Dan Colman

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Daniel Alan Colman
Daniel Colman 2017.jpg
Dan Colman in 2017
Nickname(s)mrGR33N13
Residence Holden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born (1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 34)
Holden, Massachusetts
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finish(es)9
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		31st, 2016
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)3
Money finish(es)6
Information accurate as of April 6, 2017.

Daniel Alan Colman [1] (born July 11, 1990) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, originally from Holden, Massachusetts. He is best known for winning the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2014 World Series of Poker. He beat Daniel Negreanu heads-up for a first place prize of $15,306,668, the fourth largest single payout in poker tournament history.

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Poker career

Colman is primarily an online player under the names "mrGR33N13" and "riyyc225". In 2013 he became the first player in history to win $1,000,000 in hyper-turbo tournaments in a calendar year, accomplishing the feat in only nine months. [2] In April 2014 he won the €100,000 Super High Roller at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €1,539,300.

At the 2014 WSOP, Colman finished in third place in the $10,000 Heads-Up event, before winning The Big One for One Drop for $15,306,668. [3]

Colman added two more seven-figure cashes that summer. First, he finished second in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT 2014 for €843,066 ($1,120,186), then in September he won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 1,499 and winning $1,446,710. [4] In October 2014 he won the WPT Alpha 8 super high roller for $990,000, bringing his live tournament cashes to 21 million in 2014.

In 2014, he won the BLUFF Player of the year award. [5]

As of May 2021, his total live winnings exceeded $28,900,000. [6]

World Series of Poker Bracelets

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2014 The Big One for One Drop $15,306,668

Awards

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  2. ↑ Hawk, Charles (August 29, 2013). "Interview with Daniel "mrgr33n13" Colman about reaching $1Million in Pokerstars!". husng.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Tuley, Dave (July 2, 2014). "Colman wins One Drop for $15 million". ESPN. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Fast, Erik (September 3, 2014). "Dan Colman Wins 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Dan Colman Wins 2014 BLUFF Player of the Year Award". BLUFF.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Colman's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Poker Player Of The Year". AllInMag.com. January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Fast, Erik (January 1, 2015). "Daniel Colman Wins 2014 Card Player Player of the Year Award - Poker News". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
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