Brett Jungblut is an American professional
poker player, born in
Atlantic City, New Jersey and based in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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. With only one class left to graduate college, Jungblut dropped out to pursue his dream as a professional poker player.
Jungblut attended
Voorhees High School, graduated in 1997.
Jungblut began playing
tournament poker in 2002. Since then he has over twenty
in the money
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tournament finishes including first-place finishes at the
Bicycle Casino's ''Winnin' o' the Green''
limit Texas hold 'em
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event and the
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP)
Omaha Hi-Lo
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World championship in
2004.
Jungblut was a former member of "The Crew" alongside
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman (born 1980 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Poker career
Fischman grew up in South Jersey and moved to Las Vegas at the age of 12. He was introduced to poker by a ...
,
Dutch Boyd, Joe Bartholdi and others.
Jungblut helped organize the first Los Angeles Youth Network All In For The Kids" benefit poker tournament, raising funds for building new housing facilities and schools for homeless children.
Since 2005, Jungblut has been teaching poker strategy via his ''Pro Poker School'' website. In 2009, Jungblut signed on as a team pro with Lock Poker.
As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $440,000.
Card Player tournament results
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American poker players
Living people
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Year of birth missing (living people)
American people of German descent
People from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Voorhees High School alumni