Brock Parker
Brock Parker | |
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Brock Parker (2009) |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | August 15, 1981 |
Nicknames |
t sopranoPokerStars
bobcards2Full Tilt Poker
PogFanaticpartypoker
Maria NucciaUltimateBet
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place of residence | Silver Spring |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 552,745 |
Total prize money | $ 3,794,420 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 3 |
Cashes | 68 |
Best main event | 178th ( 2007 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 8th |
Last updated: January 11, 2020 |
John Brock Parker (born August 15, 1981 ) is a professional American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .
Personal
Parker is from Silver Spring and still lives there today. He played the trading card game Magic: The Gathering and got into poker from there .
Poker career
Career
Parker played online from February 2006 to April 2017 under the nicknames t soprano ( PokerStars ) , bobcards2 ( Full Tilt Poker ) , PogFanatic ( partypoker ) and Maria Nuccia ( UltimateBet ) . Its online poker tournament earnings are just under 2.5 million US dollars . In 2007 he was temporarily in third place in the Pocket Fives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide. Parker has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2002. He taught his friend Justin Bonomo how to play poker in 2006 . Bonomo is the most successful poker player today by tournament prize money .
In May 2004 , Parker 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 was able to place twice in the money. At the 2009 WSOP , he won two tournaments within four days, which earned him two bracelets and almost $ 900,000 in prize money. In mid-November 2012, Parker prevailed at the Borgata Fall Poker Open in Atlantic City and received a prize of more than $ 370,000. In early June 2014, he won at the WSOP in 2014 , a tournament variant Limit Omaha Hi / Lo and thus secured his third bracelet and the top prize of nearly 450,000 US dollars.
In total, Parker has made more than $ 3.5 million in poker playing live tournaments.
Bracelet overview
Parker cashed 68 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :
year | Buy-in (in $ ) | competition | Attendees | Prize money (in $) |
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2009 | 2500 | Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 367 | 223,697 |
2500 | No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 1068 | 552.745 | |
2014 | 10,000 | Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 178 | 443,407 |
Web links
- Brock Parker in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Brock Parker in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Brock Parker in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
- Brock Parker in the database of Pocket Fives (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Brock Parker in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on October 11, 2015.
- ↑ Brock Parker at pokercast.twoplustwo.com, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ t soprano in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 13, 2018.
- ↑ a b Brock Parker in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ The PokerNews Profile: Justin Bonomo on pokernews.com June 3, 2009, accessed November 13, 2018.
- ↑ 35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004 ($ 2,000 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ 35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004 ($ 1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ Borgata Fall Poker Open ($ 2,500 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 13, 2018.
- ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 Limit Omaha Hi / Lo (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 11, 2015.
- ↑ Brock Parker in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 28, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Parker, Brock |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parker, John Brock (full name); t_soprano (nickname); bobcards2 (nickname); PogFanatic (nickname); Maria Nuccia (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1981 |