Amir Lehavot

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Amir Lehavot
Amir Lehavot (2015)
Amir Lehavot (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 7th 1975
place of birth IsraelIsrael Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Nickname
AmirSFPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States North Miami Beach
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 3,727,823
Total prize money $ 6,004,180
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 25th
Best main event 3rd ( 2013 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 7th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: March 6, 2020

Amir Lehavot ( Hebrew אמיר להבות; Born May 7, 1975 at Tel Aviv-Jaffa ) is a professional Israeli - American poker player .

Personal

Lehavot graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an electrical engineering degree . He is the founder of the poker website PokerWit.com . Lehavot is married with one child and lives in North Miami Beach .

Poker career

Lehavot plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname AmirSF . Since 2007 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

In July 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 finished in 226th place in the main event . His first major win came in February 2011 when he finished fourth at the World Poker Tour Main Event in Los Angeles for more than $ 400,000 in prize money. At the 2011 WSOP he won an event in the Variant Pot Limit Hold'em and almost 600,000 dollars in prize money and a bracelet . In July 2013 , Lehavot reached the final table of the WSOP main event with the second-largest chip stack , which was played in November 2013. There he landed in third place and received more than $ 3.7 million in prize money. At the 2015 WSOP Main Event , Lehavot coached Neil Blumenfield at the final table , who finished in third place. At the 2019 WSOP , Lehavot finished second out of 3,759 players in a deep stack event and secured almost $ 230,000.

Overall, Lehavot has earned more than six million dollars with poker in live tournaments, making it the most successful Israeli poker player .

Web links

Commons : Amir Lehavot  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Амир Лехавот (Amir Lehavot) on propokerpro.org, accessed December 28, 2015 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Amir Lehavot on onlinepokernews.in, accessed on December 28, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d Amir Lehavot, the oldest player at the table - WSOP November Nine 2013 ( Memento January 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com October 31, 2013, accessed on December 28, 2015
  4. ↑ Amir Lehavot on Twitter , accessed December 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c Amir Lehavot in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 28, 2015 (English).
  6. ↑ SCOOP 2014: Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit makes meal of # 36-H field, wins $ 376K ($ 2,100 NLHE Turbo, Re-Entry) on pokerstars.com from May 15, 2014, accessed on January 26, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ 2011 LA Poker Classic ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ Fear the Fedora @ nrb1 and @PokerWit too on pokerroom.thundervalleyresort.com from October 22, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 800 No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack 8-Handed (Event # 53)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 9, 2019.
  13. ↑ Israel All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 26, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Lehavot, Amir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES AmirSF (nickname); אמיר להבות (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli-American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 7th 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH near Tel Aviv , Israel