Seat 1: Dan “jungleman12“ Cates, 24, Maryland, USA - 2,341,000
Cates’s live tournament winnings currently total more than $1.2 million but it’s online where he has really made his name, winning – and losing – many millions in the biggest games in the world. He began playing poker when he was 17 and has previously said that he was such a big loser at first that he even took a job at McDonald's to refuel his bankroll. He studied Economics at the University of Maryland before dropping out of college to make poker a full-time career. According to the online poker community “pocketfives”, Cates had a great start to 2014, making almost $200,000 in the first week of the year and by March was up about $1.75 million. He said just now: “I am probably down a little bit in April ... I don’t keep track but I’m up a six-figure sum for the year, maybe a seven-figure sum.”
* Bio courtesy of PokerStars
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2,341,000 |