| Mickey Wernick | |
| Nickname: | The Worm, The Legend, Lord Wernick |
| Residence: | Birmingham, England |
| Birth Name: | Michael D. Wernick |
| Birth Place: | [wolverhampton, England | wsop bracelet count = ''None'' | wsop money finishes = 8 | wsop main event best finish rank = ''None'' | wsop main event best finish year = | wpt titles = | wpt final tables = | wpt money finishes = | ept titles = ''None'' | ept final tables = ''None'' | ept money finishes = 2 ] |
Michael D. "Mickey" Wernick (2 July 1944 – 18 April 2023)[1] was an English retired bookmaker and professional poker player from Birmingham.
Whilst growing up, Wernick was a keen amateur boxer and won the Midlands Area Amateur title. He has also met Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali.
Wernick formed a poker club in 1970 with his father Solly. He was a mainstay of the British poker scene, who eventually began traveling to the World Series of Poker. He has since cashed on 6 occasions, in no limit hold'em, razz and lowball events. In the 1986 WSOP he finished second in an Omaha event.
Wernick made the quarter-finals of the 2003 World Heads-Up Poker Championship, losing to eventual winner John Cernuto.[2] Wernick finished on the television bubble of the European Poker Tour event in Deauville.
Wernick was ranked the #1 player across all poker variants in Europe for 2005.[3] This led to his induction into the European Poker Players Hall of Fame as its eighth inductee, making him the oldest inductee to date.[4]
As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,075,000.[5]