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Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is a professional poker player.
Ferguson attended UCLA where, in 1999, he earned a Ph.D. in computer science (focusing on artificial intelligence) after five years as an undergraduate and 13 years as a graduate student. Both of Ferguson's parents have doctorate degrees in mathematics.
Ferguson was playing poker even before he was 10 years old. While in college he honed his skill on IRC playing poker for play money in chat rooms. In 1994 he began to play in tournaments in California and in 1995 made his first trip to the World Series of Poker. Ferguson beat T. J. Cloutier at the main event of the 2000 WSOP to win the $1.5 million prize. As of 2004 he has 5 WSOP bracelets and has won over $3 million in tournament play.
Ferguson got the nickname "Jesus" because of his long hair and beard. On television some interesting factoids about him have been revealed, including his presidency of a swing dancing club at UCLA as well as his prowess for being able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through carrots and pickles.
Ferguson is part of the design team for Full Tilt Poker (http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/), an online poker website that opened in July 2004.
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