Joe Ebanks (born 1984 or 1985) is an American professional poker player from

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. He grew up in

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and as of 2011 resides in

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. He won his first

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at the

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where he made his first final table and had three

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finishes. Half of his six career WSOP in the money finishes are at short-handed events, and all of them are at No Limit

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Career

Prior to his success at the 2011 WSOP, his largest live event prize came in April 2009 at the

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(EPT). That month he won the April 22 $1,309 309-player EPT San Remo – Season V No-Limit Hold'em – Event 4 for a prize of $100,842. This followed his April 1, $4,800 48-player 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic: No-Limit Hold'em – Event 10 victory for a prize of $95,570. Ebanks is a high-caliber online poker player who often final tables huge multi-table tournaments. On more than one occasion he has had two first-place finishes in large online tournaments in the same day including both March 19, 2011 (418-player Super Turbo NL Hold'em $250+16 for $26,125 and 446-player NL Hold'em $150+13 for $18,750) and September 10, 2010 (170-player NL Hold'em+Rebuys $100+9 for $14,450 and 712-player NL Hold'em $100+9 for $13,386) His performance of May 16, 2010 in which he won a 903-player $200 + $15 NL Hold'em event for $44,920 and finished second in a 3497-player $200 + $16 NL Hold'em event for $80,250 may be his greatest online poker accomplishment.

World Series of Poker

His first WSOP in the money finish was an 83rd-place finish in the 2010 4345-player $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event 3 for a prize of $4,731. His first WSOP final table and World Series of Poker Bracelet was a win at the 2011 474-player $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship Event 46 for a prize of $1,158,481. The event was one of only two non-main event million dollar first place prizes in 2011 and was the largest prize until the Pro Players $50,000 event.

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