Joseph (Joe) N. Bartholdi Jr. (born 1980 in Southern California) is an American professional poker player. As of June 2022, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,4900,000. Early years Bartholdi moved to Las Vegas at the age of 18 to be alongside his father who worked as a poker dealer at Binion's Horseshoe. He began playing poker in the area's casinos despite being underage, first concentrating on stud poker and later on Texas hold 'em. He turned professional at the age of 21, but lost much of his profits due to poor bankroll management and playing blackjack. He ended up taking a job as a poker dealer at Binion's Horseshoe to maintain a daily buy-in the 10/20 Hold 'em game. The Crew Bartholdi met poker pro Dutch Boyd at the 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP), who invited him to become a member of the poker playing group he founded known as "The Crew" which included Bobby Boyd, David Smyth, Tony Lazar, and Brett Jungblut. Later, Bartholdi felt he had let the group down when losing $4,000 after tilting in online poker and left the group. However, he maintains that they all remain friends. Recent times In 2004, Bartholdi built a new bankroll from a $50 bonus up to $250,000, however lost it again due to his ongoing bankroll management issues. At the 2005 WSOP, Joe Cassidy staked Bartholdi in numerous poker tournaments, including the $1,500 no limit hold'em event, where he finished 5th, earning $71,445, which was his largest tournament cash at the time. Bartholdi also won an event in the Ultimate Poker Challenge's second season. Cassidy and Bartholdi swapped 50% with each other for the 2006 World Poker Tour (WPT) season 4 $25,000 no limit hold 'em championship event. Bartholdi outlasted 604 other players to win the event and claim the $3,760,165 first prize. He subsequently made the final table of the WPT Battle of Champions IV event. In 2011 Bartholdi again entered the WPT's season 10 main event at the Bellagio Casino and Resort but was unable to place in the money. In September 2018, twelve years after his massive win on season 4 of the World Poker Tour, Bartholdi entered the WPT's Borgata Poker Open. During 2019 and 2020, Bartholdi cashed in twenty-six WSOP.com tournaments. In 2022 Dutch Boyd sued Bartholdi for an unpaid prop bet they made during their "The Crew" days. In 2006 Boyd