Aaron Mermelstein

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Aaron Mermelstein
Aaron Mermelstein (2015)
Aaron Mermelstein (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 30, 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States Philadelphia
Nickname
aaronmermelPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Miami
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 712,305
Total prize money $ 3,320,915
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 26th
Best main event 426th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 15th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: June 28, 2020

Aaron Mermelstein (born April 30, 1987 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time champions of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Mermelstein's parents emigrated from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the United States in the late 1970s and settled in Philadelphia . He attended Pennsylvania State University and earned a degree in business administration . Mermelstein lives in Miami .

Poker career

Mermelstein learned the game as a teenager and began playing online poker on the Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars platforms under the nickname aaronmermel while in college . Since 2010 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

In July 2013 Mermelstein was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and occurred in two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. Mid-November 2014, he won a Deepstack tournament of Borgata Poker Open event in Atlantic City and received around 40,000 US dollars . In the same place, Mermelstein prevailed against 988 other players at the main event of the World Poker Tour at the end of January 2015 and secured a prize of more than 710,000 US dollars. In September 2015, he won the WPT Maryland Live! won his second WPT title in Hanover and received over $ 250,000 in prize money. Mermelstein finished the main event of the Borgata Spring Poker Open at the end of April 2016 in second place for around 200,000 US dollars. In June 2016, he also took second place at the main event of the Hollywood Poker Open at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, which was endowed with over 200,000 US dollars. In mid-April 2019, Mermelstein won the high roller of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood , Florida , and received a prize of just under $ 620,000 as a result of a deal with Alex Foxen .

Overall, Mermelstein has earned more than three million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Aaron Mermelstein  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Aaron Mermelstein Battles Whirlwind of Adversity En Route To Becoming a WPT Champ on pokernews.com from September 1, 2015, accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Aaron Mermelstein in the Global Poker Index database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ PokerStars SCOOP: Win for BongBob, $ 173K for Manni1822 on pokerfirma.com on May 8, 2018, accessed June 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b Aaron Mermelstein in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 54)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em - Little One Drop (Event 58)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ Borgata Fall Poker Open ($ 260 + 40 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Event # 11) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Borgata Winter Open ($ 3,300 + 200 No Limit Hold'em WPT Winter Open # 19) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  9. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Maryland Live! ($ 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em WPT Main Event) on the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  10. ↑ Borgata Spring Poker Open ($ 2,500 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ Hollywood Poker Open ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
  12. ↑ Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 23)) on the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Mermelstein, Aaron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES aaronmermel (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States