Dan Shak

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Dan Shak
Dan Shak (2019)
Dan Shak (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 7, 1959
place of birth United StatesUnited States New York City
Place of residence
0 		United StatesUnited States Las Vegas Long Island
United StatesUnited States 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,178,980
Total prize money $ 10,633,297
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 37
Best main event 167th ( 2012 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 15th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 4th
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Daniel "Dan" Shak (* 7. May 1959 in New York City , New York ) is an American hedge funds - Manager and poker players .

Personal

Shak worked at the Commodities Exchange (COMEX) in New York City . In 2002 he founded the hedge fund company SHK Asset Management, which invests in precious metals.

He was married to the poker player Beth Shak until 2009 . In 2012, he sued his ex-wife for damages for a shoe collection not listed as an asset in the divorce proceedings. He has been married to model Anna Shak since 2014. Shak has three daughters and has apartments in Las Vegas and Long Island .

Poker career

Shak at Legends of Poker on the World Poker Tour (2017)

Career

Shak has participated in prestigious live tournaments since 2004 .

In June 2005 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 into the money in three tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant , including a. he finished 183rd place in the main event . Beginning of October 2006 reached Shak the championship event of the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City the final table and finished the tournament in fourth place for more than 150,000 US dollars . In July 2007, he won the Ante Up for Africa Charity Event at the 2007 WSOP with a prize of almost $ 250,000, but no bracelet was awarded for it. In early 2010 Shak secured victory in the A $ 100,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne after beating Phil Ivey in heads-up . The 24-person tournament had a prize of 1.2 million Australian dollars . At the 2010 WSOP , Shak finished second in a Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo 8 tournament for around $ 200,000. At the beginning of 2012, he finished in second place behind Viktor Blom at the Super High Roller Event of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) in the Bahamas and received almost $ 850,000 for it. In July 2012 , Shak played the Big One for One Drop at the 2012 WSOP for a $ 1 million buy-in but failed to make it into the money. In March 2013, he won the PartyPoker.com Premier League's sixth season for a $ 528,000 win bonus. At the beginning of 2014, Shak finished second again in the Super High Roller of the PCA won by Fabian Quoss , securing over one million US dollars in prize money. In February 2016, Shak won the Aria High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the first time and received a prize of almost 300,000 US dollars. In early June 2016, he finished seventh at the Super High Roller Bowl for $ 600,000 in prize money. In November 2017 he won the Super High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov , for which he received a prize of over 210,000 euros , but no bracelet. In August 2018, Shak finished second to Elio Fox in the Super High Roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood , Florida , for $ 305,000 in prize money. In mid-February 2019, Shak placed three times in the prize money at the US Poker Open played at the Aria Resort & Casino, breaking the $ 10 million mark in cumulative tournament prize money.

In total, Shak has earned more than $ 10.5 million in poker in live tournaments . He played High Stakes Poker on season three of the US poker show and finished the cash game at a loss.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2004 00.033,666 -
2005 00.104,295 -
2006 00.201.287 -
2007 00.313,796 1
2008 00.076,972 -
2009 00.221,823 -
2010 01,498,938 1
2011 00.269,250 -
2012 01,147,130 -
2013 01,835,873 1
2014 01,718,313 -
2015 00.054,416 -
2016 01,266,388 1
2017 00.389,645 1
2018 00.691.611 -
2019 00.809.892 1
2020 00,000.000 -
total 10,633,297 6th

Web links

Commons : Dan Shak  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dan Shak in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Dan Shak in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ Dan Shak sued his ex-wife Beth Shak for shoe tick on pokernews.com on June 27, 2012, accessed on March 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "All In" for kids charity poker tournament raises $ 910,000 for the children's hospital of Philadelphia on worldpokertour.com on October 30, 2014, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Dan Shak in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ 2006 United States Poker Championship ($ 9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 5,000 Ante Up for Africa Charity Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  9. ↑ 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 100,000 + 500 $ 100,000 Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo 8) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ PCA - 2012 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  13. ↑ PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker VI ($ 125,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ PCA - 2014 ($ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 28, 2017 (English).
  15. ↑ Aria High Roller 24 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller A) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl with 888poker ($ 300,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 19, 2019.
  18. ↑ 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 19, 2019.
  19. ↑ 2019 US Poker Open ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha - USPO # 02 10K PLO (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 19, 2019.
  20. ↑ 2019 US Poker Open ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - USPO # 05 25K PLO (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 19, 2019.
  21. ↑ 2019 US Poker Open ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - USPO # 07 25K NLH (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 21, 2019.
  22. ↑ Poker Video: All 7 Seasons of High Stakes Poker available on YouTube at pokernews.com on November 20, 2018, accessed on November 9, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Shak, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shak, Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hedge fund manager and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States