Name: Layne Flack
Nickname: Back to Back
Born: 18 May 1969
Birthplace: Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Lives in: USA
USA
Poker history Layne Flack was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and raised in Montana. As a young kid, Flack learned to play pinochle from his grandparents and his card sense easily translated to poker as he grew older. In 1987, he moved back to Rapid City where he started to work in a casino. His interest for poker increased and during college he worked extra as a dealer in Deadwood, S.D. Layne was a very observant dealer and through the job he picked up a lot of information that he successfully transformed to get his own poker career going.
Layne moved to Reno in 1993 and embarked on the first start of his poker career. In 1995, Flack's daughter Hailey was born and he decided to move his family back to Montana. They settled in Bozeman where Flack helped open up a card room in a casino. It was while back in Montana that he met and became friends with Huck Seed. Seed eventually convinced Flack to move to Vegas in 1997.
Layne experienced an excellent start in Las Vegas with a first place finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event of the Hall of Fame Poker Classic in August 1997. The relocation allowed Flack to increase his tournament play, which certainly didn't hurt his bankroll or his poker reputation. In 1998 he came in second in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Series of Poker event and cashed in other smaller No-Limit and Limit Hold'em tournaments as well as some Omaha events in Los Angeles and Lake Elsinore.
1999 brought even more success as he strapped on his first WSOP bracelet for a Pot-Limit Hold'em event and also final tabled in a Limit Hold'em event. In 2002 he added two more bracelets to his collection, taking him up to three. This time they were in the $1,500 and $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em events. He also cashed in a third WSOP event that year. After a successful winter in 2002/2003 and also a great start of the WSOP in 2003 things were about to get even better. Next came the WSOP finishes that would give him his nickname, Back-to-Back Flack. He won two events in a row, the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split and $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout. Layne’s latest bracelet was won in 2008 when he captured the title in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event to bring his bracelet count up to six.
His friend and confidante Phil Hellmuth has expressed the talent of Layne Flack by saying, "Layne is a No-Limit Hold'em genius, his reads are dead on and it makes him fearless. It's hard to beat a guy with great reads and no fear".
Flack, has successfully battled his share of demons so many poker players face at one time or another. He is now choosing to concentrate on his family and friends and various charity work. His daughter Halie remains the love of his life. Once again, Flack is seeking to prove his metal in a game that is constantly changing. Relearning, reinventing, and transforming; perhaps the best one to describe the mantra Flack is following. Continuing to stay the course and bring his poker game to the highest level possible while remaining one of the most respected and feared professional poker players of all time with more than $ 4,2M in winnings.
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