Randy Blumer

In 1970, the family moved to Europe when Randy’s father, Carl, got the opportunity to work as a school counselor on a 2-year exchange in Germany.

He made his first trip to Las Vegas when he turned 21 and was exposed to a “new” form of poker (limit Texas hold 'em) in both cash game and tournament format.

His engineering background was used for the majority of his naval career working in Canada’s largest ever warship construction program.

He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander before accepting an early retirement offer with the intent to make his fortune in online poker.

His second-place finish in a field of over 6000 players in 2007 in the PokerStars million was his biggest poker payday to date.