Hoyt Corkins was born in Glenwood. Glenwood is a town in Albama of the United States. This professional poker player had started playing poker games when he was a younger boy of the age 19. He is soft spoken and he is very much aggressive in his style. He has got the primary lessons from his father at that early age. Generally he is known by his nickname Cowboy.

It is because of his dressing senses. It is very easy to find him in the casino because he always wears the cowboy’s hat and boots when ever he plays in the casino. He has other nicknames like Nightmare and Mr. Move all-in. Phill Hellmuth Jr. has started calling him with the nickname Mr. Move all-in. Hoyt Corkins uses to wear ear plugs while he is playing a game.

It is because of he does not like to get disturbed from the nuisances that happens around the table. He thinks that it is very important to concentrate on the game if any one needs to win it over. To keep himself away from the chattering of the other players he uses the ear plugs.

In the year 1992 Hoyt Corkins won a Bracelet in the World Series of Poker. He was the champion of 1992 $5,000 pot limit Omaha tournament in this year. For this game he has got $96,000 at that time.

He just started his professional career in the poker games from that time but he suddenly disappeared from the casinos after the 1992 world class poker competition. He was not seen for a single time for the next 11 years in any casino. The reason was his divorce. Hoyt Corkins left the profession for after the separation. Everybody thought that he would never come back to the poker table.

But it was his fiancée Natalie who took him to the poker table after 11 long years. In the year 2003 he got back in the casino. In that year he re established himself in the poker world. In the 2003 World Poker Finals, he got record breaking prize money for World Poker Tour. The amount was $1,089,200 and it was the highest prize amount till 2003 for that particular game, where he cashed in his Poker Chips.

In the year 2004 Gus Hansen won the 1st place and Hoyt Corkins got the second place after one year of his return. He earned $290,065 for securing the second place. In the year 2004 he got another success. He is the person who made the final table in the United States poker Championship. The competition took place at the Taj Mahal in the in the Atlantic City.

After that, Hoyt Corkins has established some milestones in his career of a professional poker player.

In 2005 he took part in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and placed at the second position. He got $325,000 for that. In 2007 Hoyt Corkins secured the championship bracelet in World Series of Poker and won over $515,000.