Calvin Anderson

Calvin Anderson
Personal information
Date of birth	April 26, 1988
Nicknames 0 0	cal42688PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker Chazown7partypoker IrishCaliPoker
place of residence	Baja California Sur
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 324,597
Total prize money	$ 2,393,533
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	51
Best main event	no cash
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	3
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	6th
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Calvin Shane Anderson (born April 26, 1988 ) is a professional American poker player . The former online poker - world number one is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

On-line

Anderson has been playing online since March 2007 under the nicknames cal42688 ( PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker ) , Chazown7 ( partypoker ) and IrishCal (iPoker) . He has more than 7 million in online tournaments dollars earned, the bulk of which in the amount of over 5.5 million dollars on PokerStars was recovered. Anderson won his highest cash prize of more than $ 300,000 in late March 2011 by winning a tournament at Full Tilt Poker . From September 5, 2012 to February 5, 2013, for 22 weeks in a row, it was number one in the PocketFives ranking for the first time , which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide. Anderson led the ranking eight times and was at the top of the world rankings for 40 weeks, most recently in November 2013.

live

Career

Since 2009, Anderson has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

In early January 2010, Anderson finished 87th at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) main event in the Bahamas and received $ 23,500 in prize money. In June 2010 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 a tournament of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In January 2011 he cashed again at the PCA Main Event and finished eleventh for $ 115,000. At the end of April 2014, Anderson made the money at two high roller events on the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo, earning around 175,000 euros within a week . In the WSOP 2014 he won a tournament in Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo , a bracelet and took a few days later at the World Championships in this variant third place behind John Racener and winner George Danzer for prize money of more than 320,000 dollars. In mid-April 2015, Anderson won the Deepstack Extravaganza Main Event at the Venetian Resort Hotel with a prize of around $ 110,000. At the 2016 WSOP , he finished second in the Little One for One Drop for just under $ 330,000 in prize money. In early July 2018, Anderson secured his second bracelet and a prize of more than $ 300,000 by winning the Razz Championship at the 2018 WSOP .

In total, Anderson has earned almost $ 2.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Anderson cashed 51 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
2014	0.1500	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	588	190,538
2018	10,000	Razz Championship	119	309.220

Web links

• Calvin Anderson in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Calvin Anderson in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Calvin Anderson in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Calvin Anderson in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A tale of three birthdays in Berlin on pokerstars.com from April 30, 2013, accessed on March 8, 2018 (English).
2. ↑ cal42688 in the PocketFives database, accessed on March 8, 2018 (English).
3. ↑ $ 1,500,000 Guarantee in PocketFives' database, accessed March 8, 2018.
4. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed March 8, 2018.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Calvin Anderson in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
6. ↑ PCA - 2010 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
7. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 8, 2018.
8. ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
9. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - FPS High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 8, 2018 (English).
10. ↑ 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 March 8, 2018 (English).
11. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo (Event # 30)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
12. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo (Event # 38)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
13. ↑ Deep Stack Extravaganza II ($ 1,600 Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza II Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
14. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em Little One for One Drop (Event # 69)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2018.
15. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 Razz - Championship (Event # 56)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 1, 2018.
16. ↑ Calvin Anderson in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 1, 2018.