Sean Winter (born December 14, 1990) is an American poker player from

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. Winter's first live tournament cash came in August 2011, when he was still not yet 21 years old. He won the $10,000 Bellagio Cup in 2015 for $562,000, and was runner-up in the $25,000 High Roller at the

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in January 2016, earning $914,000 after a heads-up deal with champion Nick Maimone. In 2019, he won the $5,250 Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 809 players for $698,000. His largest career cash came in 2018, when he earned $2.4 million with a runner-up finish at the partypoker Live $250,000 Super High Roller in the

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. Winter has four wins at the

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, including consecutive Main Events in

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and

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. After finishing runner-up to David Peters in the previous two series, Winter won the last two events in 2022 to earn the series championship and the Golden Eagle Trophy. At the

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, Winter finished second to

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in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller in

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. He also cashed in the Main Event three straight years between 2013 and 2015. Playing under the name ''nolez7'', Winter finished second to Talal Shakerchi in the Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2016, earning $1,048,000. He also won a

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event that year. As of 2022, Winter is first among players from Florida and in the top-20 among American players with career earnings of more than $21 million.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Sean Living people American poker players People from Jacksonville, Florida 1990 births