Sam Angel

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Sam Angel
  Personal information  
Date of birth November 30, 1920
place of birth United StatesUnited States San Francisco
date of death March 21, 2007
Place of death United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Nickname The Jeweler
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 57,000
Total prize money $ 182,000
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 4th
Best main event no cash

Sam Angel (born November 30, 1920 in San Francisco , California - March 21, 2007 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) was a professional American poker player . He won two bracelets in the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Angel financed his poker career as a jeweler . In the 1950s he also worked as a driver for the high roller Nick Dandolos . Angel died in Las Vegas on March 21, 2007 at the age of 86 .

Poker career

Career

Angel won his first bracelet at the 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . For this, he prevailed against 31 other players in the Limit Razz variant and received a prize of 32,000 US dollars . Two years later he won the tournament again, securing his second bracelet and $ 17,000. At the WSOP in 1984 and 1987 , he made the money once.

In total, Angel has earned $ 182,000 playing poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Angel cashed four times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1973 1000 Limit razz 32 32,000
1975 1000 Limit razz 17th 17,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sam Angel: 1920–2007 on lasvegassun.com of March 23, 2007, accessed on June 10, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Limit Razz (Event 2) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 10, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Limit Razz (Event 2) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 10, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Sam Angel in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 10, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Sam Angel in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 10, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Angel, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Jeweler (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2007
Place of death Las Vegas , Nevada , United States