Alan Meltzer
Successful entrepreneur and high-stakes amateur player from Manhattan who once sold pretzels on the street in Brooklyn
Is president of Wind-up Records, the largest independent recording label in the United States which is distributed by Sony/BMG worldwide. Began playing poker online for small stakes, and credits once beating Johnny Chan out of $30,000 in a $25/$50 NLHE game at the Commerce for fueling his interest in playing for higher stakes. Often plays in high-stakes cash games with hedge fund managers in New York, the high-stakes crowd in Hollywood, and in Bobby’s Room at Bellagio. Founded the first compact disc distributorship in 1984, and was once name Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young in Southern New England.