He first learned to play poker when he was five years old and would regularly get in trouble for playing it in grade school.
He was an accountant, but after he was laid off from his job, he took up poker full-time in 1978. He is best known for winning the 1983 World Series of Poker Main Event. McEvoy (born November 14, 1944, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a professional poker player, author and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, 2013 inductee. Information accurate as of 28 October 2021. Tom McEvoy at the 2010 World Series of Poker
