Jack Salter

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Jack Salter
Jack Salter (2019)
Jack Salter (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth March 10, 1987
place of birth United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Nickname
jackziyangPokerStars
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,536,666
Total prize money $ 8,340,664
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 23
Best main event no cash
  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 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: January 24, 2020

Jack Zi Yang Arthur Salter (born March 10, 1987 in London ) is a professional British poker player from England .

Personal

Salter is the son of an English father and a Chinese mother. He has two sisters and a younger brother, Louis , who also makes his living playing poker. Salter lives in London.

Poker career

Salter plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname jackziyang . He has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2010.

In November 2011 Salter won a tournament at the Palm Beach Big Game in London with a prize of just under 50,000 US dollars . In the summer of 2013 he was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came in three events of the variant No-Limit Hold 'em the money. At the beginning of October 2013, Salter reached the final table at the main event of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour and finished the tournament in third place for the equivalent of almost $ 100,000 in prize money. In February 2014 he won a Six Max tournament of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne and received over 100,000 Australian dollars for it . At the beginning of May 2014, Salter came second at the high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo and collected 765,000 euros for it . When the main event of the WSOP Asia Pacific , he finished in October 2014 also took second place and received more than 500,000 Australian dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , Salter reached the final table of the most expensive tournament on the tournament schedule, the High Roller for One Drop with a buy-in of $ 111,111, and finished the event in fourth place. For this he received his largest prize money to date of more than $ 1.5 million. At the beginning of December 2016, Salter won the Aria High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the first time with a prize of over 400,000 dollars. At the beginning of November 2017 , he finished 19th in the € 111,111 High Roller for One Drop of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in Rozvadov and received prize money of almost € 160,000. A few days later, Salter reached the final table of the WSOPE main event and came in seventh for just under 130,000 euros. In January 2019, Salter finished third in a $ 50,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventures event in the Bahamas , which was paid for $ 230,500. In early February 2019, he finished fifth in the A $ 100,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions and received nearly 330,000 Australian dollars .

In total, Salter has earned more than eight million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meet Jack Salter - European Breakout Player of the Year on casinonewsdaily.com on March 27, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Louis Salter in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ The Fabulous Salter Brothers thriving on live poker circuit on sportingnews.com from December 12, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Worth His Salt: The UK's Jack Salter is Looking to Make a Name for Himself on pokernews.com April 3, 2014, accessed March 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ jackziyang / jack salter Aussie Millions 25k on forumserver.twoplustwo.com from March 1, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ a b c Jack Salter in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ Palm Beach Big Game (£ 1,000 + 80 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ EPT - 10 - UKIPT - 4 - London (£ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - UKIPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC; A $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em WSOP APAC Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for One Drop (single re-entry) (Event # 67)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017 ).
  13. ↑ Aria High Roller 47 ($ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller for One Drop (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 9, 2017 (English).
  15. ↑ 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 9, 2017 (English).
  16. ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 10, 2019.
  17. ↑ 2019 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Challenge # 20) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Salter, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salter, Jack Zi Yang Arthur (full name); jackziyang (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK