[ Houston Curtis ]

Former MTV network executive and creator of niche-driven multi-million dollar entertainment brands, Houston Curtis has been called "a Visionary" and "trail-blazer" by his peers.  Houston brings with him over 20 years of success and experience as a producer, showrunner, direct marketing expert, independent Label president, advisor, and speaker. Curtis's previous posts as a Founder and CEO have included start-ups Backyard Wrestling Inc., Xtreme Entertainment Group Big Vision Entertainment, and Legend Group Studios collectively grossing over 100 million dollars in revenues since their 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2015 inception.  Additionally, Houston has created and executive produced shows for MTV, CBS, A&E, GSN, G4, DirecTV,  Warner Brothers, Sony Studios, and Twentieth Television among others.  Houston also writes his own bi-monthly column for CardPlayer Magazine, True Tales From A Hollywood Poker Hustler.

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As an advantage player, Houston was Barred for life from Las Vegas Golden Nugget for “excessive winning” at blackjack, and is also one of the most skilled card mechanics and sleight-of-hand artists of the modern era. For the past decade, Curtis has used these skills to consult as a poker protection expert with various casino's and high stakes poker games around the globe.  Curtis, who rarely plays in tournaments, won a 2004 Legends of Poker no-limit hold 'em championship event besting the 1998 World Series of Poker champion, Scotty Nguyen heads-up at the final table before going on to co-found the elite Hollywood poker ring that inspired Aaron Sorkin’s Academy Award-nominated film Molly’s Game.

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Curtis now resides between Los Angeles and Las Vegas serving as executive producer of LIVE at the BIKE, the longest running livestream in poker history.  His new book, Million Dollar Mechanics - a treatise on modern day poker protection is due out in late 2022 through award winning gambling publisher, Hunnington Press.