Biography & Early Wealth Journey

"They brought me 27 $100,000 chips and I took them to the cashier and they said 'would you like cash or cheque, sir' and I looked at them and said 'geez I should have brought a bigger bag.'"

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He also remained upbeat when asked what he planned to do with his probably life-changing $2.7 million fortune, demonstrating a good attitude for anybody who comes into a lot of unexpected cash:

"I've got the greatest job in Australia — so what I will do is semi-retire, I'll work five days instead of seven, and I'll put the money in the bank. I'm not going to do anything until March."

The 'greatest job in Australia' is not a 'professional poker player,' as you might have guessed, but instead Williams earns a living as a director of a company that manages golf courses. Only now, he can afford to spend a little more time on the golf course as a player rather than as an employee, if he so chooses.