Patrick "Pat" Poels (born 1968) is an American professional

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player from

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and a two-time

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winner. He currently leads the engineering team at Snyk as the company's SVP of Engineering, and formerly led engineering for

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as the company's CTO. Poels won the 2005

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(WSOP) $1500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better

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earning $270,100, defeating two-time bracelet winner John Lukas in the heads-up play. Then a year later he won his second bracelet in the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event.

. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000.

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References

External links

AZcentral.com – The Arizona Republic article

LaunchPoker.com – profile
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