Kenneth Smaron

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Kenneth Smaron
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 25, 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Pennsylvania
Nickname
kenny05PokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Philadelphia
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 654,302
Total prize money $ 1,383,399
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 17th
Best main event 92nd ( 2019 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
title 1
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: February 7, 2020

Kenneth "Kenny" Smaron (born December 25, 1984 in Pennsylvania ) is a professional American poker player .

Poker career

Smaron lives in Philadelphia . He plays online under the nickname kenny05 . In May 2015, he won a Spring Championship Of Online Poker tournament on the PokerStars platform with a bonus of around 180,000 US dollars . Since 2006 Smaron has also taken part in renowned live tournaments .

In June 2007 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in a tournament in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In December 2008, he reached at an event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio Hotel the final table in Las Vegas and finished the tournament in third place for more than 90,000 dollars in prize money. In mid-December 2015 Smaron won the high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Prague . For this he prevailed against 251 other players and received a prize of almost 600,000 euros . In March 2017, he won the main event of the PokerStars Championship in Panama and secured a prize of almost 300,000 dollars.

Overall, Smaron has earned almost $ 1.5 million from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EPT12 Prague: Kenneth Smaron wins High Roller and € 595,500 on pokerstars.com from December 16, 2015, accessed on March 23, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Kenneth Smaron Wins 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event on cardplayer.com on March 21, 2017, accessed on March 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kenny Smaron Wins EPT Season 12 Prague € 10,300 High Roller on casinonewsdaily.com from December 17, 2015, accessed on March 23, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Kenneth Smaron in the Global Poker Index database, accessed March 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ SCOOP 2015: kenny05 claims victory in Event # 40-H ($ 2,100 NLHE Turbo, Zoom) on pokerstars.com from May 22, 2015, accessed on March 23, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Kenneth Smaron in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ 2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 5,000 + 180 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ EPT - 12 - Eureka - 5 - Prague (€ 10,000 + 300 # 81 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller - 8 Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ PokerStars Championship Panama ($ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship Main Event (Event # 16)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Smaron, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smaron, Kenny (nickname); kenny05 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Pennsylvania , United States