American poker player
| Pat Poels |
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| Residence | Mesa, Arizona |
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| Born | c. 1968 (age 55–56) |
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| Bracelet(s) | 2 |
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| Money finish(es) | 11 |
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Highest ITM
Main Event finish | 253rd, 2005 |
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| Title(s) | None |
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| Final table(s) | None |
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| Money finish(es) | 2 |
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Patrick "Pat" Poels (born c. 1968) is an American professional poker player from Mesa, Arizona and a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.[1] He currently leads the engineering team at Snyk as the company's SVP of Engineering, and formerly led engineering for Eventbrite as the company's CTO.[2]
Poels won the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event earning $270,100, defeating two-time bracelet winner John Lukas in the heads-up play. Then a year later he won his second bracelet in the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event. event.[1]
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000.[3]
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year
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Event
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Prize Money
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| 2005
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$1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
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$270,100 [4]
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| 2006
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$1,000 7 Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
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$172,091[5]
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