Cory Carroll
Encyclopedia
Cory Carroll is a Canadian professional poker
player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour
Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker
(WSOP) Circuit Championship Event.
. On October 15, 2006, Carroll, under the screenname "UGOTPZD", came in third place in the Sunday Million, earning $55,289.86. A month later he finished runner-up in the November 5th Sunday Million, earning $119,091.
for the first time in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship coming in 91st place out of a field of 6,358 players, earning $67,535.
Carroll won the 2007 World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Palace
in Las Vegas
earning $515,176 for first place.
during Sixth season
of the World Poker Tour
(WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown, earning $561,369.
Carroll was second in chips to Gus Hansen
at the final table of the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) when Carrol Holding was busted by Hansen holding when the a flop came , Hansen with chip lead moved all-in, after a moment of thinking, Carrol called and was ahead in the hand with a pair of Jacks vs Hansen flush draw, the turn was the leaving only one card to come, but when the river brought the it gave Hansen a flush that won the hand and eliminating Carroll from the tournament in fourth place, earning him $593,645.
This left Hansen to exclaim to himself, as picked up by the television telecast microphones, "Insanity prevails, insanity prevails.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
(WSOP) Circuit Championship Event.
Online poker
Carroll has made at least two final tables in the "Sunday Million", a $215 buy-in tournament with a $1 Million Guaranteed prize-pool on PokerStarsPokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
. On October 15, 2006, Carroll, under the screenname "UGOTPZD", came in third place in the Sunday Million, earning $55,289.86. A month later he finished runner-up in the November 5th Sunday Million, earning $119,091.
World Series of Poker
In 2007, Carroll cashed in the moneyIn the Money
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for the first time in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship coming in 91st place out of a field of 6,358 players, earning $67,535.
Carroll won the 2007 World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp....
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
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earning $515,176 for first place.
World Poker Tour
Carroll finished runner up to Jonathan LittleJonathan Little
Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player who won both the World Poker Tour's Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown and Season VII Foxwoods World Poker Finals and won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year award.- Biography :Little was a student at the University of West Florida studying...
during Sixth season
World Poker Tour season 6 results
Below are the results of season six of the World Poker Tour .Towards the end of season 6 the World Poker Tour announced that they would award a Tiffany designed titanium and diamond championship bracelet for all previous 96 players....
of the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
(WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown, earning $561,369.
Carroll was second in chips to Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament...
at the final table of the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) when Carrol Holding was busted by Hansen holding when the a flop came , Hansen with chip lead moved all-in, after a moment of thinking, Carrol called and was ahead in the hand with a pair of Jacks vs Hansen flush draw, the turn was the leaving only one card to come, but when the river brought the it gave Hansen a flush that won the hand and eliminating Carroll from the tournament in fourth place, earning him $593,645.
This left Hansen to exclaim to himself, as picked up by the television telecast microphones, "Insanity prevails, insanity prevails.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.