Dan Smith (poker player)
| Dan Smith | |
|---|---|
 Dan at the tables playing poker | |
| Nickname(s) | King Dan, Truck Dan |
| Residence | Manalapan, NJ |
| Born | February 23, 1989 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 23 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 20th, 2014 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 4 |
Dan Smith (born February 23, 1989 in Manalapan, NJ) is an American professional poker player. [2]
Poker
Dan left college in 2007 to pursue poker full-time. His first cash and victory was in 2008 when he won the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in New York for $101,960. Smith's biggest tournament cash to date came in June 2014 when he won the Bellagio Super High Roller €100,000 buy-in event with a grand prize of $2,044,766. He has over 74 cashes in live poker tournaments and has won over $10,000,000.[3]
2012 was the turning point of Smith's career. He started the year by winning Aussie Millions 100k Challenge event for $1,012,000 AUD.[4] He went on a tear in April at the EPT Monte Carlo Series. In a span of 5 days, he won 3 separate €5000 events for a combined €520,980.[5]
In August of that year he captured the €962,925 first-place prize of the Season 9 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller.[6]
He has had multiple strong showings during the WSOP, in 2015 he finished 3rd in the $10,000 PLO for $369,564 and in 2014 he finished 20th in the $10,000 Main Event for $286,900. In 2012 he got 7th place in the Partouche Poker tour for €178,496 [7]
All in all, he won six tournaments in 2012 and eventually won the 2012 GPI POY [8] and finished runner up in the cardplayer POY to Greg Merson [9] and also runner up in the Bluff Poy to Marvin Rettenmaier [10]
In December 2013 Dan took down the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1,161,135.[11]
In July 2016 He finished 2nd in WSOP $ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for One Drop for $ 3,078,974.[12]
In September 2014 he was ranked 1st in the world by the Global poker index.[13]
As of August 2016, Smith's live tournament winnings exceed $14,430,000.[14]