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American poker player (born 1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Anthony Cernuto (born January 10, 1944, in Jersey City, New Jersey)[1] also known as Miami, is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, specialising in Omaha hi-lo events. Cernuto has won over $6,200,000 in live tournament winnings, his largest score was for $259,150 from his $2,000 No Limit Hold'em bracelet victory in the 1997 World Series of Poker.[2]
| John Cernuto | |
|---|---|
John "Miami" Cernuto playing in the WPT Main Event at the Mirage | |
| Nickname(s) | Miami John |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Born | January 10, 1944 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 65 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 345th, 2011 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
Before embarking on his poker career, Cernuto worked as an air traffic controller. When President Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers during a 1981 strike, he turned to poker for his profession.[3]
Cernuto first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) after making the final table in the 1989 World Series of Poker in the $5,000 Seven-card stud event. He finished fourth in the final table, which featured David Sklansky, Humberto Brenes, Gabe Kaplan, and the tournament winner Don Holt.[4]
Five WSOP cashes followed before Cernuto won his first bracelet in the 1996 WSOP $1,500 seven card stud split tournament.[2][5] He won the $2,000 no limit hold'em event in the 1997 World Series of Poker and the $1,500 limit Omaha event in the 2002 World Series of Poker.[6][7]
Cernuto made an impressive three final tables in the 2006 World Series of Poker, two in Seven Card Stud and one in Razz.[8][9][10]
During the $2,500 Razz tournament of the 2009 WSOP, Cernuto collapsed and was taken to a hospital, where he spent the night after being diagnosed with internal bleeding.[11]
At the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, Cernuto finished in 345th place for his best career placement in the World Championship.[12]
As of the 2023 World Series of Poker, Cernuto has finished in the money in at least one World Series of Poker tournament per year starting in 1992.[13][14]
In 1988, Cernuto won the $1,000 Seven Card Stud event at Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker tournament series, earning a cash prize of $58,000 in addition to the title.[15] The victory at the SBOP was Cernuto's first career victory in a major poker tournament.[2]
In 2003, he won the third World Heads-Up Poker Championship in Vienna, outlasting a field including fellow professionals Ivo Donev, Ram Vaswani, Dave Colclough, Scotty Nguyen, and Padraig Parkinson on the way to the €60,000 grand prize.[16]
Cernuto has also made one World Poker Tour (WPT) final table at the 2005 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure event won by John Gale.[17]
As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,200,000.[2]
In 2019, actor James Woods, a close friend of John's coined him the “Ironman of Poker”, as John is the all-time leader in poker tournament cashes.[18]
At the 2020 Global Poker Awards, Cernuto was given the distinguished “Hendon Mob” award for his lifetime tournament cashes record.[19]
Cernuto has made appearances on the Ultimate Blackjack Tour,[20] making a final table in the Elimination Blackjack event where he played in a tournament format of the game of blackjack.
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