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Robert "Chip Burner" Turner is an American professional poker player based in Downey, California.

Turner is known for introducing Omaha hold'em into poker-playing circles. He introduced the game to Bill Boyd who offered it as a game at the Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em".)

Turner began playing in the 1970s and has won a Best All-Around Player Award at least once per decade since.

Turner won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 1993 in the $1,500 seven-card stud event. He has also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event on numerous occasions: 10th in 1991, 36th in 1992, 13th in 1993, 6th in 1994 and 97th in 2005.

As of 2006 his total live tournament winnings exceed $700,000.

Turner is married to fellow poker player Charity Turner, with whom he has two children. He also has a daughter from a previous marriage and owns a hair salon in Southern California.

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