 2011, the U.S...

), and for winning the 2001 $3000 Pot Limit Hold'em tournament (which also featured John Juanda

John Juanda

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, Tom McEvoy

Tom McEvoy

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, Kathy Liebert

Kathy Liebert

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, Chris Ferguson

Chris Ferguson

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 and Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen

Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship...

.)

Apart from his successes at the World Series, his biggest cash win to date came for a 4th place on the World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour

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's season 2 PartyPoker.com Million Cruise, which saw him sharing a final table with Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein

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, Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu

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 and eventual winner Erick Lindgren

Erick Lindgren

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. Zolotow won $259,684 from the tournament's prize pool.

In 2008, Zolotow competed on NBC's Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark

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 show which reunited six players from the Mayfair Club. The tournament included Zolotow and fellow professional poker players Howard Lederer, Mickey Appleman

Mickey Appleman

Mickey L. Appleman is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey...

, Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington is a professional poker player, best known for winning the main event world championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his poker career...

, Jay Heimowitz

Jay Heimowitz

Jay B. Heimowitz is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. Heimowitz was one of the original players to help establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....

, and former Mayfair club owner, Mike Shichtman. Zolotow finished in fourth place, and Jay Heimowitz won the tournament and winner-take-all prize of $120,000.

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000. His 36 cashes at the WSOP account for $882,741 of those winnings.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
1995 1995 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*...	$5,000 Chinese Poker Chinese poker Chinese poker, also Pusoy , is a card game that has been played in the Asian community for many years...	$112,500
2001 2001 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 613 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a non-online casino at the time.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:...	$3,000 Pot Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing... Hold'em	$243,335