Kevin Martin (poker player)

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Kevin Martin
  Personal information  
Date of birth 4th January 1993
place of birth CanadaCanada Alberta
Nicknames
0
GarlicXToastPokerStars

KevinM987Team PokerStars
place of residence CanadaCanada Calgary
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 48,210
Total prize money $ 313,687
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 1
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: February 3, 2020

Kevin Rob Martin (born January 4, 1993 in Alberta ) is a professional Canadian poker player and reality television participant.

Personal

Martin is from Lethbridge . He worked as a radio host , but gave up the job for his poker career. Martin participated in the third season of the Canadian edition of Big Brother . From March 2017 he was again a participant in the format and won the fifth season. Martin lives in Calgary .

Poker career

Martin played online under the nickname GarlicXToast . From May 2016 to February 2019 he was part of Team PokerStars under the nickname KevinM987 . He then moved to the partypoker team , to which he was a member from May to September 2019. You can follow his game regularly on the streaming portal Twitch , where Martin has more than 80,000 followers.

Since 2015 Martin has also occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments . In June 2016 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 of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-January 2017, Martin also made the money in the first edition of the PokerStars Championship and finished 134th in the main event in the Bahamas for prize money of over 7,000 US dollars . In mid-July 2017, he finished fourth at the Wynn Summer Classic in Las Vegas for around $ 12,500. In January 2018, Martin finished second in a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure event in the Bahamas for more than $ 35,000 in prize money. From June to August 2018, he won three Calgary tournaments with prizes totaling more than 100,000 Canadian dollars . At the end of October 2018, Martin finished runner- up in the Run It Up Reno main event for just under $ 50,000.

In total, Martin has earned more than $ 300,000 in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b kevinmartin on Twitch , accessed April 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d Kevin Martin in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kevin Martin on PokerStars.eu, accessed April 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ Team PokerStars' Kevin Martin Returns to Big Brother Canada on pokernews.com March 15, 2017, accessed April 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ex-Big Brother participant Kevin Martin signs with PokerStars at pokerolymp.com on May 20, 2016, accessed on April 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Twitch: Martin leaves PokerStars, ALLinPav at partypoker on pokerfirma.com on February 20, 2019, accessed on February 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ partypoker Team Online: Kevin Martin is the latest entry on pokerfirma.com from May 2nd, 2019, accessed on May 18th, 2019.
  8. ↑ Kevin Martin Retires as a Streamer and partypoker Team Online on pokernews.com from September 6, 2019, accessed on September 23, 2019.
  9. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 565 No Limit Hold'em Colossus II (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ PokerStars Championship Bahamas ($ 4,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship Main Event (Event # 23)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ 2017 The Wynn Summer Classic ($ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2018 ($ 1,000 + 100 # 19 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ 2018 Calgary Classic (C $ 560 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  14. ↑ Silver Buckle Poker Tournament (C $ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 3, 2018 (English).
  15. ↑ 2018 Summer Super Stack (C $ 1,500 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 3, 2018 (English).
  16. ↑ Run It Up Reno VII ($ 550 + 50 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Kevin Rob (full name); GarlicXToast (nickname); KevinM987 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poker player and reality TV subscriber
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Alberta , Canada