[1] Burgio came to note as the winner of best all-around player award at the 1992 Queens Poker Classic.
[7] He won a WSOP bracelet in the Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo event, defeating a final table including both Howard "The Professor" Lederer and Jay Heimowitz.
Burgio also made the final table of the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event that year, finishing in 4th place.
[9] Burgio has made one World Poker Tour (WPT) final table, finishing 5th in the first season Gold Rush event won by Paul Darden.
[2] He was called "The Andy Rooney of Poker" for his coverage of "quirky" human interest stories.