Background
Black played cards with his mother when he was younger, and began playing more seriously in 1986, whilst he was studying for a law degree at Trinity College, Dublin.
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He also began playing in the Griffin Casino in Dublin, reportedly because of the free food and coffee. There were rumors that Ungar got lucky and defeated Black"s Alaska while holding AQ. Black dispelled this rumor and candidly affirmed that Ungar "just outplayed me" and that the Alaska versus AQ story was nothing more than journalistic spice.
The following year a documentary titled Million Dollar Deal (narrated by John Hurt) was made of his visit to the same tournament.
Black successfully returned to poker in 2004, dominating in Irish tournaments and placing fifth in the 2005 WSOP main event. He led the final table of the main event at one stage holding over 1/3 of the chips in play, however he was unable to maintain this lead and finished 5th, winning $1.75m.
In 2005 he appeared on the chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his faith and his poker career. Since the 2005 WSOP main event, he has made a money finish on both the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour.
In 2006 Black made the final table of the Tournament of Champions where he once again held a huge chip lead only to cripple his stack when he overplayed Alaska and ran into Daniel Negreanu holding pocket Kings.
Black once again was eliminated in 5th place earning $100,000. Black enjoyed a spectacular start to 2007 placing 2nd for $100,000 in the Pot Limit Omaha event and 3rd in the Number Limit Main Event for $750,000 at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. At the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Black once again enjoyed a deep run in a major event reaching the final table before exiting in 7th for $320,000.
He defeated Michael Greco heads-up.
At the 2007 WSOP, Black finished in the money in two Pot Limit Omaha events, finishing 7th and 11th respectively. At the 2007 WSOP Main Event, Black played day 1A. He was one of the early chip leaders, building his stack from 20,000 to over 80,000.
Despite this, Black did not make it past day 1. He was eliminated when his 45 ran into Associate of Arts on a 433 flop.
He has had deep runs in the Irish Poker Open in 2010-2013, finishing just outside the final table in 10th place in 2011 and in 8th place in 2012.
In 2010 he was the subject of RTÉ Radio One"s Shuffle Up And Deal. As of 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,425,000. His 24 cashes as the WSOP account for $2,189,351 of those winnings.
