Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei rārangi - he kaitākaro poker auau a Haimona, ā, ko Texas Hold 'em te mea tino nui. I whakauruhia ia ki te keemu i a ia e tamariki ana na roto i nga keemu poker a te whanau ia wiki me nga haerenga casino me tona tupuna. Kaore a Simon i whakaaro ko ia he kaitakaro nui tae noa ki te keemu i te whare o te kaituhi a David Steinberg me etahi kaitakaro "whakaako", i akiaki ia ki te ako i te keemu me te uru atu ki nga whakataetae maha, ahakoa i whakatau ia kia kaua e noho ngaio. I whakataetae ia i te World Series of Poker (WSOP) ia tau i waenga i te 2007 me te 2011, ka mutu i te moni i roto i nga huihuinga e ono. I te tau 2007, i te 6,358-kaiwhakamahi $ 10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event, i mutu ia i te 329 me te $ 39,445. I whakaoti ano ia i te 16 o te wikitoria $ 35,493 i te $ 1,000 1,048-player No-Limit Hold'em w / Re-Buys i te 2007, 41st winning $ 10,708 at the $ 1,000 706-player No-Limit Hold'em w / ReBuys in 2008, 53rd winning $ 10,692 at the $ 1,000 879-player No-Limit Hold'em w / ReBuys in 2008, 20th winning $ 24,066 at the $ 10,000 275-player World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em in 2009, and 500th winning $ 23,876 at the $ 10,000 6,865-player No-Limit Hold'em Championship in 2011
He aha? I toa ano ia i te $300 438-kaiwhakamahi No-Limit Hold'em Bounty $100,000 Guarantee i te 2009 L.A. Poker Open, i toa i te $ 22,228. Ko tana wikitoria nui rawa atu mo te rahi o te papa me te moni taonga ko te $ 200 1,082-player No-Limit Hold'em $ 150,000 Guarantee i te 2010 Winnin O 'The Green, i reira ia i wini ai i te $ 57,308. Ko nga kēmu poker tūmataiti a Haimona i waenganui i a ia me ona hoa rongonui kua whakaahuatia hei "raru me te tino ngahau". Na to raatau ingoa i arahi ai te Playboy TV ki te whakaputa i te whakaaturanga "Sam's Game", he putanga pouaka whakaata e whakaatu ana i a Simon hei kaihauturu me te rangatira o nga huihuinga o te Las Vegas rongonui Texas Hold 'em tukinga; i whakaputaina e ia te whakaaturanga. I puta ia i mua i tetahi waahanga 2009 o "High Stakes Poker".