Bryn Kenney (born November 1, 1986) is an American professional

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Poker career

Kenney played ''

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'' competitively before transitioning to poker. His first live cash was in 2007 at the East Coast Poker Championships. Kenney won his first WSOP bracelet in 2014 after winning the $1,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed event, which earned him $153,220. In 2016, Kenney defeated 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Joe McKeehen heads-up at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure $100K Super High Roller event winning $1,687,800. After placing 2nd to Aaron Zang in the £1,050,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Triton Million for Charity Event, Kenney received the largest single payout in live poker tournament history of £16,890,509 ($20,563,324). The tournament had the largest scheduled single payout in poker tournament history with first place receiving £19,000,000 ($23,100,000). However, due to a prize splitting deal agreed with Zang, Kenney ended up receiving £16,890,509 ($20,563,324) for 2nd while Zang received the smaller prize of £13,779,491 ($16,775,820) for winning the tournament. The deal was made when the tournament entered heads up with Kenney holding an over 5:1 chip lead against Zang. Zang made a comeback and eventually won the tournament. Kenney is ranked 4th on the

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and 1st on the Hendon Mob All-Time Money List as of August 3, 2019. As of August 2020, his live tournament winnings exceed $55,000,000.

World Series of Poker

References

External links

Bryn Kenney Hendon Mob profile

Bryn Kenney Global Poker Index profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenney, Bryn 1986 births American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from Long Beach, New York Living people