Jeff Gross (poker player)

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Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross (2016)
Jeff Gross (2016)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 5th September 1986
place of birth United StatesUnited States Ann Arbor
Nicknames
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kidwhowonPokerStars & Full Tilt Poker

JeffGrossTeam PokerStars

FantasyMagicAmericas cardroom

younGGunJGpartypoker
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 414,770
Total prize money $ 3,383,836
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 50
Best main event 223rd ( 2012 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 14th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: January 20, 2020

Jeffrey Dale "Jeff" Gross (born September 5, 1986 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Gross graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia . For its Unimannschaft he played four years football in Division I. Gross is married and since 2019 has one son. He lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Gross first came into contact with poker during his studies. He plays online under the nicknames kidwhowon ( PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker ) , FantasyMagic (Americas Cardroom) and younGGunJG ( partypoker ) . From July 2017 to February 2019, Gross was a member of Team PokerStars Pro under the nickname JeffGross . He then moved to the partypoker team , to which he has been a member since March 2019. With tournament poker online, he has more than 1.5 million US dollars earned. You can follow his game regularly on the Twitch streaming portal , which Gross has almost 60,000 followers. Since 2007 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Gross was in June 2010 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came in three tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold 'em the money. He narrowly missed winning a bracelet at the 2011 WSOP and finished second behind Mark Radoja in a shootout event for just under $ 270,000 in prize money. At the end of November 2012, Gross reached the final table at the main event of the World Poker Tour in Montreal and finished the tournament in third place for just under 320,000 dollars. At the end of August 2013, he played the $ 100,000 Alpha8 event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood and for his third place received his highest prize money to date of over $ 400,000. At the 2016 WSOP , Gross finished 18th in the most expensive event on the tournament schedule, the High Roller for One Drop , and received just under $ 200,000 in prize money.

Overall, Gross has earned just under $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments. From April to December 2016 he played as part of the Berlin Bears in the Global Poker League and reached the final with his team.

Trivia

In October 2013, Gross got a tattoo chosen by Perkins on the basis of a bet with the multi-millionaire Bill Perkins and received 550,000 US dollars for it .

Web links

Commons : Jeff Gross  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeff Gross in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Jeff Gross in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Tweet of November 22, 2018, accessed on November 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Jeff Gross on PokerStars.eu, accessed August 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b kidwhowon on pocketfives.com, accessed on August 28, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Twitch streamer Jeff Gross joins Team PokerStars Pro on pokerolymp.com on July 11, 2017, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jeff Gross is leaving PokerStars on pokerstrategy.com on February 5, 2019, accessed on February 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ partypoker: Jeff Gross is now also part of the online team on pokerstrategy.com from March 2, 2019, accessed on May 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Jeff Gross on Twitch, accessed on May 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ a b c Jeff Gross in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ WPT Montreal ($ 3,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ Seminole Hard Rock 2013 Poker Open ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Alpha8) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ 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 August 28, 2017 (English ).
  15. ↑ Berlin Bears on the Global Poker League website, accessed on August 28, 2017 (English).
  16. ↑ Poker Pro Gets Tattoo In $ 550K Prop Bet on cardplayer.com on October 9, 2013, accessed on January 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gross, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gross, Jeffrey Dale (full name); kidwhowon (nickname); JeffGross (nickname); FantasyMagic (nickname); younGGunJG (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States