Isaac Haxton

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Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton (2018)
Isaac Haxton (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 21, 1985
place of birth United StatesUnited States New York City
Nickname The Lizard King
Nicknames
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philivey2694PokerStars

Ike HaxtonTeam PokerStars

luvtheWNBAFull Tilt Poker

Signor Ukelelepartypoker
place of residence MaltaMalta Malta
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 3,672,000
Total prize money $ 27,670,939
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 27
Best main event 94th ( 2007 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 5
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 5
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: August 11, 2020

Isaac Blum "Ike" Haxton (born September 21, 1985 in New York City , New York ) is a professional American poker player .

Haxton has earned more than $ 27.5 million in poker playing live tournaments . He is nicknamed The Lizard King ( German  of lizards -König ) and won in December 2018 the Super High Roller Bowl . At the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker in June 2019, Haxton was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history .

Personal

Haxton was born the son of an English teacher in suburban New York City . He learned chess at the age of four and began playing the trading card game Magic: The Gathering at the age of ten . He later studied computer science and philosophy at Brown University in Providence , but dropped out because of his poker successes. Haxton lives in Malta .

Poker career

On-line

Haxton learned poker from friends in high school . He plays online under the nicknames philivey2694 ( PokerStars ) and luvtheWNBA ( Full Tilt Poker ) . With cash games he made a profit of almost 3 million US dollars on the platforms . As Ike Haxton , he was also part of Team PokerStars until the end of 2015 . He has been part of the partypoker team since January 2018 and plays on the platform under the nickname SignoreUkelele .

live

Career

Haxton at the 2010 WSOP

Haxton has also participated in renowned live tournaments since 2007 .

In early January 2007, Haxton took second place at the World Poker Tour Main Event in the Bahamas and received more than $ 850,000 in prize money. In July 2007 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in the money in three tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant , u. a. he finished 94th in the main event . At the 2009 WSOP , Haxton finished second behind Vitali Lunkin at the anniversary event for the 40th main tournament series , securing over one million US dollars. In mid-December 2011, Haxton took third place in the High Roller of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for just under 600,000 US dollars. In January 2012 he finished third in the High Roller on the European Poker Tour (EPT) in the Bahamas for around $ 380,000 in prize money. In early June 2013, Haxton was in Macau for the GuangDong Asia Millions . There he reached the final table in both the Warm Up and the Main Event and secured prize money equivalent to more than 1.5 million US dollars. In mid-February 2014, Haxton took second place behind Phil Ivey at the A $ 250,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne and received prize money of over 2.5 million US dollars. In mid-July 2014, Haxton also finished second in the first Aria Super High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for more than 800,000 US dollars. In January 2016, he made the final table of the EPT High Roller and Super High Roller in the Bahamas, securing prize money of almost $ 750,000 within three days. In July 2016, he only had to admit defeat to Rainer Kempe in the tenth Aria Super High Roller and received over 400,000 US dollars. In mid-December 2016, Haxton won a tournament as part of the EPT in Prague with a prize money of 560,000 euros . In the WSOP in 2017 , he was in the Poker Player's Championship third party for just $ 600,000. In March 2018, Haxton finished eighth at the Super High Roller Bowl China in Macau for the equivalent of just under one million US dollars. At the 2018 WSOP , he finished fourth in the $ 50,000 high roller event for almost $ 520,000 in prize money. In mid-December 2018, Haxton won the Super High Roller Bowl at Aria Resort & Casino and secured its highest prize money to date of more than 3.5 million US dollars. In March 2019, he made it into the money twice at the Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju-do, South Korea, and secured prize money equivalent to more than one million US dollars.

Prize money overview

Haxton at an Alpha8 event on St. Kitts (2013)
year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2007 01,076,133 -
2008 00.316.451 -
2009 01,254,538 -
2010 00.251,891 1
2011 00.691,404 -
2012 00.493,649 -
2013 01,678,645 -
2014 03,724,936 -
2015 01.005.278 -
2016 02,157,432 2
2017 02,809,049 1
2018 08,194,991 3
2019 04,016,544 -
2020 00,000.000 -
total 27,670,939 7th

Web links

Commons : Isaac Haxton  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Isaac Haxton in the Global Poker Index database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Isaac Haxton in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ philivey2694 on highstakesdb.com, accessed December 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ luvtheWNBA on highstakesdb.com, accessed on December 23, 2016 (English).
  6. ^ Ike Haxton ( Memento from May 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on PokerStars.eu, accessed on December 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ Isaac Haxton is the new partypoker Pro on pokernews.com January 23, 2018, accessed July 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Isaac Haxton - Team partypoker at partypoker.com, accessed July 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ PCA - 2007 ($ 7,800 + 200 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - 40th Anniversary event) in the Hendon Mob Database, accessed on June 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ 2011 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ PCA - 2012 ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em 8 Max - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ GuangDong Asia Millions (HK $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Warm Up) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ GuangDong Asia Millions (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limt Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  16. ↑ 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 250,000 Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  17. ↑ Aria $ 100k Super High Roller ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  18. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 100,000 # 1 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  19. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 50,000 # 38 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  20. ↑ Aria Super High Roller 10 ($ 48,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 26, 2017.
  21. ↑ EPT - 13 - EUREKA - 6 - Prague (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - 8-Handed (Event # 49)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 26, 2017 (English).
  22. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 50,000 Poker Players Championship - 6 Handed (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 8, 2015.
  23. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl China (HK $ 2,000,000 + 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Bowl) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2018 (English).
  24. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 77)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2018.
  25. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl ($ 300,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 20, 2018.
  26. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 500,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante Only (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019.
  27. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 2,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju 2019 Main (Event # 6)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Haxton, Isaac
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haxton, Isaac Blum (full name); Haxton, Ike (nickname); The Lizard King (nickname); philivey2694 (nickname); luvtheWNBA (nickname); SignoreUkelele (Nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States