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In 2002, ESPN reached out to McEachern, who was working as a mortgage banker at the time, to cover poker. [1] [5] [6] He was brought back in 2003 alongside Norman Chad for the 2003 World Series of Poker. [1] [5] [6] The tournament was won by Chris Moneymaker and led to the Moneymaker effect and a corresponding surge in poker's popularity. [8]
Weinman graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009 with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as an engineer before beginning his poker career. [1] Weinman made his first WSOP final table in 2012 in a Pot Limit Hold'em event. [2] In 2015, he won a WSOP Circuit event in Cherokee, North Carolina for $280,000. [3]
Cunningham's single largest tournament payout occurred at the 2006 World Series of Poker when he finished in fourth place out of 8,773 players in the Main Event, earning $3,628,513. [3] Cunningham joined a short list of players who have won a World Series of Poker Bracelet in three consecutive years after winning his fifth bracelet in 2007. [4]
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, Best,and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". [1] It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas . Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament.
Hossein Ensan (born 22 May 1964) is an Iranian-German professional poker player from Greven, Germany. In 2019, he won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker for $10,000,000. Ensan was born in Iran and moved to Germany in 1989 at the age of 25. There, he studied civil engineering at the University of Munster.
World Poker Tour [ edit ] Jesse Sylvia finished first in the 2016 $3,500 No Limit Hold'em World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event (Event #16) for $821,811.
Howard Andrew (1934 – January 13, 2021) was an American poker player, best known for his success at the 1976 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He participated in the WSOP Main Event each year from 1974 until his death, the longest such streak of any player.
World Series of Poker Bracelets. Year Tournament Prize (US$) 1999: $3,000 Pot Limit Hold-Em $224,400 2002: $2,000 No Limit Hold-Em $303,880 2002