Matt Giannetti

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Matt Giannetti
Matt Giannetti (2011)
Matt Giannetti (2011)
  Personal information  
Date of birth November 25, 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Texas
Nickname
hazards21PokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 3,012,700
Total prize money $ 4,815,588
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 30th
Best main event 4th ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 14th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: March 11, 2020

Matthew "Matt" Giannetti (born November 25, 1984 in Texas ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time champions of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Giannetti played hockey and golf in his youth . He later studied at the University of Texas . He lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Giannetti has participated in prestigious live tournaments since 2006 .

Giannetti was successful for the first time in July 2006 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished 521st in the main event . At the 2008 WSOP he was killed in a shootout tournament of the variant No-Limit Hold'em at the final table. At the WSOP 2011 Main Event , he reached the final table with the third-largest chip stack, which was played in November 2011. Before the start of the final table, Giannetti won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Malta with a prize of 200,000 euros . At the WSOP final table, he finished a month later in fourth place and received its biggest ever prize money of over three million US dollars . In February 2013, Giannetti won the main event of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood , Florida , securing his second WPT title and almost $ 300,000 in prize money.

In total, Giannetti has earned more than $ 4.5 million in poker in live tournaments. Since 2008 he has also been playing online under the nickname hazards21 .

Trivia

Giannetti spent twelve hours in a row in the hotel pool during the World Poker Tour on the Turks and Caicos Islands in September 2007 . With that he won a bet that grossed him $ 15,000.

Web links

Commons : Matt Giannetti  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Мэтт Джанетти (Matt Giannetti) on propokerpro.bid, accessed on May 31, 2017 (Russian).
  2. ↑ a b c d November Nine Countdown - Matt Gianetti, the man in the pool ( Memento from June 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com from October 30, 2011, accessed on May 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Matt Giannetti in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 31, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Matt Giannetti in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ WPT Malta (€ 3,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 31, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 31, 2017.
  9. ↑ WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open ($ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Giannetti, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giannetti, Matthew (full name); hazards21 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Texas , United States