John Cernuto

"Miami" John Cernuto is a professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Born in 1944 in New Jersey, Cernuto graduated from Florida State University with a major in finance. After graduating, he worked as an air traffic controller until Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers during the famous 1981 strike.

Having played poker casually for years, in 1982 he decided to move to Las Vegas and try playing poker for a living. Though he went broke a few times and had to work side jobs to rebuild his bankroll, he managed to steadily improve his game. When asked which is more stressful, air traffic control or poker, he replied: "definitely poker".

Cernuto made his first WSOP final table in the 1989 in the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud event (finishing 4th) and won his first bracelet in the 1996 in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split event. He won his second bracelet in the 1997 $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event (earning $259,150) and his third bracelet in the 2002 $1,500 limit omaha event, earning $73,320.

Cernuto made an impressive three final tables at the 2006 WSOP, two in Seven-Card Stud and one in Razz.

During the $2,500 Razz tournament at the 2009 WSOP, Cernuto collapsed and was taken to a hospital, where he spent the night after being diagnosed with internal bleeding.

In 2003, Cernuto won the World Heads-Up Poker Championship in Vienna, outlasting a field including Ram Vaswani, Dave Colclough and Scotty Nguyen, winning the €60,000 grand prize.

WSOP Bracelets

Year	Event	Prize
1996	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split	$147,000
1997	$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	$259,150
2002	$1,500 Limit Omaha	$73,320

In his nearly long career, 3 WSOP bracelets, 47 WSOP cashes for total WSOP earnings of $1,453,880. He has 10 WPT cashes, 2 WPT final tables, for total WPT earnings of $441,874. His biggest WPT finish was a $155,800 payout during season 3 as well as a 2nd place finish during season 5.

Cernuto has also made appearances on the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, making a final table in the Elimination Blackjack event. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,600,000.

COMMENTS:

u go Miami,,classiest guy on the circuit,and fun,,and a pro that knows how to lose,,so tired of these whiny azzes,,keep it up john

headlessman1964 on December 31, 2006

Very cool guy, played with him a few times at UB. Very personable and a tough competitor. Miami John is probably best known for his great Omaha play

bad_dog76 on August 11, 2006

John Cernuto

HPG ADMIN on June 15, 2006

John Cernuto

WSOP Bracelets

COMMENTS:

Famous Players

Poker Personalities

Business & Industry

Poker Groups

Online Players

Celebrities

Poker Authors

WPT Amateurs

Fictional Players

Login

Casino & Poker