Bill Klein

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Bill Klein
Bill Klein (2015)
Bill Klein (2015)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1948
place of birth United StatesUnited States Chicago
place of residence United StatesUnited States Laguna Hills
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 2,465,522
Total prize money $ 4,525,475
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 7th
Best main event 598th ( 2019 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: May 16, 2020

William G. Klein (* 1948 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American entrepreneur and poker player .

Personal

Klein made his living owning a mortar manufacturing company that included a. was sold to DIY chains such as Home Depot . The company had 14 plants with a total of around 1400 employees. In 2005, Klein was diagnosed with cancer of the throat and sold the company. He has since retired and spends most of his free time playing golf and poker . Klein lives in Laguna Hills .

Poker career

Klein has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2008 . In all tournaments he plays, he donates his winnings or the amount of the buy-in to charity.

In early June 2008 , Klein was the first time 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 in the money. In May 2012, he took fifth place at the super high roller event of the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, which was endowed with over 260,000 US dollars . At the 2015 WSOP , Klein reached the final table of the most expensive event on the tournament schedule, the High Roller for One Drop, with a buy-in of $ 111,111. There he only had to admit defeat to the Canadian Jonathan Duhamel in heads-up and finished second. For this, Klein received the highest prize money of his poker career to date of almost 2.5 million US dollars, which he donated to the Orangewood Children's Foundation and the Shea Center for Therapeutic Riding . At the beginning of July 2016, he also finished second in the Bellagio High Roller and received just under 320,000 US dollars. From November 2015 to June 2017, Klein also achieved a total of seven cash placements at tournaments at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, which earned him prize money of almost one million US dollars.

Overall, Klein has earned more than $ 4.5 million in poker in live tournaments. He also played on the seventh season of the US television format High Stakes Poker .

Web links

Commons : Bill Klein  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All you need to know about Bill Klein on rakeadvisory.com, accessed on November 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Bill Klein in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Millionaire Businessmen Take On the Poker Pros in the $ 111,111 One Drop High Roller Event on pokernews.com on June 27, 2013, accessed on November 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c d Bill Klein in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ High Stakes Poker seizoen 7 van start on pokernews.com on February 28, 2011, accessed on November 12, 2019 (Dutch / English).
  6. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ WPT World Championship ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ 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 November 12, 2019.
  9. ↑ Bill Klein Donates $ 2,465,522 To Two Charities ( Memento August 2, 2017 on the Internet Archive ) on pokertelegraph.com July 2, 2015, accessed November 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ Bellagio High Roller VII ($ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 12, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Small, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, William G. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States