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He grew up playing penny-ante poker with his grandmother and since then McEvoy has gone on to become an accomplished poker writer and player. He has authored or co-authored twelve books about poker and has won many tournaments, including the World Poker Championship and three World Series of Poker titles. Virtually all successful poker players have read one or more of Tom’s six books: Tournament Poker, How to Win at Poker Tournaments, Championship Hold ‘em (with TJ Cloutier), Championship Omaha (with TJ Cloutier), Championship No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold ‘em (with TJ Cloutier) and Championship Stud (with Max Stern and Linda Johnson).
After getting fired from his accounting job while he was in his thirties he quickly discovered that he could make a better living at the poker tables, and moved to Las Vegas in 1979 to pursue a full-time poker career. Tom specialized in tournaments, which were far fewer in those days. In 1983, just four years after beginning his poker career, Tom won his first World Series of Poker bracelet – and no, it wasn’t in the main event. Tom won the Limit Hold ‘em event and $117,000 in prize money. Six days later, he went on to win the most coveted title in poker, the WSOP $10,000 Championship Event, along with $540,000 in prize money and his second of four WSOP bracelets. He went on to win the WSOP Razz title in 1986 and the WSOP Limit Omaha title in 1992 (against his friend, Berry Johnston). He has eighteen other final-table appearances at WSOP events, and a total of 27 money finishes.
He has been a featured columnist for Card Player magazine for many years writing a column about Tournament Poker every other week. He also plays on PokerStars as "Tom McEvoy".
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Alan Goehring
