Mohsin Charania discovered poker through friends while studying finance at the University of Illinois. Since then he's earned over $3.5 million playing online as "Chicagocards1" and just over $500,000 playing live tournaments.
In 2010, Charania won Event #20 in the PokerStars SCOOP series where he plays as "sms9231". The victory earned him $380,364, the biggest prize of his online career. Charania's first live cash was in 2008, in a $300 tournament at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Since then he's racked up nine WSOP cashes and six WPT scores, including the biggest payday of his career so far which came by way of a sixth-place finish at the 2010 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Casino, good for $104,741. Charania has one previous EPT cash- a €15,000 46th-place run at EPT Deauville in February. Charania is already guaranteed the biggest result of his live career here in Monaco. Charania has spent the last two months traveling the live tournament circuit with close friend Faraz Jaka, who finished third in the 2012 PCA main event.
Mohsin Charania
chicagocards1
United States, Chicago
| WSOP Bracelets | EPT Wins | WPT Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total Winnings | GPI |
|---|---|
| $2,706,863 | 2601.88 12th (11th) |
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Covered Events
| Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 World Series of Poker Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 6th | $72,208 |
| 2013 World Series of Poker Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix | 38th | $4,784 |
| 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 Main Event | 20th | $56,000 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 13th | €5,428 |
| 2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris Main Event | 5th | €95,615 |
| 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event | 123rd | €8,400 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 356th | $2,079 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 225th | $3,079 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 166th | $3,719 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker Event 28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed | 11th | $19,741 |
| The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event | 1st | €1,350,000 |
| 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville Main Event | 46th | €15,000 |
| 2011 World Series of Poker Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 54th | $8,809 |
| 2011 World Series of Poker Event #10: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 45th | $7,413 |
| 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond Regional Championship | 23rd | $19,400 |
| 2010 World Series of Poker Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em | 212nd | $2,387 |
| 2010 World Series of Poker Event #17: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 33rd | $20,845 |
| 2010 World Series of Poker Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 386th | $1,877 |
| 2009 World Series of Poker Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em | 10th | $57,645 |
| 2009 World Series of Poker Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 19th | $19,234 |
| 2009 World Series of Poker Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 60th | $10,159 |
