Name	Gavin Smith
Website	GavinSmithPoker.com
Location	Guelph, Ontario
Known Screenames	Gavin Smith on Full Tilt Poker, Birdguts on others
Endorses	FullTilt Poker
Birthdate	September 4, 1968

Gavin Smith is a Canadian professional poker player who was born on September 4, 1968 in Geulph, Ontario. Gavin started playing poker in 1994 when a charity tournament was hosted at the golf course where he worked.  Gavin was hooked, and he turned pro in 1998.

Gavin became friends with fellow pro Erick Lindgren, who helped Gavin by coaching and bankrolling him.  The two are still good friends, and play at Full Tilt Poker together.

Gavin Smith had his first major success in 1999, when he won a No Limit Holdem tournament at the World Poker Finals at the Foxwoods Casino.  He won another tournament at the Foxwoods the following year.  In 2005, Gavin won two tournaments at the Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas, winning $155,000 in the $2000 No Limit Holdem Event and $1.1 million in the $10000 No Limit Holdem World Poker Tour Event, where he also won his first WPT event.

Since then, Gavin has been a very consistent player, cashing in at several major events.  In 2006 Gavin Smith was named “WPT Player of the Year.”  Gavin Smith enjoys making prop bets, and the result of one of these prop bets was that his friend Joe Sebok had to wear a bear suit at the first day of the 2006 World Series of Poker.

Gavin Smith is a Full Tilt Poker pro and plays at Full Tilt Poker under the screenname “Gavin Smith”.  Gavin Smith also plays on other sites under the screenname birdguts.