Jason DeWitt (born September 20, 1983) is a professional

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player from

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who won the

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$5,000 No Limit Hold'em event. and the 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 Millionaire Maker.

Early life

Jason DeWitt started playing poker with friends in 2004, when he worked at a local

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Super Market. He quickly discovered he had a knack for Texas Hold 'em. He would play with friends and realized he was winning quite often. He decided to start training, reading books and joined online forums to improve his game. He eventually built up a large enough bankroll that allowed him to quit his day job. After six months as a professional, Jason won two online tournaments on Christmas for $90,000. By 2006, Jason had over $250,000 in online winnings, which allowed him to play in live tournaments during the Summer

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series. He quickly started seeing success live and online, with total winnings of over $1,000,000 by 2009. To date, Jason has over $4,500,000 in combined online/live winnings.

Live poker

Jason DeWitt has appeared at 7

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(

) final tables. DeWitt's

final tables consist of the following: *2006

$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event (6th place); *2009

$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event (3rd place); *2009

$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (2nd place); *2010

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'em (1st place); *2013

$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8th place); *2016

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em (1st place); *2017

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (5th place); Additionally, DeWitt has 2 final table appearances at WSOP Circuit events, 1 final table at a

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event and 1 final table at a Heartland Poker Tour event. DeWitt's WSOP Circuit, WPT and Heartland Poker Tour final tables consist of the following: *2008

Circuit- $5,150 No-Limit Hold 'em Circuit Championship (8th place) *2008 Heartland Poker Tour Main Event- 2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em (2nd place) *2011

Main Event- $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'em (9th place) *2012

Circuit- $565 No-Limit Hold 'em (9th place) As of 2017, Jason's total live tournament winnings exceed $3,000,000 and his online winnings exceed $1,500,000

World Series of Poker bracelets

At the 2012 WSOP, Jason DeWitt had a confrontation with then UltimateBet spokesperson Annie Duke when she joined his table, cussing her. He explained his attitude in an interview done on Youtube Channel QuadJacks.

Online Poker

DeWitt plays under the screen name “''TheMasterJ33''” on

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Personal life

Jason resides in

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where he focuses on his professional career as a poker player, sports bettor and investor. Jason DeWitt graduated from

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(MHS) with follow MHS alumnus

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in 2002. DeWitt has a dog named Buddy that is central in his life and is mentioned in any important poker interview, including after his Milly Maker chat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dewitt, Jason Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners American poker players People from Granger, Indiana People from Mishawaka, Indiana 1983 births