Roy S. Winston (born March 5) is an American physician, entrepreneur and professional poker player, founder and CEO of LaserAway, LLC and a former C-Suite Executive for Pacira Biosciences from Brooklyn, New York. He won the World Poker TourBorgata Main Event championship in 2007 for over $1.5 million.[1]
Winston has seven cashes in the World Poker Tour (WPT), most notably his victory at the WPT Borgata Poker Open that earned him $1,575,280 and the WPT title in a final table that included professional poker players Mike Matusow (6th), Gene Todd (5th), Mark Weitzman (4th), Haralabos Voulgaris (3rd) and amateur player Heung Yoon (runner-up).[4] Other cashes at the WPT include the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic (23rd for $39,859), the Festa Al Lago V (46th for $16,700), the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic (44th for $38,545), the 2008 Borgata Winter Open (39th for $17,213), and the Bellagio Cup IV in 2008 ($32,320).[5]
World Series of Poker
Winston has five cashes to date at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), most notably finishing in 26th place out of a field of 6,358 entries at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event and earning $333,490.[6]
Other poker events
Winston won the $2,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $230,365.[7] He has also cashed twice at the 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship finishing in fourth place in the A$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo mixed event for A$22,800 (US$20,042) and finishing in the semi-finals at the A$5,000 Australian Heads-Up Championship for A$40,000 ($35,161).[5]
As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings are just short of $2,700,000.[8] His cashes at the WSOP account for just over $358,000 of those winnings.[5]
