Lucas Greenwood

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Lucas Greenwood
  Personal information  
Date of birth October 11, 1988
place of birth CanadaCanada Toronto
Nickname
yrwthmelthrPokerStars, Full Tilt Poker & UltimateBet
place of residence CanadaCanada Toronto
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 779,268
Total prize money $ 4,735,571
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 8th
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 5
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: August 19, 2020

Lucas James "Luc" Greenwood (born October 11, 1988 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a professional Canadian poker player .

family

Greenwoods identical twin brother Sam and her older brother Max are also professional poker player and each bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker . Greenwood lives in Toronto .

Poker career

Greenwood has been playing online since November 2006 under the nickname yrwthmelthr . His prize money in online poker tournaments is more than 4 million US dollars , with the majority of over 3.5 million US dollars being won on the PokerStars platform . Greenwood secured his highest online prize pool in April 2014 for finishing fourth in the FTOPS Main Event on Full Tilt Poker for more than $ 100,000. Since 2008 he has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

In early January 2010, Greenwood finished 21st at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in the Bahamas for $ 75,000 in prize money. In June 2010 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 came in the money in two tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-December 2015, Greenwood came 13th at the EPT High Roller in Prague for around 45,000 euros . In January 2017, he won the high roller event of the first edition of the PokerStars Championship . For this he prevailed against 120 other players in the Bahamas and received his highest prize money to date of almost 780,000 US dollars. At the end of August 2017, Greenwood finished fourth in a PSC tournament in Barcelona for just under 170,000 euros. In March 2018, he finished third in the Single Day High Roller of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Macau for the equivalent of over 150,000 US dollars. In mid-December 2018, Greenwood finished fifth at the EPT Super High Roller in Prague for more than 170,000 euros. At the beginning of August 2019, he finished second at a tournament in the Triton Super High Roller Series in London and received the equivalent of almost 570,000 US dollars. Three weeks later, Greenwood finished sixth in the super high roller at the EPT in Barcelona and fourth in a one-day high roller event for prize money of almost 750,000 euros. In January 2020, Greenwood won the sixth event of the Australian Poker Open in Gold Coast and secured a prize of 700,000 Australian dollars .

Overall, Greenwood has earned more than $ 4.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PCA 2014: Meet the Greenwoods on pokerstars.com from January 10, 2014, accessed on December 24, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ EPT 11 Malta Main Event - Day 1a players - The European Poker Tour , accessed December 24, 2017 (English; xls).
  3. ↑ Sam Greenwood in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lucas Greenwood in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ yrwthmelthr in the PocketFives database, accessed on December 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ FTOPS Main Event in the PocketFives database, accessed December 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b c Lucas Greenwood in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ PCA - 2010 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 24, 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 December 24, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ PokerStars Championship Bahamas ($ 25,000 + 750 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship High Roller (Event # 66)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ PokerStars Championship Barcelona (€ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em # 31) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 24, 2017.
  12. ↑ Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau (HK $ 200,000 No Limit Hold'em - Single Day High Roller (Event # 16)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 30, 2018 (English).
  13. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague (€ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Super High Roller # 11) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 12, 2018 (English).
  14. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - London (£ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed Turbo (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 26, 2019.
  16. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona (€ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 28)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 29, 2019.
  17. ↑ Australian Poker Open (A $ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 6)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 31, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Greenwood, Lucas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenwood, Lucas James (full name); Greenwood, Luc (nickname); yrwthmelthr (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada