Byron Kaverman

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Byron Kaverman
Byron Kaverman (2019)
Byron Kaverman (2019)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States Fort Jennings
place of residence United StatesUnited States San Diego
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 2,000,000
Total prize money $ 15,433,686
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 29
Best main event 34th ( 2013 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 19th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: May 7, 2020

Byron Kaverman (born 1987 in Fort Jennings , Putnam County , Ohio ) is a professional American poker player .

Kaverman has earned nearly $ 15.5 million playing poker in live tournaments . From September 30, 2015 to January 12, 2016, it was at the top of the Global Poker Index , which is synonymous with the world's poker rankings, for 15 consecutive weeks .

Personal

Kaverman grew up in Ohio and studied psychology at Tiffin University . He lives in San Diego .

Poker career

Career

Kaverman has been playing poker since 2004. Since 2008 he can be seen regularly at renowned live tournaments .

In June 2008 Kaverman 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 37th in an event in the No Limit Hold'em variant for around 7,000 US dollars . He secured his first major win in January 2011 as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) in the Bahamas when he won a tournament with prize money of more than 300,000 US dollars. At the 2013 WSOP , he reached the sixth day of the tournament in the main event and finished 34th for just under $ 230,000 in prize money. Kaverman won his highest prize money to date in mid-April 2014 when he finished second at the Borgata Spring Poker Open as part of the World Poker Tour in Atlantic City and took home almost $ 730,000. Just a week later, he won more than 330,000 euros at the high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo . At the 2015 World Series of Poker , Kaverman made more than $ 1 million from four cash placements, including winning a bracelet at Event # 37 in Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em . In late February 2016, he was named Player of the Year 2015 at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills hosted by the Global Poker Index . From April to November 2016 , Kaverman played as part of the Sao Paulo Mets in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with his team. At the first PokerStars Championship , Kaverman reached the final table in three high roller events in the Bahamas in January 2017 and also cashed in the main event . For this he received prize money of over one million US dollars. At the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl , Kaverman reached the final table in late May 2017 and finished the tournament in fifth place for $ 1.4 million in prize money. In January 2018, Kaverman finished second in the PCA high roller in the Bahamas for around $ 530,000. At the 2018 WSOP , he finished fifth in the most expensive event on the tournament schedule, the Big One for One Drop with a $ 1 million buy-in, and received his highest cash prize to date of $ 2 million.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2008 00.017,701 -
2009 00,000.000 -
2010 00,000.000 -
2011 00.823.305 1
2012 00.455.792 1
2013 00.532,691 -
2014 01,446,903 -
2015 03,481,463 4th
2016 01,365,787 2
2017 03,416,773 -
2018 03,260,578 -
2019 00.356.219 1
2020 00.300,479 1
total 15,433,686 10

Web links

Commons : Byron Kaverman  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Byron Kaverman in the Global Poker Index database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Byron Kaverman in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c Byron Kaverman in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold 'Em - 8 Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ Borgata Spring Poker Open 2014 ($ 15,000 + 400 WPT World Championship - Re-Entry) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8 Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 29, 2015 (English).
  9. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed Championship (Event # 37)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ American Poker Awards - Honorary Award for Mike Sexton on pokerfirma.com on February 26, 2016, accessed December 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Sao Paulo Mets on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ $ 300,000 Super High Roller Bowl Payouts on pokernews.com, accessed June 1, 2017.
  13. ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2018 ($ 49,200 + 800 # 8 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event # 78)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 18, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kaverman, Byron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Jennings , Putnam County , Ohio , United States