Jesse Sylvia

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Jesse Sylvia
  Personal information  
Date of birth February 26, 1986
place of birth United StatesUnited States West Tisbury
Nickname 4JesseJames4
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 5,295,149
Total prize money $ 7,474,647
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 45
Best main event 2. ( 2012 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 8th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: March 11, 2020

Jesse James Sylvia (born February 26, 1986 in West Tisbury , Massachusetts ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Sylvia graduated from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks with a Bachelor of Science degree . His hobbies include a. Snowboarding and longboarding . Sylvia lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Sylvia started playing poker in 2004 . He plays online under the nickname 4JesseJames4 . Since 2008 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

In June 2011 Sylvia 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 into the money in two tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the WSOP 2012 he reached the final table in the main event with the largest chip stack , which was played on October 28, 2012. There he played his way up to the final heads-up and was ultimately defeated with Q J against K 5 by Greg Merson , behind whom he finished second, worth around 5.3 million US dollars . In mid-October 2014, Sylvia finished third in the High Roller of the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific in Melbourne and received the equivalent of almost 190,000 US dollars. At the 2015 WSOP , Sylvia sat at a final table that he finished in third place for more than $ 210,000. In September 2016, he won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Atlantic City with a prize of over $ 800,000. In mid-February 2019, Sylvia prevailed at the DeepStack Extravaganza at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas and secured around 185,000 dollars through a deal with James Carroll .

Overall, Sylvia has earned almost $ 7.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jesse Sylvia in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on December 3, 2015.
  2. a b c Jesse Sylvia in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ I Finalisti delle WSOP 2012: Jesse Sylvia ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerlistings.it from July 23, 2012, accessed on March 2, 2016 (Italian).
  4. a b Jesse Sylvia in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 3, 2015 (English).
  5. 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 23, 2019.
  6. 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 23, 2019.
  7. WSOP Main Event - the October (November) Nine on pokerzeit.com on July 17, 2012, accessed on December 3, 2015.
  8. 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 61)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 3, 2015.
  9. World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) (A $ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 23, 2019.
  10. 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 38)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 23, 2019.
  11. WPT - Borgata Poker Open ($ 3,300 + 200 No Limit Hold'em WPT Main Event (Event # 16)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 24, 2016.
  12. DeepStack Extravaganza I ($ 1,600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 42)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 3, 2019.