Galen Hall
Galen Hall | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | January 23, 1986 |
place of birth | Pasadena |
Nicknames |
GasparLeMarcPokerStars
HU 4 LULZFull Tilt Poker
Turk_MalloyAbsolute poker
turkmalloyWSOP.com
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place of residence | Stanford |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 2,300,000 |
Total prize money | $ 5,448,613 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 1 |
Cashes | 21st |
Best main event | 246th ( 2019 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 5 |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | 1 |
Cashes | 2 |
Last updated: July 15, 2020 |
Galen Hall (* 23. January 1986 in Pasadena , California ) is a professional American poker players and hedge funds - Manager .
Personal
Hall grew up as an only child in Pasadena. His parents both have Ph.D. ; his father is a professor of civil engineering at the California Institute of Technology ; his mother was vice president of a pharmaceutical company for many years . Hall studied Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business after graduating in 2008 . He lives in Stanford .
Poker career
Hall played online from May 2008 to “ Black Friday ” on April 15, 2011 under the nicknames GasparLeMarc ( PokerStars ) , HU 4 LULZ ( Full Tilt Poker ) and Turk_Malloy (Absolute Poker) . His online poker tournament revenues are in excess of $ 1 million . Since 2009, Hall has also been taking part in renowned live tournaments .
In early June 2009 Hall was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. In January 2011, he won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) Main Event in the Bahamas with a prize of 2.3 million US dollars. The tournament took place as part of the European Poker Tour and had a field of 1560 players. In mid-May 2011, Hall reached the final table of the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and finished third for nearly $ 600,000. In January 2012, he finished third in the PCA Super High Roller and received around $ 470,000 in prize money. In February 2013, Hall finished second in an LA Poker Classic event in Los Angeles for over $ 85,000. In July 2015, he finished fourth at the Aria High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for just under $ 80,000. At the 2018 WSOP , Hall won the Crazy Eights for a prize of $ 888,888 and a bracelet .
Overall, Hall has earned just under 5.5 million US dollars from poker in live tournaments.
Web links
- Galen Hall in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Galen Hall in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Galen Hall in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
- Galen Hall in the database of Pocket Fives (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Galen Hall in the Global Poker Index database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ A Poker Life - Galen Hall on cardplayer.com, February 12, 2011, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ^ Galen Hall in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ Turk Malloy in the PocketFives database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ a b Galen Hall in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2018.
- ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2018.
- ↑ PCA - 2012 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ 2013 LA Poker Classic ($ 5,100 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ Aria High Roller 10 ($ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 888 No Limit Hold'em - Crazy Eights (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2018.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hall, Galen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | GasparLeMarc (nickname); HU 4 LULZ (nickname); Turk_Malloy (nickname); turkmalloy (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poker player and hedge fund manager |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , California , United States |