James Mackey

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James Mackey
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Mackey at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League's Vegas Open Championship in 2007.
Nickname(s)mig.com
Residence Columbia, Missouri
Born (1986-02-25) February 25, 1986 (age 38)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Final table(s)4
Money finish(es)41
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		306th, 2019
World Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)9
Information accurate as of 3 June 2020.

James Corwin Mackey (born February 25, 1986) is an American professional poker player. He attended the University of Missouri before dropping out of a pre-med program to pursue a career in professional poker. In 2007, at 21 years and 4 months, Mackey became the third youngest poker player at the time to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet, when he won the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event, behind Steve Billirakis (won a bracelet in the first event of the 2007 tournament) and Jeff Madsen (won a bracelet in the 2006 tournament).

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Early career

James Mackey started playing poker online in 2005 when he invested $75 in an online account. He turned that initial investment into $20,000 and decided to pursue a career professionally. [1]

World Series of Poker success

Mackey's near-record setting win (third youngest to win a bracelet), in the 2007 $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event, came against a final table that included two players from the 2005 and 2006 Main Event, as well as two former bracelet winners. The final hand of the tournament was the famous 10-2 – the same hand that Doyle Brunson won back to back World Series of Poker Main Events with. [2]

In the following year's tournament, Mackey finished runner-up in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, earning $297,792. [3]

World Championship of Online Poker

On September 24, 2007, Mackey under the screen name mig.com won the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $1050 buy-in event winning $580,212.50 and the WCOOP bracelet. This was the third biggest prize in the site's history. [4]

As of 2020, James Mackey has live tournament winnings over $4,200,000. [5] His 47 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,087,385 of those winnings. [6]

World Poker Tour success

During Season 15 of the World Poker Tour (WPT), Mackey won the 2016 WPT Choctaw tournament, with a top prize of $666,758. [7] Prior to this win, Mackey had finished at the final table of two WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdowns, winning $124,704 for a seventh-place finish in Season 9 and $441,128 for a third-place finish in Season 12. [8]

World Series of Poker bracelets

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2007 $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em $730,740

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References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, Craig.James Mackey Conquers the $5k NLH as the Final Table Becomes a Turbo SNG 6/15/07 Pokerworks
  2. ↑ Dalla, Nolan (June 16, 2007). "WSOP NEWS: James-Mackey-2007-WSOP---Event-22-5000-NLHE-Winner-Profile". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Anthony Rivera Wins Event #8, $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event ($483,688), James Mackey Eliminated in 2nd Place ($297,792)". PokerNews.com. June 6, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ "pokerstarsblog.com - 2007 WCOOP: Event #14 Final Table Report". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  5. ↑ "James Mackey's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ "James Mackey". WSOP.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  7. ↑ "How Rare is it to Win the Same WPT Event Twice? (It Could Happen at Choctaw)". PokerNews. May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ Davis, Terry (August 3, 2016). "James Mackey Wins WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event". Casino News Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
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