Chris Grigorian is an aggressive poker player with a nickname of “The Armenian Express.” Very little is known about Grigorian, but he is a highly skilled player, and can come back from any deficit.

At the 2004 LA Poker Classic, Chris Grigorian was heads-up against Jaime Perez, with Perez having 160,000 chips to Grigorian’s measly 8,000, which wasn’t even enough to make a big bet with. However, Grigorian got lucky and doubled up two times in a row thanks to miracle community cards. Grigorian than adopted a very aggressive style of play, forcing Perez out of many pots. At one point Perez folded a decent hand of J-7-7-5, which caused Grigorian to show his K-Q-10-4, which Grigorian termed “The biggest bluff in the world.” Grigorian ended up winning the tournament.

Chris Grigorian plays in cash games a lot more than he plays in poker tournaments, and most of his tournament victories have occurred in smaller tournaments. This has helped him to keep a low profile. Grigorian also has a cousin who plays poker, Mayan “MG” Grigorian.

I played against Chris Grigorian in the 2008 WPT Bellagio Five Diamond Poker Classic and he was playing tight and aggressive. When I asked him for a photo he stated “but I am not famous.” He came across as a very humble man. We ended up eating at the Snacks near the poker room and I learned that Chris is genuinely a good guy.

Chris Grigorian currently lives in Panorama City, California.