Sean Winter (born December 14, 1990) is an American poker player from

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. Winter's first live tournament cash came in August 2011, when he was still not yet 21 years old. He won the $10,000 Bellagio Cup in 2015 for $562,000, and was runner-up in the $25,000 High Roller at the

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in January 2016, earning $914,000 after a heads-up deal with champion Nick Maimone. In 2019, he won the $5,250 Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 809 players for $698,000. His largest career cash came in 2018, when he earned $2.4 million with a runner-up finish at the partypoker Live $250,000 Super High Roller in the

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. Winter has four wins at the U.S. Poker Open, including consecutive Main Events in

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and

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. After finishing runner-up to David Peters in the previous two series, Winter won the last two events in 2022 to earn the series championship and the Golden Eagle Trophy. At the

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, Winter finished second to

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in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller in

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. He also cashed in the Main Event three straight years between 2013-15. Playing under the name ''nolez7'', Winter finished second to Talal Shakerchi in the Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2016, earning $1,048,000. He also won a

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event that year. As of 2022, Winter is first among players from Florida and in the top-20 among American players with career earnings of more than $21 million.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Sean Living people American poker players People from Jacksonville, Florida 1990 births