Angel Guillen
Angel Guillen surprised the world as the second man of Mexican descent to win himself the coveted WSOP Bracelet. This was both a professional and a personal victory for this poker player, because he feels strongly about poker’s illegal standing in Mexico. It is 
one of his main goals to show the Mexican government that playing poker can be a good source of income not only for the players themselves but for the country as a whole. Gambling, after all, is a profitable endeavor. He is a big part of a group of citizens appealing to the government to legalize poker, to legalize it and make a big boom in the country. Unfortunately, talented players are reduced to playing underground or secretly training in the back rooms of bars and clubs. This makes it difficult to achieve each player’s full potential, Guillen says.
Playing poker and training for the game in secret seems to have done wonders for him though, not affecting his game in any negative way whatsoever. Guillen has made several decent finishes in prestigious poker events and tournaments, each finish with a corresponding cash value. He’s also made himself visible in the final table two times, his total poker earnings reaching more than 800,000 US dollars. The Mexican native continues to train hard in his current residence at Las Vegas, Nevada.
When not making a poker face with several other talented players in large scale Vegas casinos, Guillen loves to play chess, solve math problems and other number puzzles, read classic novels and educational books, and he also has a passion for travelling to different areas of the world, getting to know the different cultures and traditions of each new place he visits. However, his main focus as of now is to further hone his skills in poker so that he can play the perfect game.