Mohsin Charania

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohsin Charania
Mohsin Charania (2019)
Mohsin Charania (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth February 27, 1985
place of birth CanadaCanada Guelph
Nicknames
0
0
0
sms9231PokerStars

fivebetfoldpartypoker

chicagocards1Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker & UltimateBet

bubbletea3WSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States Des Plaines
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,782,343
Total prize money $ 6,234,853
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 58
Best main event 597th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 28
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 5
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: July 27, 2020

Mohsin Charania (born February 27, 1985 in Guelph , Ontario , Canada ) is a professional American poker player . He won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker , twice the Main Event of the World Poker Tour and once the Main Event of the European Poker Tour , making him one of nine poker players who have completed the so-called Triple Crown .

Personal

Charania moved to Chicago with his Shiite family before his first birthday . There he grew up in simple circumstances. After graduating from school, he studied finance at the University of Illinois . Charania has a photographic memory . He lives in Des Plaines .

Poker career

Charania's first encounter with poker was at a friend's house with whom he was watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN sports network . He started playing cash games with friends for small stakes. After a short time, Charania visited casinos in the area on weekends to play with higher limits. At age 21, traveled Charania first time in Las Vegas , where he held a bankroll from around 200,000 US dollars built. Charania plays online under the nicknames sms9231 ( PokerStars ) , fivebetfold ( partypoker ) and chicagocards1 ( Full Tilt Poker , Absolute Poker and UltimateBet ) .

Charania first cashed in the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in December 2008 and finished 26th in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas for over 40,000 US dollars in prize money. In June 2009 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and reached the money ranks in three tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the end of April 2012, Charania won the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Monte-Carlo with a prize money of 1.35 million euros . In October 2013 he secured his first WPT title in Paris as well as almost 330,000 euros in prize money. In mid-December 2014, Charania won another WPT Main Event and received a bonus of around 1.2 million US dollars for winning the Five Diamond World Poker Classic . At the 2017 WSOP , he won a No Limit Hold'em tournament , securing a bracelet and more than $ 350,000 in prize money. With his win, Charania became the sixth player to secure tournament titles in all three major tournament series WSOP, WPT and EPT. This feat is known as the Triple Crown and has now been achieved by eight poker players.

In total, Charania has earned more than $ 6 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Mohsin Charania  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A Poker Life - Mohsin Charania on cardplayer.com from August 5, 2012, accessed on July 5, 2016 (English).
  2. ^ Mohsin Charania in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on July 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ chicagocards1 ( Memento from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the PocketFives database, accessed on January 24, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ 2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Doyle Brunson Classic) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Mohsin Charania in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ EPT - 8 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ Rendez vous a Paris - BWIN WPT Grand Prix de Paris (€ 7,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em WPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 52)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Charania, Mohsin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES sms9231 (nickname); fivebetfold (nickname); chicagocards1 (nickname); bubbletea3 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Guelph , Ontario , Canada