Brandon Adams (poker player)

Brandon Adams
Personal information
Date of birth	December 12, 1978
place of birth	United States New Orleans
Nickname	DrOctagonWSOP.com
place of residence	United States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 819,000
Total prize money	$ 5,127,727
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	16
Best main event	69th ( 2007 )
Last updated: January 11, 2020

George Brandon Adams (born December 12, 1978 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American poker player , author and university lecturer .

Personal

Adams graduated from college at the age of 19 and earned masters degrees in finance and real estate science . He teaches the subject "The US in the World Economy" ( German The United States in the World Economy ) at Harvard University . Adams has published several books on poker and economics.

Poker career

Adams primarily plays high stakes cash games . He has also taken part in renowned live tournaments since 2005.

Adams finished sixth in the main event of the WSOP circuit tournament in Robinsonville in late January 2006 and received just under $ 115,000 in prize money . In July 2006 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 came in the money in three tournaments. A year later, Adams finished 69th in the WSOP main event , which was paid for around $ 130,000. At the 2010 WSOP , he was at the championship event of the variant Seven Card Stud second and received a prize of almost 250,000 dollars. In January 2017, Adams also finished second in the A $ 25,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne , securing the equivalent of almost $ 450,000. In mid-August 2017, he finished third in the High Roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood for $ 351,000. In September 2017, Adams won the fourth event of the Poker Masters at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with a prize of $ 819,000. In mid-April 2018, he also won the high roller of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and received the grand prize of $ 370,000. In September 2018, Adams played again at the Poker Masters and finished third in the race for the Purple Jacket with a tournament win, two further cash placements and prize money of 543,000 dollars . At the 2019 WSOP , he won an online tournament under the nickname DrOctagon and secured a bracelet and more than $ 400,000 in prize money. Adams then made it to the final table in the series' Final Fifty and $ 100,000 high roller event, winning more than $ 1.1 million in prize money.

In total, Adams has made more than five million dollars playing poker in live tournaments. He played on the fourth season of the television program High Stakes Poker .

Works

Book Broke: A Poker Novel - iUniverse, 2006, ISBN 978-1583484715 .
Book The Story of Behavioral Finance - iUniverse, 2006, ISBN 978-0595396900 .
Book Setting Sun: The End of US Economic Dominance - CreateSpace, 2013, ISBN 978-1482553291 .
Book Personal Organization for Degenerates - Selbstverlag , 2017, ISBN 978-1521498200 .
Book Advanced Daily Fantasy Football - Self-published, 2017, ISBN 978-1522016496 .

Web links

Official website (English)
Brandon Adams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Brandon Adams in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
Brandon Adams in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Brandon Adams in the World Series of Poker database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ Poker Stories Podcast: High-Stakes Cash Game Pro Brandon Adams on cardplayer.com on May 28, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Brandon Adams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ Jack Binion WSOP Circuit Event ($ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 25,000 Challenge (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 13)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 2017 Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 4) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 14)) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed October 10, 2018.
↑ Ali Imsirovic Wins 2018 Poker Masters Purple Jacket on pokernews.com on September 16, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018.
↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 3,200 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online High Roller (Event # 74)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2019.
↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 90)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 11, 2019.
↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Adams, Brandon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adams, George Brandon (full name); DrOctagon (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American poker player, author, and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans , Louisiana , United States

[1] Brandon Adams in the World Series of Poker database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[2] Poker Stories Podcast: High-Stakes Cash Game Pro Brandon Adams on cardplayer.com on May 28, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.

[hendonmob-3] Brandon Adams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[4] Jack Binion WSOP Circuit Event ($ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[5] 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[6] 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[7] 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 25,000 Challenge (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[8] 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 13)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[9] 2017 Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 4) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[10] 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 14)) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed October 10, 2018.

[11] Ali Imsirovic Wins 2018 Poker Masters Purple Jacket on pokernews.com on September 16, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018.

[12] 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 3,200 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online High Roller (Event # 74)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2019.

[13] 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 90)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 11, 2019.

[14] 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.