James Moore (poker player)

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James Moore
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1950 or 1951
Nickname
muskrrrWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States New Hope
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 259,230
Total prize money $ 555,273
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 5
Best main event no cash
Last updated: August 3, 2020

James Eugene Moore (born 1950 or 1951 ) is an American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Moore comes from New Hope in the US state of Pennsylvania and works there as a radiologist . He is married.

Poker career

Career

Moore travels regularly to Atlantic City and Philadelphia to play poker. He has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2010 .

Morre was successful for the first time in mid-June 2013 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished 149th in the Seniors Championship . To participate in this tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em players must be at least 50 years old. At the WSOP 2016 he won the Super Seniors Championship , which is accessible to players aged 65 and over . For this he prevailed against a field of 1,476 participants and received a prize of around 230,000 US dollars and a bracelet . A year later he repeated this success at the WSOP 2017 and won the same tournament again. Moore left other players behind in 1719 and received, in addition to his second bracelet, the highest prize money of his career to date of just under 260,000 US dollars.

Overall, Moore earned more than $ 500,000 in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Moore cashed five times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2016 1000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em 1476 230,626
2017 1000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em 1720 259.230

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Get to Know World Series of Poker Back-to-Back Champ James Moore on pokernews.com on June 21, 2017, accessed on March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b James Moore in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Championship (Event # 26)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Seniors (Age 65+) (Event # 31)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super Seniors (Event # 35)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ James Moore in the World Series of Poker database, accessed March 9, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Moore, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, James Eugene (full name); muskrrr (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1950 or 1951