Anthony Zinno (born 1981)
is a professional poker player from
Cranston, Rhode Island
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. He has won three
World Poker Tour
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(WPT) titles and four
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP) bracelets.
Zinno earned a degree in chemical engineering from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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, then graduated from
Suffolk University Law School
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in Boston and passed the Massachusetts state bar exam before becoming a professional poker player. In 2008, he cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 205th place, earning $38,600. His first WPT title came in September 2013, when he prevailed over a field of 1,189 and defeated
Vanessa Selbst
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heads-up at the Borgata Poker Open, earning $825,099. In 2015, he added two more WPT titles in consecutive events. First, he won the Fallsview Poker Classic, then he won the L.A. Poker Classic for $1,015,860. His victory at the LAPC was his third WPT championship, tying
Gus Hansen
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and
Carlos Mortensen
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for the record. With these two victories and multiple cashes, Zinno was awarded the WPT Player of the Year for
Season 13.
At the
2015 WSOP
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, Zinno cashed five times and made the final table each time. He finished 7th in the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop for $565,000, then won the $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha event, earning $1,122,000 and his first career bracelet. At the
2019 WSOP he cashed nine times and made three final tables, and won his 2nd bracelet and $279,920 in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better. At the
2019 WSOP Europe he finished 3rd in the €10,350 Main Event for €485,291. At the
2021 WSOP he won his 3rd bracelet in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $182,872 and his 4th bracelet in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E for $160,636. In his WSOP career, he has 111 cashes and earnings of $4,232,711.
As of 2025, Zinno has total tournament winnings exceeding $12 million.
References
External links
Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWSOP resultsWPT profile
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American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
World Poker Tour winners
1981 births
Living people
People from Cranston, Rhode Island
Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni
Suffolk University Law School alumni