AOL World Series of Poker Profiles: Alfredo Fernandez

AOL is sending six lucky winners to the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas this year. We're excited to have such fine players represent our team. AOL games are running a series of winner interviews of our top players. Our poker studs beat out tens of thousands of other players to get a shot at the World Series of Poker Championship. AOL games is a family. For our next spotlight player we bring you the ultimate family poker player, hailing from Florida, Alfredo Fernandez.

Alfredo you are under the AOL games spotlight


UPDATE July 14th: Alfredo made it all the way to the final rounds and placed 51st overall. Bluff magazine interviewed in it's Head's Up player feature. Read Alfredo's latest interview here Heads-Up: Alfredo Fernandez

How do you feel about representing AOL in the World Series of Poker?
Its like a dream come true, any true poker player wants to go to the World Series of Poker and AOL has given me this chance, so representing AOL is simply Amazing.

What is your occupation?
I own my own Video Production Company, Alfred's Digital Video Creations.

Tell us about your family and who will be accompanying you to the WSOP?
Well my family consist of 2 brothers and my mom and dad, and there are a couple of people accompanying me to the World Series of Poker, a friend of mines and his wife, these two people are like my second parents and hopefully their daughter who's special to me.?

What is it about poker that so engrossing for you?
The thing about poker that so engrossing for me is the fact that anyone has a chance to win at this game, also poker gives me adrenaline, when you bet someone out of a hand or even better when you bluff them out of a hand it give me a rush.

Is there any advice you would give to the online poker playing public?
The advice I'd give them is to be patient and play quality hands and wait for the right time to bluff, online poker I believe is a bit harder because you can't see peoples expressions so you don't really know how good their hands are.

Do you have "lucky" items?
LOL, well I have a pair of shorts that?every-time?I wear them I seem to make it to the final table at the Hard Rock down in South Florida, so I believe those are lucky, so I will be taking them for sure.

If you win a huge prize, what will you do with the money?
Well, if I win a huge prize the first thing I'm gonna do is take care of my parents and pay my two brothers college education, then I'll invest money so that it keeps producing, after all this depending on what I have left, I will go on a month long vacation to take away the stress that the WSOP is going to cause.

What did you do when you won your online tournament and found out you'd be going to play in the lives WSOP?
This is funny, because I was at a pool party the day I won, so I was sitting by the pool playing poker on my laptop and I was down to about 900 chips and I thought I was out, but then I just started winning hands, and before you knew it I was at the final Table as the chip leader, and when I won I started jumping and couldn't believe it, it was one of my dreams coming true. When I got to the final table all the people at the party were sitting around me watching me play and they couldn't believe I had just won a chair at the WSOP.

Do you play other games on AOL?
My little brother plays other games on AOL, I really only play Poker.

Are you making any special preparations for the WSOP?
Ever since I won my chair at the WSOP, I have been going to play the Tuesday night Multi Table tournament at the Hard Rock Casino, and I've caught a couple of times so hopefully this will help me out when it really matters at WSOP.