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Humberto Brenes

Humberto Brenes at the World Series of Poker
Nickname(s) The Shark
Hometown San José, Costa Rica
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 2
Money finishes 49
Highest ITM main
event finish
4th, 1988
World Poker Tour
Titles None
Final tables 3
Money finishes 4

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Brenes began his career in gambling by playing baccarat, but later made his way into poker. He started to play tournaments in 1974 and became a regular tournament player in 1988. In his career, he has collected two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, cashed over 40 times at the WSOP, and made three World Poker Tour final tables. Brenes's two bracelets came at the 1993 World Series of Poker in limit Texas hold 'em and pot limit Omaha. He tied with Phil Hellmuth, Jr. for highest number of money finishes (eight) in the 2006 WSOP. He also finished first, winning $502,460 at the Jack Binion 2002 World Poker Open, beating Erik Seidel heads up. This article is about the card game. ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Texas hold em involves community cards available to all players (pictured here on the left). ... Omaha hold em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (often referred to as a flop game) similar to Texas hold em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions scheduled for June 28 and 29. ... Erik Seidel (born in New York City) is an American professional poker player. ...


Brenes is one of the most charismatic and popular poker players in the world. His unique dress sense makes him easy to spot at tournaments, as he tends to wear bright tracksuits, two pairs of glasses on top of each other, and a visor. He is also famous for the toy sharks he uses as a card protector, the origin of his nickname. He also is a member of Team PokerStars. Screenshot of the Pokerstars GUI at a real-money table game. ...


Two of his brothers, Alex Brenes and Erick Brenes, have won World Poker Tour titles.


In 2007 Brenes cashed in the money in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship coming in 83rd place out of a field of 6,358 players, winning $82,476. Brenes was eliminated by Hevad Khan. In the hand Brenes with approximately 1,500,000 in chips had raised to 85,000, Khan then re-raised to 205,000, Brenes in dramatic fashion then went all-in holding A♥ K♥ and was instantly called by Khan who held pocket Aces, one of which was a spade. The board came 3♠ 5♠ K♠ 4♦ 10♠ giving Khan the ace high flush. [1] In finance, moneyness is a measure of the degree to which a derivative security is likely to have positive monetary value at its expiration. ... All In was a Korean drama series broadcast by SBS in 2003. ... In poker, certain combinations of cards, or hands, outrank other hands, based on the frequency with which these combinations appear. ...


As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,200,000. [2]


World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1993 $2,500 Limit Hold'em $149,000
1993 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $128,000

The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Omaha hold em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (often referred to as a flop game) similar to Texas hold em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the...

Notes

  1. ^ pokernews.com live report of the 2007 WSOP
  2. ^ Hendon Mob tournament results

External links

  • Team PokerStars profile
  • World Poker Tour profile

  Results from FactBites:
 
Humberto Brenes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (260 words)
Humberto Brenes (born May 8, 1951) is a professional poker player.
Brenes resides in San Jose, Costa Rica with his wife and three children.
Brenes is one of the most charismatic and popular poker players in the world.
Humberto Brenes - Official World Poker Tour Profile (362 words)
Humberto is one of the most popular players on tour, and was a fan-favorite even before his memorable 2nd place finish to Phil "Unabomber" Laak in Season 2's L.A. Invitational tour stop.
While most know Humberto for his colorful attire at the final table and his charisma, Humberto is a skillful poker professional, he has placed in the money at major tournaments over 40 times.
Humberto disproved that statement by placing 4th in his first major tournament, and has continued to be a successful and strong poker player, ultimately becoming the very pro that he was challenged to beat.
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