Gavin Smith

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Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith (2007)
Gavin Smith (2007)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 4th September 1968
place of birth CanadaCanada Guelph
date of death January 14, 2019
Place of death United StatesUnited States Houston
Nickname Birdguts
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,128,278
Total prize money $ 6,321,096
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 38
Best main event 52nd ( 2004 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 15th

Gavin Smith (born September 4, 1968 in Guelph , Ontario , † January 14, 2019 in Houston , Texas ) was a professional Canadian poker player . Smith earned in his career live tournament prize money of more than 6 million dollars and was nicknamed Birdguts . He won a bracelet of the World Series of Poker , as well as a title in the main event of the World Poker Tour , where he 2005/06 as Player of the Year award.

Personal

Smith learned to play cards from his father through cribbage and rummy . He started playing poker at the age of 26. He became a croupier in 1996 and opened his own poker club two years later. Prior to his career as a professional poker player, he worked as a taxi driver and on a golf course . Smith last lived in Houston, Texas, where he died in January 2019 at the age of 50.

Poker career

Smith landed his first live prize money at the World Poker Finals in Mashantucket in late 1998 . There he won his first live tournament at the beginning of December 1999 and secured a prize money of almost 15,000 US dollars . In early May 2003 , Smith was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas successful and came at an event of the variant Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split in the money. The following year, he won the Main Event of the 2004 WSOP 52nd place, which was paid for with $ 45,000. In mid-May 2005, Smith played at the Mirage Poker Showdown at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. He first won a side event with a prize of more than 150,000 US dollars, which also included a place in the main event of the series. Ten days later he prevailed against 316 other players and secured a title on the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the highest prize money of his career with more than 1.1 million US dollars. At the 2005 WSOP, now being played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , Smith made it into the money four times. In October 2005, Smith reached the final table of the WPT Main Event again and took third place at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, endowed with nearly $ 330,000. Also in mid-January 2006 in Tunica he sat at the last table of the WPT main event and finished the tournament in fourth place for over 170,000 US dollars in prize money. Because of these achievements, Smith was named WPT Player of the Year at the end of season four of the World Poker Tour in May 2006 . In May 2006, Smith finished second in the main event of the WSOP circuit tournament in New Orleans for nearly $ 300,000. In mid-July 2006, he won the World Pro-Am Challenge in Las Vegas and secured the grand prize of $ 500,000. At the 2006 WSOP , Smith finished eleventh in the first ever HORSE Championship for more than $ 200,000. In October 2010, he reached the final table at the WPT Main Event in Niagara Falls and took second place, worth over 600,000 Canadian dollars . At the 2010 WSOP , Smith won an event in Texas Hold'em with mixed limits and secured a prize of nearly $ 270,000 and a bracelet . At the WPT in late November 2012 in Kahnawake , he sat at the final table of the main event and finished fourth for more than $ 210,000. In the WSOP 2016 reached Smith final tables in the 8-game as well as a mix of Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better , and Big O . He won his last live prize money in mid-July 2017 at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2017 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Poker Champion Gavin Smith Dead At Age 50 on cardplayer.com from January 15, 2019, accessed on January 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Gavin Smith in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 17, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Smith named WPT Player of the Year on espn.com from May 11, 2006, accessed on January 16, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ 1999 World Poker Finals ($ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ 34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003 ($ 2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ 35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004 ($ 10,000 World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  7. ↑ 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown ($ 2,000 + 80 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown ($ 10,000 + 200 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ Gavin Smith in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ Bellagio Festa Al Lago IV ($ 10,000 + 200 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  11. ↑ 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open ($ 10,000 + 200 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ WSOP Circuit - New Orleans ($ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  13. ↑ World Pro-Am Challenge (No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019 (English).
  14. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 50,000 HORSE) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  15. ↑ 2008 North American Poker Championship (C $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  16. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 2,500 Limit / No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  17. ↑ WPT Montreal ($ 3,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  18. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 Eight Game Mix (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  19. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better & Big O (Event # 53)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
  20. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 73)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Gavin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birdguts (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Guelph , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2019
Place of death Houston , Texas , United States