Maybe not a poker player, but yet an important figure in the poker scene. Norman Chad is a well known sportswriter who was born in 1958. Chad is a Cuban from his maternal side. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976.
Norman Chad is also known as one of the best commentator of the World Series of Poker on ESPN. He is also a syndicated columnist whose each column has something for the reader. Recently, he has published his own book that talks about his views on the ESPN as a sports network. It also has his criticism on different sports program.
Chad has been making NFL predictions for the last 11 years. When asked he simply shrugs off by saying that he just tossed the coin to know the winner!
If he tosses a coin to predict NFL winners then he should be a poker player himself.