Alek Stasiak

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Alek Stasiak
  Personal information  
Nickname
astazzGGPoker
place of residence CanadaCanada Canada
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 17,940
Total prize money $ 32,288
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 2
Best main event no cash
Last updated: August 7, 2020

Alek Stasiak is a Canadian poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Stasiak has participated in renowned live tournaments since 2013 . He achieved cash placements almost exclusively at events in Kahnawake , in addition, he reached the paid places once each at a circuit tournament of the World Series of Poker in Gatineau and at the main event of the Stampede Classic in Calgary . He secured his highest live prize money to date at the end of May 2014 for third place in the PokerStars Canada Cup of 19,500 Canadian dollars . Stasiak's last live cash placement to date was in mid-July 2014.

At the end of July 2020, Stasiak prevailed under the nickname astazz in the Every 1 for Covid Relief of the World Series of Poker Online played on the GGPoker online poker platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The tournament was played in the variant No Limit Hold'em and brought the Canadian almost 350,000 US dollars and a bracelet . In the same variant, he won another event of the tournament series around two weeks later and secured a prize of more than 270,000 US dollars and a package for the World Series of Poker Europe in addition to his second bracelet .

Bracelet overview

Stasiak cashed twice in the World Series of Poker and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2020 O 1111 GGPoker.com - Every 1 for Covid Relief (Caesars Cares) 2323 343.204
1000 GGPoker.com - No Limit Hold'em 2006 273.504

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alek Stasiak in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 7, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ PokerStars Canada Cup (C $ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Freezeout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ GGPoker.com Event # 33: $ 1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief [Caesars Cares] in the World Series of Poker database, accessed August 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Alek "astazz" Stasiak Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Event # 52 for $ 273,505 and a WSOPE Package in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ Alek Stasiak in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Stasiak, Alek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES astazz (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century