Dan Kelly (poker player)
Encyclopedia
Daniel J. Kelly is an American professional poker
player from Potomac, Maryland
who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker
in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $1,315,518.
Kelly is currently a Mechanical Engineering
Senior at Villanova University
. He is also a sponsored professional poker player as one of Doyle's 10 at the online card-room Doyles Room
.
in a heads up battle after surviving a final table which included Frank Kassela
(3rd), Jason Somerville (4th), Mikael Thuritz (5th) and Eugene Katchalov
(6th). Kelly also has three other cashes at the 2010 WSOP in the first year he was of legal age to play.
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000.
, wrote "Dan "djk123" Kelly had been one of the more-hyped rookies heading into the WSOP, and his performance in this event simply proved all the critics right."
In an interview in Bluff Magazine
by Ryan Nelson, the World Series of Poker Europe
Main Event winner Annette "Annette 15" Obrestad
was asked who she would least like to have position
on her, she mention four players, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi
, Chad "lilholdem954" Batista, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron
and Dan "djk123" Kelly, she said of Kelly in particular "djk123 always owns me!"
In an article in ESPN poker about 2010 WSOP where Kelly won he first bracelet, Gary Wise wrote "Jason Somerville described him prior to the final table as "One of the greatest tournament players in history," a sentiment that seems to be shared by many in the online community."
In the PokerStars
$215 Sunday Warm-Up, an online poker tournament that began on March 28, 2010, Kelly finished second for $109,300.30
In June 2009, he placed second in the PokerStars' $530 "Sunday 500" tournament, earning $68,900.
(WCOOP), He cashed a total of 11 times in the 2009 WCOOP and won two titles, one in the $215 Razz event earning $53,410.01 and the other in the $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. event, earning $252,350. Also that year he made the final table at the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event along with the eventual winner Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko
, Kelly finished in fourth for $643,200 and due to his overall achievements that year, he won the 2009 WCOOP Player of the Year award.
At the 2011 WCOOP Kelly playing out of the country of Malta
won his third WCOOP title in Event 37, the $109 8-Game for $23,529. This was the first WCOOP held by PokerStars
after the events of Black Friday 2011.
as "imabigkidnow", and on the site he won a Full Tilt Online Poker Series
title in the FTOPS X Event #14 $216 No Limit Hold ‘em Turbo, earning $104,869.80. In the next series in the FTOPS XI Event #17 No Limit Hold'em 6-max with Rebuy, he came in third, earning $116,661.60.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player from Potomac, Maryland
Potomac, Maryland
Potomac is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named for the nearby Potomac River. The population was 44,822 at the 2000 census. The Potomac area is known for its very affluent and highly-educated residents. In 2009 CNNMoney.com listed Potomac as the fourth...
who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker
2010 World Series of Poker
The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker , held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship that began on July 5...
in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $1,315,518.
Kelly is currently a Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Senior at Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
. He is also a sponsored professional poker player as one of Doyle's 10 at the online card-room Doyles Room
Doyles Room
Doyles Room is an online poker room founded in 2004. Originally on the Tribeca Poker Network , DoylesRoom moved to the Microgaming Poker Network in 2007, then to the Cake Poker Network in January 2009, and most recently to the Yatahay Network in January 2011.Named for Doyle Brunson, the 10-time...
.
World Series of Poker
At the 2010 World Series of Poker, Kelly won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, collecting $1,315,518 in prizemoney. He defeated Shawn BuchananShawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan is a Canadian poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, earning $768,775....
in a heads up battle after surviving a final table which included Frank Kassela
Frank Kassela
Frank Kassela is an American professional poker player from Germantown, Tennessee now residing in Las Vegas, who is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He won both of his bracelets at the 2010 World Series of Poker. First in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better...
(3rd), Jason Somerville (4th), Mikael Thuritz (5th) and Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov is an American professional poker player raised in Brooklyn, New York since age 10.Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour , earning $2,482,605 with a win of the 2007 Doyle...
(6th). Kelly also has three other cashes at the 2010 WSOP in the first year he was of legal age to play.
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Event | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 2010 World Series of Poker The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker , held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship that began on July 5... |
$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | $1,315,518 |
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000.
Online poker
In a July 2010 article by Andrew Feldman of ESPNESPN
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, wrote "Dan "djk123" Kelly had been one of the more-hyped rookies heading into the WSOP, and his performance in this event simply proved all the critics right."
In an interview in Bluff Magazine
Bluff Magazine
Bluff Magazine is an American magazine specializing in the game of poker. Separate editions are also published for Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Australasia....
by Ryan Nelson, the World Series of Poker Europe
World Series of Poker Europe
The World Series of Poker Europe is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker...
Main Event winner Annette "Annette 15" Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian poker player. Obrestad is the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker Europe bracelet...
was asked who she would least like to have position
Position (poker)
Position in poker refers to the order in which players are seated around the table and the related poker strategy implications. Players who act first are in "early position"; players who act later are in "late position". A player "has position" on opponents acting before him and is "out of...
on her, she mention four players, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi
Sorel Mizzi
Sorel Mizzi is a professional poker player. Mizzi plays online poker under the names of "Imper1um" and "Zangbezan24"...
, Chad "lilholdem954" Batista, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron
Isaac Baron
Isaac Baron an American professional poker player from Menlo Park, California. He was the winner of the first Card Player Magazine Online Poker Player of the Year Award in 2007.-Online poker:...
and Dan "djk123" Kelly, she said of Kelly in particular "djk123 always owns me!"
In an article in ESPN poker about 2010 WSOP where Kelly won he first bracelet, Gary Wise wrote "Jason Somerville described him prior to the final table as "One of the greatest tournament players in history," a sentiment that seems to be shared by many in the online community."
- Some of Kelly's online poker tournament achievements include:
In the PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
$215 Sunday Warm-Up, an online poker tournament that began on March 28, 2010, Kelly finished second for $109,300.30
In June 2009, he placed second in the PokerStars' $530 "Sunday 500" tournament, earning $68,900.
World Championship of Online Poker
Kelly known on PokerStars as "djk123" at the World Championship of Online PokerWorld Championship of Online Poker
The World Championship of Online Poker is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars. It is played on the PokerStars site in September....
(WCOOP), He cashed a total of 11 times in the 2009 WCOOP and won two titles, one in the $215 Razz event earning $53,410.01 and the other in the $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. event, earning $252,350. Also that year he made the final table at the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event along with the eventual winner Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko is an American poker player. Born in 1988 in Kharkiv, Ukraine Timoshenko moved to Mukilteo, Washington when he was 8 years old...
, Kelly finished in fourth for $643,200 and due to his overall achievements that year, he won the 2009 WCOOP Player of the Year award.
At the 2011 WCOOP Kelly playing out of the country of Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
won his third WCOOP title in Event 37, the $109 8-Game for $23,529. This was the first WCOOP held by PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
after the events of Black Friday 2011.
Full Tilt Online Poker Series
Kelly is known on Full Tilt PokerFull Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is an online poker card room that opened in June 2004 with the involvement of poker professionals Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson...
as "imabigkidnow", and on the site he won a Full Tilt Online Poker Series
Full Tilt Online Poker Series
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is an online poker tournament series sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. It was established in August 2006 and is held approximately every three months....
title in the FTOPS X Event #14 $216 No Limit Hold ‘em Turbo, earning $104,869.80. In the next series in the FTOPS XI Event #17 No Limit Hold'em 6-max with Rebuy, he came in third, earning $116,661.60.