Adam Novak with his family.
Adam Red4novak Novak, 39, hails from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan where he s lived most of his life. He s been married for nine years and has three daughters with his wife â Hazel (6), Ruby (3), and Marigold (10 months). Iâm a high school Social Studies teacher at AGBU Manoogian High School, where I am also the schoolâs Athletic Director and have coached girlâs volleyball, cross country, and girl s and boy s basketball, he told PokerNews.
Novak first learned to play poker approximately 20 years ago thanks to his friend Russ Woodruff, who taught him using pennies. I almost immediately started playing on PokerStars around 18 or 19 years old in my parentâs house where I turned $20 into $50, he explained. I was hooked ever since absorbing it online, on TV, and through books like Gus Hansenâs