Get to Know Run Good Team Pro Ryan Tepen
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Ryan Tepen, who is doing quite well here on Day 1a, began playing poker in college when his fraternity brother introduced him to the game in a free bar league.
"A year later, four members of The Crew came into our bar league doing a charity for breast cancer. I became friends with them, and started playing online after watching them play for hours," Tepen says. "After a trip to PCA my senior year in college, I decided to pursue it professionally after college. Bouncing in and out as a semi professional, I finally went full time into poker in 2012."
Tepen has amassed $572,411 in live earnings, with his biggest score coming in June 2013 when he finished runner-up to Ana Marquez in the Hollywood Poker Open $2,500 Main Event in Vegas for $197,806. He also won a 2012 LAPC $125 No-Limit Hold'em Rebuy tournament for $50,025, and finished ninth in the 2015 WSOP Circuit $1,675 Main Event at Choctaw Durant for $34,981.
"There have been many challenges and obstacles throughout the years, but with a great group of friends, I have been able to fight through adversity and continue to do what I love as my job" Tepen adds. "As far as poker goes, I've worked long and hard to be good at every form of poker, so I'm more of a mixed game player."
*Biography and photo courtesy of Run Good Gear.