Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $613,847 of those winnings. Born in New York City, Cordovez claims to have been introduced to poker by his first-grade teacher, as a way of making basic math seem like fun. The final table also included Philosophy Ivey, David Pham and Toto Leonidas.
Cordovez followed this a couple of months later with another first-place finish at the Legends of Poker no limit hold "em event.
In 2002 Cordovez cashed in another four WSOP events, making the final table in three of them, including a second place in the $2000 SHOE event, losing to Philosophy Ivey. Cordovez was featured on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s coverage of the 2008 WSOP Main Event at a table which also featured 2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker and professional player Clonie Gowen as well as being interviewed in a segment about his career as a poker player.
Cordovez is currently one of the hosts of the Spanish-language version of Poker After Dark, broadcast throughout Latin America on Discovery Channel (Latin America). Cordovez holds bachelor"s and master"s degrees from Stanford University.