Seat 1: Dan ��jungleman12�� Cates, 24, Maryland, USA - 2,341,000
Cates��s live tournament winnings currently total more than $1.2 million but it��s online where he has really made his name, winning �C and losing �C many millions in the biggest games in the world. He began playing poker when he was 17 and has previously said that he was such a big loser at first that he even took a job at McDonald's to refuel his bankroll. He studied Economics at the University of Maryland before dropping out of college to make poker a full-time career. According to the online poker community ��pocketfives��, Cates had a great start to 2014, making almost $200,000 in the first week of the year and by March was up about $1.75 million. He said just now: ��I am probably down a little bit in April ... I don��t keep track but I��m up a six-figure sum for the year, maybe a seven-figure sum.��
* Bio courtesy of PokerStars
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2,341,000 |