Sam Trickett
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Sam Trickett is a professional poker
player. He started playing poker in 2005 after suffering a knee injury that ended his career as a semi-professional soccer player. Sam soon became a regular in poker events in Sheffield
. He started playing also online in $10 Sit ‘n’ Go’s. In 2008, Trickett played at the World Series of Poker
(WSOP) in Vegas and finished fourth in the $5,000 No Limit event for $245,000.
He won Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event in 2008 taking $210,000 in prize money.
He is considered to be one of the best UK high stakes cash games players.
Since March, 2010, Trickett is sponsored by Titan Poker.
Trickett has cashed 6 times in the 41st World Series of Poker: $ 141,168 for 7th place in Event #52 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed, $25,838 for 17th place in Event #45 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, $5,620 for 22nd place in Event #39 $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout, $505,725 for 2nd place in Event #17 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em, $11,694 for 40th place in Event #11 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em,$3,792 for 100th place in Event #8 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em.
In late 2010 Trickett, alongside the likes of Tom Dwan
, John Juanda
and Phil Ivey
, took part in a series of high stakes cash games in Macau featuring a number of wealthy Chinese businessmen. In an interview in the January 2011 issue of Bluff Europe magazine Trickett revealed that he won approximately £1m in these games and that he is currently learning Mandarin.
In less than a month at the beginning of 2011 Trickett cashed for more than $3 Million in super high buy-in small field no-limit hold'em tournaments. The $100k buy-in super high roller event at PCA, he won the $100k buy-in high roller event at the Aussie Millions and he got second place in the largest buy-in tournament in history at the $250k super high roller event at the Aussie Millions.
On November 13th 2011 Trickett won the partouche poker tour main event in Cannes and won 1,000,000 euros
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. He started playing poker in 2005 after suffering a knee injury that ended his career as a semi-professional soccer player. Sam soon became a regular in poker events in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
. He started playing also online in $10 Sit ‘n’ Go’s. In 2008, Trickett played at the 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) in Vegas and finished fourth in the $5,000 No Limit event for $245,000.
He won Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event in 2008 taking $210,000 in prize money.
He is considered to be one of the best UK high stakes cash games players.
Since March, 2010, Trickett is sponsored by Titan Poker.
Trickett has cashed 6 times in the 41st World Series of Poker: $ 141,168 for 7th place in Event #52 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed, $25,838 for 17th place in Event #45 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, $5,620 for 22nd place in Event #39 $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout, $505,725 for 2nd place in Event #17 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em, $11,694 for 40th place in Event #11 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em,$3,792 for 100th place in Event #8 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em.
In late 2010 Trickett, alongside the likes of Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan
Thomas Dwan Jr. is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr"...
, John Juanda
John Juanda
Johnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:...
and Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey
Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables...
, took part in a series of high stakes cash games in Macau featuring a number of wealthy Chinese businessmen. In an interview in the January 2011 issue of Bluff Europe magazine Trickett revealed that he won approximately £1m in these games and that he is currently learning Mandarin.
In less than a month at the beginning of 2011 Trickett cashed for more than $3 Million in super high buy-in small field no-limit hold'em tournaments. The $100k buy-in super high roller event at PCA, he won the $100k buy-in high roller event at the Aussie Millions and he got second place in the largest buy-in tournament in history at the $250k super high roller event at the Aussie Millions.
On November 13th 2011 Trickett won the partouche poker tour main event in Cannes and won 1,000,000 euros