Josh Arieh Biography
Josh Arieh Poker Player Biography
Josh Arieh was born in Rochester, New York in 1974. As a poker player, he is known for his aggressive and unpredictable style of play, and has been pegged as being a "trash talker" at the tables. He competes in all varieties of poker, and has been playing for over 12 years in the Atlanta area (where he resides). Josh competes in 12 or more major tournaments (buy-ins over $10,000) each year.
In addition to live poker, Josh likes to play online poker as well. In fact, Josh plays up to 70 hours per week of online poker. He is part of "Team Bodog" and has his own table at Bodog, on which he plays frequently.
Among Josh Arieh's many accomplishments are the following:
- 1999 - won the World Series of Poker Limit Holdem event - $202,800
- 2000 - 2nd in WSOP Pot Limit Omaha event - $80,000
- 2003 - 2nd at Bellagio's Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- 2004 - 3rd at World Series of Poker main event - $2,500,000
- 2004 - 3rd at WPT Borgata event - $286,900
- 2005 - won the WSOP Pot Limit Omaha event - $311,600
- 14 final table appearances
- 23rd all-time money winner at World Series of Poker
- total earnings $3,600,000
