Paul Wasicka is certainly best known for his runner-up finish in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event where he became the last victim of Jamie Gold’s unbelievable hot streak that made Gold the winner of the largest tournament in poker history –as well as making his name synonymous with the term “Luck-Box”. For his part Wasicka has gone on to have continued success in the poker world, both online and in live poker tournaments.

Wasicka was born on February 17th, in Dallas, Texas in 1981, and now resides in the gambling and poker Mecca that is Las Vegas, Nevada. Wasicka is now a Full Tilt Poker sponsored pro, and plays under the name of ‘KwickFish’ at other online poker sites around the Internet –Full Tilt Poker pros play under their own names on the site.

Wasicka got off to a rocky start in the poker world, blowing through a $5,000 deposit he made from his credit card, which forced him to take a full-time job managing a restaurant for his brother-in-law. Wasicka stuck with the doldrums of the 9-5 job while he honed his online poker skills, and eventually after a year he had found his way in the poker world and was ready to turn to poker full-time.

It took Wasicka a while to control his tilting and bankroll issues, but once he did he has never looked back. Wasicka now uses his personal experiences to help his students overcome their own issues be it strategic or mental problems. Wasicka’s initial struggles and his ability to overcome them gives him a special insight into the struggles of the average player, and makes him one of the best poker minds in the game when it comes to helping struggling players improve their game, not to mention he is one of the most respected poker players in the world in terms of skill.

In addition to his 2nd place finish in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event which earned him $6.1 million Wasicka has a number of titles and big cashes on his resume:

• 15th place in the 2006 WPT Championship worth $146,460
• 12th place in the 2007 Aussie Millions Championship worth $95,434
• 4th place in the 2007 WPT LA Poker Classic worth $455,615
• 1st place in the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Championship worth $500,000
• 1st place in the 2010 WSOP Circuit Series Tunica tournament worth $139,422
• 7 career WSOP cashes
• 6 career WPT cashes
• $7,811,284 in career tournament earnings

At PokerVT Wasicka focuses on teaching players the basics of No Limit Holdem strategy (keep in mind that Wasicka’s ‘basics’ is extremely advanced to the average No Limit holdem player) and how to progressively move up in stakes the right way. As one of the headline instructors at the site –along with Brian Rast, Daniel Negreanu and JC Alvarado– Wasicka’s content is some of the best and most interesting on the site.