Daniel Weinman (born February 3, 1988) is an American professional poker player from
Atlanta, Georgia. He won the
World Series of Poker Main Event in
2023
Events
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Career
Weinman graduated from
Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009 with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as an engineer before beginning his poker career.
Weinman made his first WSOP final table in
2012
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in a Pot Limit Hold'em event. In 2015, he won a
WSOP Circuit The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
All Championship events are competed in no limit Texas hold 'em; preliminary even ...
event in
Cherokee, North Carolina
Cherokee ( chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, translit=Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain County, North Carolina, Swain and Jackson County, North Carolina, Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundar ...
for $280,000.
Weinman won two
World Poker Tour events in 2017. He first beat out a field of 1,312 players to win the Borgata Winter Poker Open in February, earning $892,000. He later won the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions in April for $381,500.
At the
2022 WSOP, Weinman had 19 cashes and made three final tables. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, earning $255,000, and finished second to
Daniel Zack
Daniel "Dan" Zack (born either 1992 or 1993) is an American professional poker player from Princeton, New Jersey. He was the 2022 World Series of Poker
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for WSOP Player of the Year.
Weinman first cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 2021, finishing in 173rd place. In 2023, he won a three-way all-in pot with pocket jacks against pocket kings and pocket queens and entered the final table in third chip position with 81,700,000. He beat Steven Jones on the 164th hand of the final table and 24th of heads-up with when both players hit a pair of jacks on the flop to win the bracelet and $12,100,000 top prize in the largest Main Event field in history.
Personal life
Weinman is an avid golfer and plays to a scratch handicap. He played in a qualifier for the
U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship The U.S. Mid-Amateur, often called the Mid-Am for short, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers, organized by the USGA.
It was first played in at Bellerive Country Club in Creve Coeur, Missouri, ...
in 2023.
World Series of Poker bracelets
References
External links
Card Player profileGlobal Poker Index profileHendon Mob profilePokerNews profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1988 births
American poker players
World Series of Poker Circuit event winners
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
World Series of Poker Main Event winners
Living people