Taylor Caby (born August 20, 1983) is an American poker player and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of
CardRunners, the poker training website, and a managing partner at Hold'em Manager, the poker analytics software.
Career
Caby was born and raised outside of Chicago, and started playing poker when he was 14 with his family.
During his freshman year of college, and while concurrently employed as a professional lifeguard at Meineke Pool, he deposited money online at
UltimateBet.com
Cereus Poker Network was an online poker network comprising Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. The site is now insolvent and not processing player withdrawals. Cereus is owned by a private company, Blanca Games. Blanca Games bought all Network ass ...
, and turned his initial deposit of $35 into over seven figures. Caby was one of the first "internet players" to gain
online poker fame and established his reputation in the poker world by playing legendary heads-up battles against
Prahlad "Spirit Rock" Friedman.
He graduated from the University of Illinois in 2006 with a degree in finance, but had already started CardRunners, managed from a fraternity room, with Andrew "Muddywater" Wiggins. CardRunners, founded in 2005, quickly grew to be the world's largest poker training website, and in 2007, Caby and Wiggins were approached by Full Tilt Poker. A partnership was launched making several CardRunners instructors Full Tilt Poker red professionals. In 2009, the company had 15 employees and $5 million in revenue.
In 2008, Caby appeared on NBC's
Poker After Dark Cash Game, Nets v. Vets, with
Doyle Brunson,
Gabe Kaplan,
Eli Elezra,
David Benefield
David Benefield (born May 17, 1986) is an American professional poker player considered a high-stakes online cash game specialist who has earnings of over $900,000 from online winnings playing under his name on Full Tilt Poker. He made the World ...
and
Cole South
Cole South (born 1987) is an American professional poker player, author, and entrepreneur from Washington, DC. South is best known for his play online, though he has also made television appearances on ''Poker After Dark'' in season 5 of the sho ...
. He final tabled the 2009
Full Tilt Poker Million and participated in the 2010 Poker Million.
After the Department of Justice forced Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Ultimate Bet out of the United States on April 15, 2011, Caby turned his attention to DraftDay, a fantasy sports site.
See also
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Poker boom
References
External links
*http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-as-a-profession-with-taylor-caby-10152.htm
*https://archive.today/20130118063501/http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/taylor-caby/2273/player-profile.asp
*http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/taylor-caby-interview-11423/
*http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/interview-taylor-green-plastic-caby-225196/
*https://www.twitter.com/taylorcaby
*http://www.cardrunners.com/blog/Taylor
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American poker players
Living people
1983 births