Ted Lawson is a professional poker player from Florida, who is also the Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of 21st Century Holding Co. Ted Lawson started playing poker when he was 21 and has 3-first place finishes and a World Series of Poker bracelet to his credit. Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Razz are his favorite games, and he prefers tournaments over cash games.
His career path is strewn with many good performances. In the Pot-Limit Hold’em event of Scottish Poker Championship Tournament that was held on January 26, 2000, Ted Lawson ranked first and bagged prize money of $3,749. Soon afterwards, on January 29, in the same tournament, he secured third place, and made $11,154 in prize money. The next significant winning for Ted Lawson came on May 19, 2004, at the 35th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). In Event 31 Pot-Limit Omaha of the tournament, he won a handsome sum of $500,000 for his first-place finish. On January 11, 2005, Ted Lawson finished 24th in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Event Season 3 No-Limit Hold'em at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and went home with a total amount of $17,300. On April 7, the same year, at the Five-Star World Poker Classic Championship Season 3, Ted Lawson ranked 14th and bagged a prize money of $6,280 in the No-Limit Hold'em event. In World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Main Event No-Limit Hold'em (Event 8) at the Harrahs New Orleans Poker Challenge tournament that took place May 28, 2005, he made $19, 685. One of his major winnings came on July 17, the same year, in Event 16 Shootout – No-Limit Hold'em at the 36th Annual World Series of Poker where Ted Lawson added $43,055 to his bankroll. On June 20, 2006, his sixth-place finish in Event 20 Pot-Limit Hold'em at the 36th Annual World Series of Poker Tournament earned him $11,235. In the same tournament, he played in Event 32 - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo held on the June 30 and bagged another $14, 470.
Ted Lawson made his next five-figure money finish on July 20, 2006, in Event 30 - WSOP No-Limit Hold'em Short Handed at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker to earn $11,319. He bagged a larger booty of $42, 882 by participating in Event 39 - No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker.
Ted Lawson had a good start in the year 2007, as he won prize money of $17, 787 on January 10, when he played in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure/WPT Event - Season 5. His next noteworthy winning was cashing in $35,690 on March 1, 2007 at the World Poker Tour (WPT) No-Limit Hold'em Championship (Event 30) of the LA Poker Classic Season 5. His second-place finish at the Wynn Classic Tournament in the No-Limit Hold'em Championship held on March 11, 2007, won him $384,120. Ted Lawson again finished second and claimed prize booty of $294,085 in the No-Limit Hold'em event of the WPT World Championship/WPT Season 5 conducted on April 17, 2007. On October 10, he participated in the No-Limit Hold'em event at the Baden Poker Festival 2007/European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 4, secured seventh place and won a whopping $109, 568 in prize money. Throughout the year 2007, Ted Lawson made regular cash finishes in the events that he took part.
The year, 2008 was equally good for Ted Lawson, and among his several victories, his first rank and $120,054 in prize money at the Caesars Las Vegas Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event is notable. He played in Event 9 No-Limit Hold'em at the tournament held on April 26, 2008.
As of 2008, he has 40 cash finishes to his credit, and has earned $2,176,320 through tournament winnings. Apart from poker, Ted Lawson loves to travel and play golf.