Bryan Piccioli (born April 11, 1989) is an American professional poker player from

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. A two-time

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winner, he made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in

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. Piccioli attended the

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but left after his sophomore year when he won two online satellites into

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events and earned nearly $40,000. Playing as "theczar19," he has earned more than $4.4 million on

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and was the top-ranked online poker player on PocketFives in May 2011. Piccioli first made a WSOP final table in

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, when he finished in seventh place in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event. His first bracelet came at the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific in

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, prevailing over a field of 1,085 and winning the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Accumulator event for $211,575. He added a second bracelet in a $500 No Limit Hold'em turbo event at the 2021 WSOP Online. In 2016, Piccioli was chip leader after Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event before finishing in 84th place. The next year, he made the final table and finished in sixth place, earning $1,675,000. Piccioli has also made two final tables on the

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, finishing in third place in the Bay 101 Shooting Star in March 2016 and sixth place in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale a month later. As of July 2021, Piccioli's live tournament winnings exceed $4.5 million.

World Series of Poker bracelets

An "A" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Online

References

External links

Hendon Mob profileWSOP.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Piccioli, Bryan 1989 births American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from Cattaraugus County, New York Living people