Sam El Sayed

Sam El Sayed
Personal information
place of residence	Switzerland Lausanne
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0 '$ 594,627
Total prize money	$ 1,245,388
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	2
Best main event	no cash
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	3
Last updated: January 8, 2020

Sam El Sayed is a professional Swiss poker player with Lebanese roots.

Poker career

El Sayed comes from Lausanne . He has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2006.

In June 2008 El Sayed 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 . At the beginning of November 2010 he was the first and so far only Swiss citizen to win the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Amnéville . For this he prevailed against 541 other players and, in addition to the title, received a prize of just under 430,000 euros . A week later, El Sayed took second place at the main event of the Barriere Poker Tour in Enghien-les-Bains for 135,000 euros. In mid-May 2011, he finished eighth at the WPT Main Event at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and received prize money of over 100,000 US dollars . El Sayed's last live poker tournament cash to date was at the WPT main event in Cyprus in August 2012 .

Overall, El Sayed has made over a million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Sam El Sayed in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Sam El Sayed in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Sam El Sayed in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2017.
↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017.
↑ WPT Amneville (€ 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).
↑ Barriere Poker Tour - Grand Final (€ 2,200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).
↑ Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	El Sayed, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[hendonmob-1] Sam El Sayed in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2017.

[2] 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017.

[3] WPT Amneville (€ 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).

[4] Barriere Poker Tour - Grand Final (€ 2,200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).

[5] Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).