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Samuel Stein (born January 11, 1988) is an American high-stakes
poker
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player from Los Angeles who lives in
Henderson, Nevada
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. He won his first
World Series of Poker bracelet
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at the
2011 World Series of Poker
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where he made two final tables and three
in the money
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finishes.
In both the
2010
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and 2011 World Series of Poker, he finished in the money in two $10,000 Championship events, with one of them being the Pot Limit
Texas hold 'em
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championship event each year. Of his nine
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP) cashes, his last five are in pot limit events.
[
Stein has several second-place finishes in big tournaments.][ One of the more memorable ones was when ]Jason Mercier
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rivered him twice in a row at the April 13, 2010, 35-player $25,000 NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout during a four-hour heads up final. His largest live game prize was a $1 million payout for a 4th-place finish in the 1560-player 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
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History
The event was first held in 2004 and was originally co-sponsored by PokerStars and the World Poker Tour. In 2008, the event moved from the WPT to the European ...
$10,000 main event.
He was listed as one of the best bets to win his first WSOP bracelet in 2010.[ The closest was a 10th-place finish in the 268-player 2010 $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 38 where he earned a prize of $44,010.
Stein is known for his ]online poker
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ID of KingKobeMVP. He has several large field wins in online play including January 19, 2011 Absolute Poker
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$1000+50 NL Hold'em against a field of 230 players for a prize of $47,725; November 24, 2009 PokerStars
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The Super Tuesday 250,000 guaranteed$1000+50 NL Hold'em against a field of 317 players for a prize of $64,827; and his highest online payout in the March 29, 2009, PokerStars Sunday 500 500,000 guaranteed$500+30 NL Hold'em against a field of 986 players for a prize of $91,250.
World Series of Poker
His first WSOP cash was a 73rd-place finish in the 2009
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1,459-player $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Event 9 for a prize of $4,062. His first WSOP final table was a 3rd-place finish at the 2011 249-player $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 16 for a prize of $264,651. His first bracelet came at the 685-player $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event 31 when he won a prize of $420,802.
References
External links
Hendon Mob profileBLUFF profileCard Player profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1988 births
Living people
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Sportspeople from Henderson, Nevada
Poker players from Los Angeles