Sam Trickett
| Samuel Trickett | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Tricky |
| Hometown | East Retford |
| Born | 2 July 1986 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
None |
| Information accurate as of 2010-7-2. | |
Sam Trickett (born on 2 July 1986 in East Retford, United Kingdom) is a professional poker player. He started playing poker in 2005 after suffering a knee injury that ended his career as a semi-professional soccer player. Sam soon became a regular in poker events in Sheffield. He started playing also online in $10 Sit ‘n’ Go’s. In 2008, Trickett played at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Vegas and finished fourth in the $5,000 No Limit event for $245,000.
He won Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event in 2008 taking $210,000 in prize money.
He is considered to be one of the best UK high stakes cash games players.[who?][1]
Since March, 2010, Trickett is sponsored by Titan Poker.[2]
Trickett has cashed 6 times in the 41st World Series of Poker: $ 141,168 for 7th place in Event #52 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed, $25,838 for 17th place in Event #45 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, $5,620 for 22nd place in Event #39 $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout, $505,725 for 2nd place in Event #17 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em, $11,694 for 40th place in Event #11 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em,$3,792 for 100th place in Event #8 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em.[3][4]
In late 2010 Trickett, alongside the likes of Tom Dwan, John Juanda and Phil Ivey, took part in a series of high stakes cash games in Macau featuring a number of wealthy Chinese businessmen. In an interview in the January 2011 issue of Bluff Europe magazine Trickett revealed that he won approximately £1m in these games and that he is currently learning Mandarin. [5]
In less than a month at the beginning of 2011 Trickett cashed for more than $3 Million in super high buy-in small field no-limit hold'em tournaments. The $100k buy-in super high roller event at PCA, he won the $100k buy-in high roller event at the Aussie Millions and he got second place in the largest buy-in tournament in history at the $250k super high roller event at the Aussie Millions. [6] On November 13th 2011 Trickett won the partouche poker tour main event in Cannes and won 1,000,000 euros [7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sam Trickett Results
- ^ Titan Poker Pro Team Sam Trickett
- ^ Sam Trickett runner up in event #17 of WSOP 2010
- ^ Sam Trickett Results
- ^ "Sam Trickett and the Macau Big Game". Bluff Europe: pp. 30–37. January 2011. http://www.bluffeurope.com/interview/en/Sam-Trickett-and-the-Macau-Big-Game_9698.aspx. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ Sam Trickett Results
- ^ [1]
