Anthony Zinno

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Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno (2018)
Anthony Zinno (2018)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1981
place of birth United StatesUnited States Cranston
Nickname
hehehWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States Boston
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,122,196
Total prize money $ 10,143,913
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 65
Best main event 205th ( 2008 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 3
Cashes 31
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: August 15, 2020

Anthony "Ant" Zinno (* 1981 in Cranston , Rhode Island ) is a professional American poker player .

Zinno has made more than $ 10 million playing poker in live tournaments . In July 2015 he was at the top of the poker world rankings for 2 weeks . From July 22nd to 28th, 2020, Zinno was listed at number one again for a week. He is a two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and three-time title holder of the World Poker Tour , where he was named Player of the Year in 2014/15 .

Personal

Zinno graduated from Cranston High School West and studied chemical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute in Worcester . Later he became interested in patent law and graduated from the Suffolk University in Boston with a degree in law . He lives in Boston.

Poker career

Career

During his studies, Zinno discovered his passion for poker and started playing prestigious live tournaments in 2007 .

In July 2008 , Zinno 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 205th place in the main event . Zinno's first major success came in September 2013 when he won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event in Atlantic City for more than $ 800,000 in prize money. In mid-February 2015, he also won the WPT Main Event of the Fallsview Poker Classic in Niagara Falls, Canada, and received the equivalent of around 300,000 US dollars. He won his third WPT title just two weeks later at the LA Poker Classic in Los Angeles and also won more than one million US dollars in prize money for the first time. For these achievements he was honored with the Player of the Year Award of the World Poker Tour and at the end of 2015 with the Card Player Player of the Year Award . At the 2015 WSOP , Zinno placed five times in the money. He finished seventh in the High Roller for One Drop for around 565,000 US dollars and then secured a bracelet and more than 1.1 million US dollars by winning the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller . From April to November 2016 , Zinno played as part of the Las Vegas Moneymakers in the Global Poker League , but missed the playoffs with his team. In mid-July 2018, he won the DeepStack Championship at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas with a prize of more than 465,000 US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , Zinno prevailed in a Pot-Limit Omaha Hi / Lo 8 or Better tournament, securing his second bracelet and the grand prize of around $ 280,000. At the end of October 2019, he reached the final table at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov and took third place, worth around 485,000 euros .

Bracelet overview

Zinno cashed 65 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2015 25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 0175 1,122,196
2019 0.1500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi / Lo 8 or Better 1117 0.279.920

Prize money overview

Zinno at the WPT in Durant (2018)
year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2007 00,000.774 -
2008 00.041,675 -
2009 00.056,370 -
2010 00.056,700 -
2011 00.087,612 -
2012 00.034,219 -
2013 01,089,470 1
2014 00.183,438 -
2015 03,778,904 6th
2016 01,060,891 -
2017 00.447.317 -
2018 01,387,321 1
2019 01,768,133 1
2020 00.151.090 -
total 10,143,913 9

Web links

Commons : Anthony Zinno  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EPT11 Grand Final: Anthony Zinno: The man with the momentum on pokerstars.com April 30, 2015, accessed October 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Anthony Zinno in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Anthony Zinno in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on October 6, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Cranston poker pro's biggest win yet being televised on warwickonline.com on February 28, 2014, accessed on October 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ Borgata Poker Open 2013 ($ 3,300 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 6, 2015 (English).
  7. ↑ 2015 Fallsview Poker Classic (C $ 4,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em WPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 6, 2015 (English).
  8. ↑ 2015 LA Poker Classic ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ Anthony Zinno Wins 2015 Card Player Player of the Year Award on cardplayer.com from January 1, 2016, accessed on February 13, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ Anthony Zinno Crowned WPT Season XIII Player of the Year on pokernews.com on April 27, 2015, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for One-Drop (Event # 58)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  12. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller (Event # 60)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ Las Vegas Moneymakers on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ DeepStack Championship Poker Series ($ 5,000 + 225 No Limit Hold'em - CPPT # 126) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 29, 2018.
  15. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event # 60)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2019 (€ 10,350 No Limit Hold'em - WSOPE Main Event (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 1, 2019 (English).
  17. ↑ Anthony Zinno in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 29, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Zinno, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zinno, Ant (nickname); heheh (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Cranston , Rhode Island , United States