Bracelet(s) 1 Name Ben Yu | Money finish(es) 32 Final table(s) 4 | |
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Highest ITMMain Event finish 611th, 2014 | ||
The FINAL Chainsaw Report: Kessler Praises Poker Player Ben Yu
Ben Yu (born January 8, 1986) is an American professional poker player, commentator, and writer. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and appeared at six World Series of Poker final tables. Yu, who grew up in Los Angeles, California, attended Stanford University before transitioning into a career in poker.
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- The FINAL Chainsaw Report Kessler Praises Poker Player Ben Yu
- Ben yu sprayable keynote innovation stage bdl accelerate 2016
- Poker career
- World Series of Poker
- References
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Poker career
As of June 2015, Yu has amassed more than $950,000 in live poker tournament earnings, with his 32 cashes at the World Series of Poker accounting for $715,671 of those winnings.
Yu's columns on poker tournament strategy have appeared in Card Player magazine since 2013.
World Series of Poker
Yu's seven cashes at the 2011 World Series of Poker tied him with Kirill Rabtsov for the most in the 2011 series.
At the 2015 World Series of Poker, Yu won the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for $291,456.
Yu's six cashes in World Series of Poker Limit Hold'em events, including three final table finishes, total $454,083, ranking 18th all-time.