Daniel Christopher Alaei (born 1982) is a professional
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
player from
Santa Fe Springs, California. He is of
Assyrian descent.
Primarily a $50–100
no-limit Texas hold 'em cash game player, Alaei won his first
World Series of Poker bracelet in
2006 in a no-limit 2-7 draw
Lowball event. He was featured on the first three seasons of ''
High Stakes Poker''.
In 2007, Alaei cashed in the
2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, coming in a career-best 25th place out of a field of 6,358 players and winning $333,490. Alaei has two other Main Event cashes (59th in 2004 and 140th in 2005).
On December 19, 2009, he outlasted a field of 329 players to take down the
WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic, winning $1,428,430 in the process. He beat a final table that included poker professionals
Scotty Nguyen and
Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh (born September 26, 1974 in Rochester, New York) is an American professional poker player. Arieh has been competing in poker competitions since 1999.
Tournament history
Arieh finished in third place in the 2004 World Series of Po ...
, whom he defeated heads-up to win the tournament.
At the
2010 World Series of Poker, Alaei first finished 7th in the $50,000 Player's Championship Event for $221,105 before clinching his third WSOP bracelet when he defeated 345 players to win the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship for $780,599.
At the
2013 World Series of Poker, Alaei won his fourth WSOP bracelet when he won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship for $852,692. He also cashed the $111,111
Big One for One Drop Super High Roller Event for $173,723.
At the
2015 World Series of Poker
The 2015 World Series of Poker is the 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from May 27 – July 14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. There were 68 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hol ...
, Alaei won the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship event for his fifth career bracelet and $391,097.
As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000. His 20 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,535,621 of those winnings.
World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com
World Series of Poker Bracelets
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1982 births
American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
World Poker Tour winners
American people of Iranian-Assyrian descent
People from Santa Fe Springs, California
Living people