Gordon Vayo

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Gordon Vayo
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1988 or 1989
place of birth United StatesUnited States Connecticut
Nickname
Holla @ yoboyPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States San Francisco
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 4,661,228
Total prize money $ 6,284,964
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 33
Best main event 2. ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 6th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: February 6, 2020

Gordon Vayo (* 1988 or 1989 in Connecticut ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Vayo is from Bloomington , Illinois . He attended University High School in Normal . He now lives in San Francisco .

Poker career

On-line

Vayo played from July 2006 to July 2017 online under the nickname Holla @ yoboy and has on PokerStars just under 2.5 million US dollars have in career earnings. At the end of May 2017, he won a tournament in the Spring Championship of Online Poker and received a prize of almost $ 700,000 as a result of a deal with four other players. However, PokerStars refused to withdraw this money and accused him of illegally playing via VPN from the United States. Vayo said he was playing from Canada and sued Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (REEL). After REEL accused Vayo of manipulating evidence, the latter withdrew his lawsuit in November 2018 and was in turn sued by REEL to pay for attorney and court fees of $ 280,000.

live

Since 2008 Vayo has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

In mid-April 2008 Vayo made the money at the main event of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo and finished the tournament in 51st place for almost 30,000 euros in prize money. In June 2011 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and came into the money in a tournament in the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the 2012 WSOP , Vayo reached a final table and a total of five cash placements. In early June 2014 , he narrowly missed winning a WSOP bracelet and finished a six-handed event behind Belgian Davidi Kitai in second place for over $ 300,000. At the 2016 WSOP , Vayo cashed eight times. By far his greatest success was reaching the November Nine , the final table of the main event , which was played from the end of October 2016. Vayo started the race with the third largest chip stack and finished the tournament in second place behind Qui Nguyen . For this he received his highest prize money to date of over $ 4.5 million. In the run-up to the November Nine , Vayo won the Main Event of the River Poker Series in Thackerville , Oklahoma , in September 2016 , with a prize of almost $ 600,000.

In total, Vayo has earned over six million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b WSOP: Gordon Vayo rode incredible run from short stack to the November Nine on espn.com from October 27, 2016, accessed on December 19, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Gordon Vayo in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gordon Vayo in the Global Poker Index database, accessed December 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ stlouis6 in the PocketFives database, accessed on December 19, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ SCOOP-01-H: $ 1,050 NLHE [Phase 2], $ 5M Gtd & $ 1M + to first! in the PocketFives database, accessed December 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ SCOOP-01-H: $ 1,050 NLHE [Phase 2], $ 5M Gtd & $ 1M + to first! on playerscope.com, accessed May 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ Online Poker: Gordon Vayo with millions lawsuit against PokerStars on pokerfirma.com on May 9, 2018, accessed on May 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Vayo drops lawsuit against PokerStars, false evidence in play? on pokernews.com on November 16, 2018, accessed December 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ a b c d Gordon Vayo in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ EPT - 4 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 19, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 19, 2016.
  12. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 19, 2016.
  13. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 19, 2016.
  14. ↑ 2016 The River Poker Series ($ 2,400 + 100 The River Series Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 19, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Vayo, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holla @ yoboy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1988 or 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Connecticut , United States