was necessary in order to prevent future cheating scandals. He also appeared on a Blu-ray Extra attached to the movie Runner Runner, entitled House Of Cards: The Inside Story of Online Poker. In October 2022, Witteles was one of more than 50 poker pros victimized by a sophisticated bank theft scheme, and had $10,000 stolen from his account. Witteles conducted his own investigation into the matter, and identified it was occurring through a security hole in the BetMGM, Global Payments, and Viejas Casino online platforms. He aggressively brought attention to the matter to both media and law enforcement, thus putting an end to the fraud by mid-November. It was later determined by law enforcement to have been perpetrated by a theft ring out of San Diego County. Witteles eventually received his $10,000 back from BetMGM. In March 2008, Witteles was selected among eight other top online poker players to participate in ESPN's "Online Poker Think Tank." In 2009, he was a guest broadcaster on ESPN360 for the final table of a World Series of Poker event. Personal Witteles has a son named Benjamin, born 2010. In August 2018, Todd was afflicted by a chemical disorder in his brain which caused sudden and severe anxiety, depression, and anhedonia simultaneously, also resulting in an involuntary 32-pound weight loss in a matter of weeks. By early 2019, he was able to return mostly back to normal, and was able to play in the 2019 World Series of Poker. Notes American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people)