Brandon Steven – Poker Player Profile
One of the “x-factors” in this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is Wichita, Kansas native Brandon Steven. Sitting among the 78 players remaining for one of the most prized awards in the poker industry, Steven has been able to keep a level head about his deep run in the WSOP Main Event.
In a report from his hometown newspaper, the Wichita Eagle, written by Carrie Rengers, many of his family and friends thought that reports of his demise at the WSOP Main Event were imminent when it was reported online that he was sitting on 121,000 in chips. “They just missed a zero,” Steven is quoted as saying in the report; he was actually stacked with 1.21 million in chips and was in the middle of the pack during Day 6.
Steven has been a part of the tournament poker world for at least the last half of the 2000s, earning his first cash in 2006 at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in a $5,000 No Limit event. The occasional high-stakes Las Vegas cash game player has been able to earn at least one cash each year since then, with a high mark being a 30th place finish in a $1,500 No Limit event in 2007. Although he only has career earnings of $55,056 according to the HendonMob database, it can be extrapolated that Steven has done quite well in the cash game arena.
The 36 year old father of five has been a veteran of four WSOP Main Events, but 2010 is the first time that he has cashed in the tournament. He also seems to have the philanthropic side that epitomizes the world of poker; he was the leading money raiser for research into leukemia and was named Man of the Year for his efforts. The minimum $317,161 payout for 27th place will probably not only benefit Steven’s future poker endeavors, but also a highly deserving charitable organization.
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Poker terminology:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
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