Humberto Brenes

Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes (2006)
Personal information
Date of birth	May 8, 1951
place of birth	San Jose
Nickname	The Shark
place of residence	Miami Lakes
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 923,475
Total prize money	$ 6,168,627
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	94
Best main event	4th ( 1988 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	8th
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: February 21, 2020

Humberto Brenes (born May 8, 1951 in San José ) is a professional Costa Rican poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Brenes studied industrial engineering at the Universidad de Costa Rica . He started his career as a professional player with baccarat .

Poker career

Career

Brenes played his first poker tournament in 1974.

In 1988 Brenes finished fourth in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker . His most successful year was 1993 . He won a Limit Hold'em and a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament at the WSOP, securing two bracelets . At the 2006 WSOP , Brenes and Phil Hellmuth won eight times. In his career Brenes won more than six million dollars in live professional tournaments, making it the most successful Costa Rican poker players .

His indispensable identification mark is his "Shark", which he always puts on stage at the poker table as a lucky charm and card guard . Brenes was a representative of the online poker platform PokerStars .

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1993	2500	Pot-Limit Omaha	128	128,000
	2500	Limit Hold'em	149	149,000

Web links

Commons : Humberto Brenes  - Collection of Images

• Humberto Brenes in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Humberto Brenes in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Humberto Brenes in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Humberto Brenes in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 1, 2017.