Gershon Distenfeld is the co-head of Fixed Income and Director of Credit at AllianceBernstein. He is also a poker-player and philanthropist.
Distenfeld shot to prominence after final-tabling the 2020 WSOP Main Event, promising to donate all his winnings to charity, something that stems from his Modern Orthodox Jewish religion.
��I am not in this for personal financial gain. I will be donating 100% of my poker winnings (net of any taxes) to charity,�� he told PokerNews. ��The charities I have chosen thus far encompass many of my and my wife Aviva��s personal areas of interest which include organizations with proven track records in helping those less fortunate and more vulnerable improve their lives.��
In 2021, Distenfeld made it to the final-table of Event #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em and again promised to donate any winnings to charity.
He would go on to win the event for $204,063 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet
"I��ve always dreamt of winning one, and it��s one of those things you think is never going to happen," he told PokerNews. "I just don��t know what to say. I even teared up a little bit which is not very like me."
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