Gregory Brooks

Gregory Brooks
Alma materWake Forest University[1]
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forProfessional Poker Player
Entrepreneur
Awards1st Place, 2011 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic[2]
Poker Stats
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Money finish(es)3
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		7th, 2011
World Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)1
European Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)2

Gregory Brooks is an entrepreneur and former professional poker player. He began his poker career as an online player on sites such as PokerStars[3] and then moved to no limit tournaments where he won the 2011 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, defeating Vivek Rajkumar for a prize of $1,654,120.[2] Brooks is the co-founder of Skorb, a venture that he began with his brother in 2011.[4][5] He is also the founder of LeggoPoker, a community-based website for teaching poker strategy through videos and one-on-one training.[6] The company was purchased by Phil Ivey's IveyPoker in 2013.[7] Brooks also founded the website Textbook Assault which aggregates pricing of textbooks from multiple websites such as Amazon.com, Chegg.com, Barnes and Noble, and eCampus.com.[8]

Poker career

Brooks began his poker career at Party Poker, playing cash games while he was still attending Wake Forest University.[9] As a freshman, he earned $25,000 over the summer of 2006 playing $1/$2 no limit hold'em and began to rise through the ranks of the online poker world.[9] By the fall of 2007, Brooks was playing the largest stakes offered on PokerStars, and in the summer of 2008 released a montage video featuring various hands at stakes up to $50/$100 no limit hold'em.[10] In the spring of 2011, Brooks began playing high-stakes poker in no-limit hold 'em tournaments. In addition to his earnings in no limit tournaments, Brooks is still active in online high-stakes poker tournaments.[1]

Brooks' biggest victory came at the World Poker Tour 2011 L.A. Poker Classic where he took 1st place and a purse of $1,654,120.[2]

Prize events

Date Country Series/Tournament Place Prize
June 20, 2011 USA World Series of Poker 7th $53,210
June 11, 2011 USA World Series of Poker 93rd $5,071
May 11, 2011 Spain European Poker Tour 1st €136,000 ($201,855)
February 25, 2011 USA World Poker Tour 1st $1,654,120
June 14, 2010 USA World Series of Poker 103rd $5,211
January 28, 2010 USA Borgata Winter Open 6th $6,208
January 10, 2010 Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2nd $12,000
September 30, 2009 United Kingdom European Poker Tour 11th €3,200 ($5,094)

Business ventures

Brooks co-founded LeggoPoker, an online community that offers one-on-one training and instructional videos for poker players.[11] The company was founded by Brooks and Chris Tickner[6] and offers training from professional poker players such as Brooks, Andrew Lichtenberger,[12] Aaron Jones, and Ben Sulsky (Sauce123).[9] The company was purchased by Phil Ivey in 2013 as an addition to his Ivey League[7] and currently operates as a division of IveyPoker.[6]

In 2011, Brooks co-founded Skorb, an online portal that provides ways for college students to spend less on the things they buy.[4] The website is only open to students and leverages discounts offered through partners such as percentage savings at sites like Apple, Microsoft, Best Buy, and Groupon.[11] The site also allows students to earn money by involving parents and other supporting individuals.[13]

Brooks also co-founded the online metasearch engine Textbook Assault.[14][15] The website compares textbook prices from multiple sources such as Amazon.com, Bookbyte, Biblio.com, and ECampus.com.[16] The result of each search displays the website a book can be found and the price that it is selling for on that site, but also allows users to check out directly from the Textbook Assault site.[17]

In 2022, Brooks purchased his first pair of Birkenstocks. They were the Milano in Brown Amalfi Leather from the Designer Shoe Warehouse.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Greg Brooks: Poker Player Profile". Card King. March 5, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Feldman, Greg (March 4, 2011). "Greg Brooks Wins LAPC Main Event". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Richtel, Matt (September 20, 2011). "Poker Web Site Cheated Users, U.S. Suit Says". New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Tolbert, Mark (March 25, 2013). "Poker Players Giving Back". All Voices. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "Skorb Launches Free Site That Helps College Students Make Extra Money and Pay Less For The Things They Buy". Kean Exchange. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Company Overview of Leggo Poker LLC". Business Week. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Peters, Donnie (February 7, 2013). "IveyPoker Acquires LeggoPoker". Poker News. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Colley, Angela (April 25, 2013). "Why Gen Y Is Losing The Debt Battle". MainStreet.com (TheStreet.com). Archived from the original on September 10, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Louis, Richard. "Poker Player Turned Entrepreneur Helping College Students Save Money". All Notes. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  10. ^ Gregory Brooks / LeggoPoker. Greg's Summer Montage. LeggoPoker. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  11. ^ a b Pearce, C.J. (December 20, 2012). "Skorb Helping To Take Burden Off College Students". Industry News Corp. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Poker". The Boston Globe. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  13. ^ "Skorb – About Us". Skorb.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  14. ^ Brown, Ann (March 25, 2013). "Time For Company Huddle: How to Build The Best Corporate Team". The Network Journal. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  15. ^ Lepore, Meredith (June 12, 2013). "10 of the Most Common Mistakes Made by Interns". Levo League. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  16. ^ "Client, Textbook Assault". AdFicient. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  17. ^ "About Us". Textbook Assault. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.