Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is one of the original legends of online poker. Formerly a Wall Street player who played on the side, he transitioned to online poker full time when the company he worked for shut down. The Syosset, New York resident likens his new career as a poker pro to a... more

Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy is one of the original legends of online poker. Formerly a Wall Street player who played on the side, he transitioned to online poker full time when the company he worked for shut down. The Syosset, New York resident likens his new career as a poker pro to a retiree “doing a little something extra during his retirement.”

Josephy consistently held the top spots on some of the most respected online poker tournament leader boards for the early part of his foray into online poker. He’s recently slipped in the rankings, largely due to spreading his focus between live and online poker.

Josephy has had much success since venturing into brick-and-mortar poker tournaments. In the short time he’s been playing live, he’s already won a World Series of Poker bracelet (in the 2005 $1,500 seven-card stud event, the first time he’d ever played stud) and made a second-place finish ($447,000) at the 2006 UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic championship event.

Josephy also runs a poker training site called PokerXFactor.com with fellow poker player and friend Eric “sheets” Haber.

Check out the online version of Josephy's feature story for Card Player magazine by clicking here. close bio