Chad Batista

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Chad Batista
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1981
date of death 20th August 2015
Place of death United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Nicknames
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lilholdem954PokerStars

jse81Full Tilt Poker

m8kingmovespartypoker
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 262,002
Total prize money $ 955,276
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 3
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 4th

Chad Batista (* 1981 - August 20, 2015 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) was a professional American poker player .

Personal

Batista was from Coral Springs , Florida and later lived in Las Vegas . After " Black Friday " on April 15, 2011, through which Batista lost almost all of his money on the poker platforms concerned, he first returned to Florida and then moved to Mexico . After ten months, Batista moved to Oceanside , California , where he stayed for only five months. The constant relocations and the resulting distance from his family living in Florida reinforced his depression , which he had had for a long time. In August 2015 Batista was admitted to an intensive care unit in Las Vegas after overconsumption of alcohol and died there on August 20, 2015 with his family of liver and kidney failure .

Poker career

On-line

Batista played online under the nicknames lilholdem954 ( PokerStars ) , jse81 ( Full Tilt Poker ) and m8kingmoves ( partypoker ) . He was considered an online tournament legend and was number one for 45 weeks in a row from August 22, 2012 to July 1, 2013 in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide. There are only four players who led the ranking longer and with Cliff Josephy only one player who was consistently at the top for longer.

live

From 2006 to 2014 Batista also participated in prestigious live tournaments .

In early November 2006, Batista won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit tournament in Elizabeth with a prize of more than 250,000 US dollars . In early July 2007 he was the first time at the WSOP main tournament series in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successfully and reached at a tournament of the variant No-Limit Hold'em final table. In mid-July 2008, when Batista Bellagio Cup in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas third for around 120,000 dollars. In early January 2014 he finished second at the Mega Millions in Los Angeles , a tournament with a field of 5316 players, and received prize money of around $ 165,000.

Overall, Batista has earned just under a million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Poker Player Chad Batista is No More on tightpoker.com on August 25, 2015, accessed March 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Online Poker Legend Chad Batista Passes Away on cardplayer.com on August 21, 2015, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ Chad Batista in the Global Poker Index database, accessed March 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Late Online Poker Pro 'Was Never Quite The Same After Black Friday,' Says Aunt on cardplayer.com on September 2, 2015, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ M8kingmoves ( memento of September 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) in the PocketFives database, accessed on March 9, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ a b Chad Batista in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Caesars Indiana ($ 5,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ Bellagio Cup IV ($ 5,000 + 180 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 9, 2018 (English).
  11. ↑ Mega Millions Series VIII ($ 130 + 30 No Limit Hold'em Mega Millions) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Batista, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES lilholdem954 (nickname); jse81 (nickname); m8kingmoves (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
DATE OF DEATH 20th August 2015
Place of death Las Vegas , Nevada , United States