Robert Campbell (poker player)

Robert Campbell
Personal information
Year of birth	1984
place of birth	Melbourne
Nickname	SonicJaxxPokerStars
place of residence	Melbourne
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 385,763
Total prize money	$ 1,360,704
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	27
Best main event	435th ( 2016 )
Last updated: July 22, 2020

Robert "Rob" Campbell (* 1984 in Melbourne ) is a professional Australian poker player . He is a two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and was named Player of the Year in this tournament series in 2019 .

Poker career

Career

Campbell is from Melbourne . He plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname SonicJaxx . Campbell has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2007 and specializes in mixed poker variants .

Campbell won his first live prize money at the Crown Casino in Melbourne . He also won in early February 2013, a tournament of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in 8-Game and received 60,000 Australian dollars . In mid-April 2013, he made the money at the same spot at an event of the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific . In 2015 Campbell was successful for the first time in the main tournament series of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and won a. a. Second place at an event of the HORSE variant, endowed with almost 150,000 US dollars . At the 2016 WSOP , he reached two final tables and won just under $ 200,000 in prize money. In June 2019, he reached four final tables of the 2019 WSOP . He won tournaments in the variants Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better , which earned him bonuses of around 530,000 US dollars and two bracelets . At the end of the tournament series, Daniel Negreanu was initially named Player of the Year at the WSOP 2019. A few days later, the organizers admitted a data error without which Campbell was named Player of the Year. In March 2019 he was named "Breakout Player of the Year 2019" with a Global Poker Award .

In total, Campbell has earned almost $ 1.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Campbell cashed 27 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
2019	0.1500	Limit 2-7 lowball triple draw	467	144.027
	10,000	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	151	385.763

Web links

• Robert Campbell in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Robert Campbell in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Robert Campbell in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Robert Campbell's Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth on somuchpoker.com from November 22, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Robert Campbell in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 3, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Robert Campbell in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
4. ↑ 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 5,000 8 Game) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
5. ↑ World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) (A $ 2,200 Mixed Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
6. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 1,500 HORSE (Event # 24)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
7. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (Event # 33)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
8. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (Event # 67)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 3, 2019.
9. ↑ Bitter error: Robert Campbell is the WSOP Player of the Year, not Daniel Negreanu on pokerfirma.com on November 9, 2019, accessed on November 9, 2019.
10. ↑ Player of the Year on the World Series of Poker website, accessed November 9, 2019.
11. ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.