Matthew "Matt" Glantz (born November 26, 1971) is a professional

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player from

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. Glantz has had success at the

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and other poker tournaments. At the

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, Glantz finished runner-up to Andre Boyer, which was also his highest finish in a WSOP tournament, in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event which earned him $364,620. His biggest cash at the World Series of Poker was in 2008, where he finished 4th in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship and earned $568,320. On October 2, 2009, he won the European Poker Tour High Roller tournament in London for $86,653,070. As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings are almost $30,700,000. His 11 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,342,247, of those winnings.World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com Glantz has two children: A daughter named Avery and a son named Harrison.

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1971 births American poker players People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Living people {{poker-stub