Kevin MacPhee is an American professional
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...
player. MacPhee is currently living in
Coeur D'Alene and traveling around the world playing in highest level
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...
games.
Early years and poker career
Kevin started playing poker during his college years. But in 2003, after
Chris Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a wor ...
won the main event at the
WSOP
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, he decided to make a transition from
Magic: the Gathering to playing
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...
.
He has been a professional since April 2008, when he broke the
PokerStars
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TLB record and won over $100,000. Ever since he never stopped traveling and playing in live events.
Achievements
In March 2010 Kevin MacPhee won the
EPT Berlin Season 6 Main Event. In an interview he said: ''"I am a luck-sack. What can I say? I ran extremely good and I had the nuts every time someone played back at me."'' He was 29 years old by that time. This was his first huge
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...
success. He has more than 20 notable
EPT cashes as he is seen in almost each
EPT season since 2008.
In June 2015 he got his first
bracelet
A bracelet is an article of jewellery that is worn around the wrist. Bracelets may serve different uses, such as being worn as an ornament. When worn as ornaments, bracelets may have a supportive function to hold other items of decoration, suc ...
, winning the ''Event 56: $5,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em'' for $490,900. In October 2015 he won his second
bracelet
A bracelet is an article of jewellery that is worn around the wrist. Bracelets may serve different uses, such as being worn as an ornament. When worn as ornaments, bracelets may have a supportive function to hold other items of decoration, suc ...
, winning the WSOP Europe Main Event for $1,001,577.
As of June 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,500,000.
Kevin MacPhee was the
EPT Player's Choice Award Winner for 2010.
References
American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
European Poker Tour winners
People from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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