Galen Hall

Galen Hall
Personal information
Date of birth	January 23, 1986
place of birth	United States Pasadena
Nicknames 0 0 0	GasparLeMarcPokerStars HU 4 LULZFull Tilt Poker Turk_MalloyAbsolute poker turkmalloyWSOP.com
place of residence	United States 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
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

[gpi-1] Galen Hall in the Global Poker Index database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[2] A Poker Life - Galen Hall on cardplayer.com, February 12, 2011, accessed July 6, 2018.

[3] Galen Hall in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[4] Turk Malloy in the PocketFives database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[hendonmob-5] Galen Hall in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[6] 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2018.

[7] PCA - 2011 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[8] 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.

[9] PCA - 2012 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[10] 2013 LA Poker Classic ($ 5,100 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[11] Aria High Roller 10 ($ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 6, 2018.

[12] 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.