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Nationality

American

Education (institution, specialization)

Learned poker in college

Year started playing poker

2004

Year turned professional

2004

First major win (amount, tournament, year)

Won 2004 WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, his third tournament ever

First important tournament

Early important tournament was 2004 WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha event, which he won

Total live tournament winnings

Over $2.4 million in live tournament earnings

Number of tournament wins

At least 1 major WSOP bracelet event win

Number of final tables

Multiple final tables including 7 World Poker Tour final tables

Largest tournament win (amount, tournament, year)

$8,288,001 for 2nd place in 2014 WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop event

WSOP bracelets (number)

1 bracelet (2004 WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha)

WSOP cashes (number)

More than 60 WSOP cashes

WSOP final tables

Multiple WSOP final tables

Super high roller results ($100K+)

Runner-up 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop; runner-up 2016 $111,111 One Drop High Roller

Highest stakes played

Competed in $1 million buy-in tournaments

Notable high stakes sessions

Featured on High Stakes Poker TV series

Main discipline (Hold'em, Omaha, Mixed games)

Pot-Limit Omaha, No-Limit Hold'em

Format specialization (tournaments/cash/online/live)

Live tournament specialist

Known formats (NLHE, PLO, HORSE, others)

Pot-Limit Omaha, No-Limit Hold’em, High Roller events

Specialization limits

Tournament buy-ins from about $1,500 to $1,000,000

Favorite casinos/locations

Bellagio, Rio (WSOP)

Style characterization (TAG, LAG, nitty, aggressive)

Aggressive and versatile with focus on mixed games and high stakes events

Playing strengths

Expertise in Pot-Limit Omaha and high roller tournaments

Television appearances (list of shows with specific episodes/dates)

High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker participation (seasons/episodes)

Yes

Special achievements (achievement descriptions, recognition details)

Runner-up 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop ($8.28M), WSOP bracelet winner, multiple WPT final tables

WSOP (World Series of Poker) - all events all years

2004|USA|WSOP|Rio|$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha|5000|1|370000|145|||2007|USA|WSOP|Rio|$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em|2000| |35532|599|||2014|USA|WSOP|Rio|$1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em Big One for One Drop|1000000|2|8288001|||