Robert Williamson III

Robert Williamson III (born 7 November 1970) is an American professional poker player from Dallas, Texas.

Williamson grew up with three sisters and his best friend, Chris Caywood in Granbury, Texas and received B.B.A. degrees in finance and real estate from Angelo State University in San Angelo.

He began playing aged 10 or 11, after being introduced to the game by his father. He quotes Russ Hamilton as the player he has learned from the most.

Williamson is known as an Omaha specialist, with numerous notable finishes in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Omaha tournaments, including:

* 1999 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha - 3rd place ($43,250)
* 2002 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Winner ($201,160)
* 2003 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 3rd place ($47,400)
* 2003 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha - 7th place ($16,100)
* 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 2nd place ($103,580)
* 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 11th place ($7,160)
* 2004 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 14th place ($18,000)
* 2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 2nd place ($353,115)
* 2007 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/ rebuys - 10th place ($41,229)

Williamson has also made two money finishes on the World Poker Tour (WPT).

Williamson had gastric bypass surgery between 2002 and 2005, reducing his weight from 400 lb to 200 lb. He now claims to be “half the man [he] used to be.”

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.

Williamson has a wife named Cate.

On February 18th, 2007, Williamson under the screen name “Miss Lulu” finished in fourth place out of 3,217 competitors in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) $500 main event and won $89,271.75

Robert Williamson III and his wife, Cate Wakem-Williamson, launched a high-end custom gaming jewelery line that can be found at www.rwiiidesigns.com. It is known that the black and white diamond necklace was the reason that heads up poker players gave all winnings away to “Ante Up for Africa” charity in Vegas, 2007.

Jennifer Tilly proudly displays a rare yellow/black diamond pendant from the 2007 collection. This unique line was featured in the 944 Magazine’s 2007 Gift Guide Issue for it’s fabulous cufflinks and at the WSOP stores during the events 2007!