Matthew Jarvis
After a number of odd jobs, Jarvis discovered that he could make a living playing online poker. He won several online tournaments since 2008, including one with a payout in excess of $100,000. Offline, Jarvis has also placed in the money at a number of smaller events. In 2008, he finished 11th in the 2008 Coast to Coast Poker Championships, eighth in the Friday No-Limit Hold'em Tournament and third in the Pacific Poker Shootout.http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/matt-jarvis.htm
Continuing into 2009, Jarvis played in two Deep Stack Extravaganza events, finishing 20th in a June 2009 event and 22nd one month later. He won nearly $20,000 later that year as the 11th-place finisher in the British Columbia Poker Championships. More recently, Jarvis played in several events at the Venetian Deepstack 2010, finishing in the top 35 in three events to pocket over $10,000.http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/matt-jarvis.htm Just before the 2010 World Series of Poker, Jarvis' father Norm, who is a retired professional golfer was diagnosed with cancer. Despite wanting to stay close to home, Jarvis traveled to Las Vegas for the WSOP on his father's wishes.http://www.wsop.com/news/2010/Jul/3008/MATTHEW-JARVIS.html
updated 2010-11-10 02:45:44
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Jonathan Duhamel
Jonathan Duhamel hails from Canada, and resides in Boucherville, Quebec. Before competing as a professional poker player, Duhamel held a job in a factory, packaging magazines before they went out for distribution. At one time, he worked picking strawberries for $3 an hour.http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hvyE4cZDu9xw49eA7ur3JRBwtkOg?docId=5085408
Duhamel left college, where he was a finance major, in order to pursue a professional poker career. In 2001, he placed ninth in the limit hold'em event at the World Poker Finals. Duhamel returned to prominence in 2006 after placing 47th in the Empire State Poker Series no-limit hold'em event. Continuing in the United States, Duhamel finished ninth in the East Coast Poker Championship, winning $1,358 in the no-limit hold'em bounty event.http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/jonathan-duhamel/25313/player-profile.asp
He nearly reached the final table at the PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Prague in late 2008, taking home 42,800 pounds from a buy-in or 5,000 pounds. Duhamel also finished in the money at the 2010 PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in the Caribbean, finishing 151st for $17,500.http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/jonathan-duhamel/25313/player-profile.asp
updated 2010-11-10 02:20:02
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Filippo Candio
Candio broke into the professional ranks in late 2009 playing primarily in Europe. His first major finish came on the Italian Rounders Poker Tour in the 2009 championship when he placed 18th to win $1,191. Just over a month later he added another $10,759 to his winnings by coming in seconds at the PokerStars.com IPT in San Remo. Continuing on the PokerStars circuit, Candio took 97th at the PokerStars EPT Deauville in season six for a prize of $11,620 in the no-limit hold'em championship in early 2010, plus two other money finishes later in the season.http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/filippo-candio.htm
In addition to winning the Italian Pro Championship for 140,000 pounds, Candio more than doubled his buy-in at the 2010 World Series of Poker event #11, paying $1,500 to play and coming in 157th for a prize of $3,460. Candio also is successful away from the table operating his own line of poker-themed clothing.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=93992
updated 2010-11-10 02:59:54
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Joseph Cheong
After moving from South Korea to the United States at the age of four, Cheong earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a second joint bachelor's degree in math and economics from the University of California, San Diego. Cheong has played professionally since 2008 with total World Series of Poker earnings in excess of $50,000 before the 2010 main event.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=76052
The majority of his success came during the 2009-10 World Series of Poker Circuit. After 28th-place and 33rd-place finishes at no-limit hold'em stops at Harrah's in Atlantic City, Cheong won a no-limit hold'em circuit event at Harrah's Rincon in March 2010 to take home $17,541. Just six days later, he won another $1,003 at another event at the same casino for placing 11th.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=76052
updated 2010-11-10 01:54:56
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Jason Senti
After working as an electrical engineer, Senti quit his job in 2008 to focus on playing poker professionally. As a member of Team PokerStars, Senti specializes in online poker, playing in no-limit hold'em cash games on the popular site. Prior to the 2010 main event, Senti had finished in the money in just a single World Series of Poker event, taking 21st place for $17,987 in event #29, the world championship heads-up no-limit hold'em event at the 2009 World Series of Poker.http://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/jason-senti-wsop-2010-november-nine
Away from the poker table, Senti is married and lives with his wife in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In his spare time, he plays the guitar in a rock band named Suburban Hero.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=62210
updated 2010-11-12 15:09:51
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John Racener
John Racener was 24 years of age at the time of the 2010 World Series of Poker. He hails from Port Richey, Florida.http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail/bloggers-corner/2010-wsop-november-guide When he was 18 years old, his mother allowed him $50 to bet on Internet poker, and after that $50 became $30,000 he graduated to Sunday tournaments. He ended up winning the biggest Internet first place prize ever recorded (at the time).http://www.johnracener.com/?page_id=2
Racener began playing in live games at the age of 21. On his 21st birthday, he finished third in a World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah's in Atlantic City, taking home $103,527. Racener earned his first World Series of Poker money in 2007, finishing 47th in no-limit hold'em event #28 to win $16,766 and 25th in no-limit hold'em six-handed event #45 to take in $379,392.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=24190
Racener continued on the WSOP Circuit in the years since, including a first-place finish in late 2007 and second-place finish in early 2008. He went on to take sixth place at the 2008 World Series of Poker in an Ohaha/seven-card stud hi-low eight-or-better event as well as four finishes in the money during various events at the 2009 World Series of Poker.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=24190
updated 2010-11-10 02:28:48
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Daniel Negreanu
Online poker site, PokerStars, sponsors a number of professional poker players, including Negreanu. Other members of "Team PokerStars" include Hevad Khan, Chad Brown, Gavin Griffin and Chris Moneymaker.
Negreanu will appear as one of the professional poker players on the Fox reality series PokerStars Big Game, along with Vanessa Rousso and others. The show features "Loose Cannon" players selected from online tournaments who will then compete against professional players.
In 2009, Negreanu posted a challenge for himself on the PokerStars blog. Starting with only a $10 stake, he claimed that he was attempting to earn $10,000. Among the "rules" Negreanu has set for his experiment are that he would only play with a buy-in of 1/5 his total bankroll and that he would only play in No-Limit Hold 'Em cash games.http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/players/daniel_negreanu/2009/daniel-negreaus-10-challenge-035708.html
updated 2010-07-17 02:44:25
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Soi Nguyen
Prior to the 2010 World Series of Poker, Nguyen only played in three live poker tournaments. He admits that he rarely plays poker, either live or online, but is successful when he does play. Along with his 12-year-old son, Nguyen resides in Santa Ana, California. He stated that he fully intended to return to his job after the Main Event concludes in November, however, he took the time between July and November to refine his play.http://www.pokerlistings.com/2010-november-nine-soi-nguyen-24925
Nguyen is described as an aggressive player. His only other finish in the money came in 2009 at the L.A. Poker Classic. On day seven of the 2010 Main Event, Nguyen turned heads when he crippled former chip leader Theo Jorgensen by winning a 20 million pot.http://www.pokerlistings.com/2010-november-nine-soi-nguyen-24925
updated 2010-11-19 02:45:11
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Michael Mizrachi
Among Mizrachi's notable finishes include his first time cashing out in the money at the 2004 World Series of Poker after placing 11th in the $1,500 no-limit hold'em event to win $12,620. He continued his winning streak on the 2005-06 WSOP Circuit in Las Vegas, Nevada, placing second at an event at Harrah's, second in an event at Paris/Bally's and fourth at an event at Caesars Palace. Mizrachi has also won two World Poker Tour titles and in 2006 was named the "Cardplayer of the Year."http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=1502
Mizrachi returned to the World Series of Poker in each year since 2004, finishing third in event #50 in 2008 for a cash prize of $331,279. After winning event #2 in the 2010 WSOP, Mizrachi also took home $68,949 as the sixth-place finisher in event #10, $49,732 as the eighth-place finisher in event #29 and $6,324 as the 26th-place finisher in event #48.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=1502
