Kainalu McCue-Unciano

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Kainalu McCue-Unciano
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1993 or 1994
place of birth United StatesUnited States Hawaii
place of residence United StatesUnited States Kapolei
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,008,850
Total prize money $ 1,715,463
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 9
Best main event no cash
Last updated: February 25, 2020

Kainalu McCue-Unciano (* 1993 or 1994 in Hawaii ) is a professional American poker player .

Poker career

McCue-Unciano has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2014 .

McCue-Unciano achieved his first live tournament success in August 2014 at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas . At the beginning of July 2015, he won a deep stack tournament at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and received a prize of just under 12,000 US dollars . In July 2017 McCue-Unciano was successful for the first time in the same position at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and came into the money in Little One for One Drop , which was played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In February 2018, he finished fourth at an event at the Venetian Resort Hotel that was paid for with over $ 75,000. McCue-Unciano won the monster stack event at the 2019 WSOP . In June 2019, he prevailed against 6,034 other players and secured a bracelet and a prize of over a million dollars. About two weeks later, he used this prize money to buy into the $ 100,000 high roller event of the WSOP, where he finished twelfth, worth almost $ 200,000.

Overall, McCue-Unciano has earned more than $ 1.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kainalu McCue-Unciano Wins the 2019 WSOP Monster Stack on cardplayer.com on June 26, 2019, accessed on December 25, 2019.
  2. a b Kainalu McCue-Unciano in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  3. 2014 Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Recurring Tournaments ($ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em - 7PM) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  4. 2014 Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Recurring Tournaments ($ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em - 12PM) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  5. Rio Daily Deepstacks 2015 ($ 185 No Limit Hold'em 6PM) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  6. 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,000 + 111 No Limit Hold'em - The Little One for One Drop (Event # 74)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  7. DeepStack Extravaganza I ($ 1,600 No Limit Hold'em - SuperStack (Event # 36)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  8. 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack (Event # 50)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.
  9. 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2019.