David Singer (poker player)

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David Singer
David Singer at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League Vegas Open Championship in 2007
ResidenceMamaroneck, New York
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)2
Money finish(es)28
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
9th, 2003
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)9
Information accurate as of 22 September 2010.

David Singer (born in

Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional poker
player and former attorney.

Law career

Singer is a former environmental

non-profit organization
.

Poker career

Singer has been playing poker professionally since 1996, concentrating on seven-card stud before moving to mostly Texas hold 'em tournaments.

In October 2007, Singer won the Caesars Palace Classic $9,800 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event, winning $1,000,000.[1]

In May 2008, Singer earned $560,000 by winning the $25,000 Full Tilt Poker Heads Up World Championship. The tournament featured 64 players in the largest buy-in in online poker history.

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,200,000.[1] His 28 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,493,368 of those winnings.[2]

World Series of Poker

Singer has garnered considerable success in

Main Event, busting out in ninth place, earning $120,000.[3]

Singer's biggest result at the

event, earning $411,840. This tournament's final table was broadcast by ESPN and was one of the toughest final tables in the history of the WSOP. It featured two world champions, Doyle Brunson and Jim Bechtel, as well as multi-bracelet winners Dewey Tomko, T. J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, and Chip Reese.[4]

After being away from the majority of the 2007 WSOP for personal reasons,[5] he became the first player to make back-to-back final tables in the $50,000 HORSE event, again finishing sixth.[6]

At the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, Singer won his first bracelet earning $214,131.[7]

At the 2017 World Series of Poker, Singer won his second career WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. He earned $203,709 for the victory.[8]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2008 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em $214,131
2017 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. $203,709

References

  1. ^ a b "David Singer's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "David Singer". WSOP.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, World Championship Event". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, H.O.R.S.E." The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  5. ^ Wise, Gary (June 29, 2007). "HORSE Diary". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship H.O.R.S.E." The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "48th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2017, H.O.R.S.E. (Event #14)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

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