Ari angel

Ari angel
Ari Engel (2018)
Personal information
Date of birth	5th September 1983
place of birth	Toronto
Nicknames 0 0	BodogAriPokerStars i am ariFull Tilt Poker bodogaripartypoker
place of residence	Toronto
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,120,110
Total prize money	$ 7,028,696
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	48
Best main event	no cash
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	20th
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	3
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	3
Last updated: March 5, 2020

Alan "Ari" Engel (born September 5, 1983 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a professional Canadian poker player . From September 18 to October 24, 2006, he led the online poker world rankings for six weeks in a row and with nine rings is one of the most successful players in the circuit tournaments of the World Series of Poker . His biggest achievement to date was winning the main event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in January 2016.

childhood and education

Engel was born in Toronto to a rabbi and a Jewish teacher . He has a younger brother and a younger sister. Before his first birthday, Engel left his hometown with his family and then lived for three years in South Africa , eight years in Australia , one year in Israel and two years in Maryland . After high school in Chicago , he returned to Israel for a year. Engel then attended the Stern School of Business in New York City and, after graduating, moved to Las Vegas for six years . He now lives in Toronto again.

Poker career

Career

Engel plays online under the nicknames BodogAri ( PokerStars ) , i am ari ( Full Tilt Poker ) and bodogari ( partypoker ) . In June 2015 his online tournament earnings amounted to over three million dollars . From September 18 to October 24, 2006, Engel was at the top of the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide, for six weeks in a row . In late February 2018, he received the PocketFives Legacy Award at the American Poker Awards in Los Angeles . Since 2006, Engel has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

In mid-July 2006 was the first time Angel in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em the money. In early May 2008 he finished third at Borgata Deep Stack Poker in Atlantic City for around $ 120,000 in prize money. In December 2011 Engel reached the final table at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague and received prize money of 125,000 euros for his sixth place . In November 2013, he won the Heartland Poker Tour main event in St. Louis with a prize of almost $ 150,000. At the beginning of November 2014, Engel won the main event of the Punta Cana Poker Classic in the Dominican Republic for almost 180,000 US dollars. At the end of January 2016, Engel won the main event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne with a bonus of 1.6 million Australian dollars , which at that time was equivalent to around 1.1 million US dollars. For this success, Engel received the tournament achievement of the year 2016 award at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills at the end of February 2017 . At the end of August 2016, he reached the final table of the EPT High Roller in Barcelona and came in sixth for more than 300,000 euros in prize money. In April 2017, Engel won the Main Event of the Mid-States Poker Tour in Milwaukee for a prize of around $ 115,000. At the beginning of May 2017, he finished fifth at the partypoker Million in Kahnawake for the equivalent of over 170,000 US dollars. At the end of March 2018, Engel prevailed against 6086 other players at the Mega Millions XVIII Quantum Reload in Los Angeles and received a prize of around 315,000 US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , he won a Hold'em event and secured a bracelet in addition to the prize money of just under 430,000 US dollars .

In total, Engel has earned more than seven million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Ring overview

Engel cashed 87 times in the WSOP circuit tournaments and won nine rings :

#	Beginning	city	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1	March 7, 2007	Atlantic City	0300	No-Limit Hold'em	778	63,018
2	Apr 22, 2009	Las Vegas	1060	Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em	064	22,353
3	May 2, 2012	Chester	0345	Mixed Pot Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha	095	0.8292
4th	Oct 17, 2012	Hammond	1125	No-Limit Hold'em	222	55.503
5	Feb 20, 2013	West Palm Beach	0580	No-Limit Hold'em	212	26,501
6th	Aug 15, 2013	Mashantucket	0580	No-Limit Hold'em	235	29,634
7th	Oct 20, 2014	Hammond	0580	HORSE	128	17,921
8th	March 21, 2016	Atlantic City	0580	No-Limit Hold'em	123	17,221
9	March 7, 2018	los Angeles	0365	Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	108	0.9730

Web links

Commons : Ari Engel  - Collection of Images

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For poker champ Ari Engel, kipah works to his advantage on jta.org from December 28, 2014, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} A Poker Life: Ari Engel on cardplayer.com from April 3, 2016, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ari Engel in the database of the World Series of Poker, accessed on August 15, 2018 (English).
4. ↑ Ari ( Memento from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) in the PocketFives database, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
5. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed December 2, 2017.
6. ↑ Poker Awards: Polk gets nothing , Neeme wins double on pokerfirma.com on February 23, 2018, accessed on February 24, 2018.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Ari Engel in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
8. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
9. ↑ Borgata Deep Stack Poker Tournament ($ 2,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
10. ↑ EPT - 8 - EUREKA - 1 - Prague (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
11. ↑ Heartland Poker Tour ($ 1,650 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
12. ↑ Punta Cana Poker Classic 2014 ($ 1,500 + 150 No Limit Hold'em Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
13. ↑ 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
14. ↑ American Poker Awards - Lifetime Award for Mori Eskandani on pokerfirma.com on February 24, 2017, accessed on December 8, 2017.
15. ↑ EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8 Handed (Event # 49)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
16. ↑ Mid-States Poker Tour - MSPT Milwaukee ($ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
17. ↑ Playground Poker Spring Classic - partypoker Million North America (C $ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em partypoker Million North America (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2017.
18. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Los Angeles ($ 160 No Limit Hold'em - Mega Millions XVIII Quantum Reload (Event # 25)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 31, 2018 (English).
19. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 48)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 23, 2019.