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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