Timothy West (poker player)

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Timothy West
Timothy West (2017)
Timothy West (2017)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 26, 1985
place of birth United StatesUnited States San Francisco
Nicknames
0
Tmay420PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, partypoker & Absolute Poker

tmay_420Bodog & UltimateBet
Place of residence
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United StatesUnited States Los Altos Las Vegas
United StatesUnited States 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 444,165
Total prize money $ 3,981,225
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 48
Best main event 358th ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 11
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 5, 2020

Timothy "Tim" West (born September 26, 1985 in San Francisco , California ) is a professional American poker player .

Poker career

On-line

West has been playing online since July 2006 under the nicknames Tmay420 ( PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker , partypoker and Absolute Poker) and tmay_420 (Bodog and UltimateBet ) . Its online poker tournament earnings are in excess of four million US dollars , with the majority of nearly 2.5 million dollars PokerStars was recovered. From October 25 to December 12, 2006, West was number one in the PocketFives ranking for eight consecutive weeks , which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide.

live

Since 2006, West has also participated in renowned live tournaments.

In early December 2006, West at an event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas Second and received a prize of more than 180,000 dollars. In June 2007 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 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 March 2011, West won the Wynn Classic Main Event with a prize of nearly $ 320,000. A few days later, he finished second at a WSOP circuit tournament in San Diego and received almost $ 175,000 in prize money. In mid-July 2012, West won the Deep Stack Extravaganza in the Palazzo and secured a prize money of almost 450,000 dollars, his highest prize money to date. At the 2013 WSOP , he finished fourth in a shootout event for just under $ 100,000. In January 2016, West took second place behind Tom Marchese at the Aria High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and received around $ 285,000 for it. In mid-April 2016, West also made the final table at the high roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, finishing third for just under $ 300,000. At the 2016 WSOP he made it into the money three times, including a. he reached his place in the Main Event with the 358th place . In early April 2017, West sat at the final table of the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Hollywood and received over $ 200,000 in prize money for his fourth place. At the 2017 WSOP , as in 2013, he made it to the final table of a shootout tournament, where he finished third for around $ 115,000.

In total, West has earned just under four million dollars from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Timothy West  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. A Poker Life - Tim West on cardplayer.com, April 30, 2011, accessed June 27, 2018.
  2. Tmay420 in the PocketFives database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  3. # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  4. a b Timothy West in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  5. Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 5,000 + 180 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  6. 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 27, 2018.
  7. 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  8. 2011 Wynn Classic ($ 5,000 + 170 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  9. WSOP Circuit - San Diego ($ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - Regional Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  10. Deep Stack Extravaganza III ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  11. 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 27, 2018.
  12. Aria High Roller 22 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  13. WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 25,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller # 27) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  14. 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  15. Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Event # 23)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.
  16. 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event # 43)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2018.