Jeff Williams (poker player)

Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams (2008)
Personal information
Date of birth	July 14, 1986
Nicknames 0 0 0	yellowsub86PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker YelloSub86UltimateBet YellowSubAbsolute Poker & Bodog theboy222Cake Poker
place of residence	Atlanta
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,084,036
Total prize money	$ 2,228,800
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	20th
Best main event	no cash
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	2
Last updated: January 17, 2020

Jeff Williams (born July 14, 1986 ) is a professional American poker player .

Poker career

Williams lives in Atlanta . He played online from July 2006 to July 2011 under the nicknames yellowsub86 ( PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker ) , YelloSub86 ( UltimateBet ) , YellowSub (Absolute Poker and Bodog) and theboy222 (Cake Poker) . Williams has earned more than $ 1 million in online tournaments during this period .

In March 2006 he played his first major live tournament , the main event of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo , after he had previously qualified for it on the PokerStars platform . There Williams prevailed against 297 other players and secured a prize of 900,000 euros . In June 2008 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed three times, receiving by far his largest prize money of around $ 400,000 for the second Place in a tournament in the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the 2010 WSOP , he again reached a final table and finished the tournament behind Jason DeWitt and Sam Trickett in third place for just under $ 330,000. In mid-September 2012, Williams finished eighth at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Atlantic City for just under $ 100,000 in prize money.

In total, Williams has made over two million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Jeff Williams  - Collection of Images

• Jeff Williams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Jeff Williams in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Jeff Williams in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Jeff Williams in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Betting on 21: Tom Dwan Leads the Way on wsop.com from May 29, 2008, accessed on March 2, 2017 (English).
2. ↑ Jeff Williams in the World Series of Poker database, accessed March 2, 2017.
3. ↑ yellowsub in the PocketFives database, accessed on March 2, 2017 (English).
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Jeff Williams in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 2, 2017.
5. ↑ EPT - 2 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 2, 2017 (English).
6. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 2, 2017 (English).
7. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 2, 2017.
8. ↑ WPT Borgata Poker Open ($ 3,300 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event (Re-Entry)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 2, 2017 (English).