Sam Trickett

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Samuel Trickett
Sam Trickett 2014.jpg
Sam Trickett in 2014
Nickname(s)Tricky
ResidenceEast Retford
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 37)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) None
Final table(s)6
Money finish(es)7
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		None
Information accurate as of 2 July 2010.

Sam Trickett (born 2 July 1986 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English professional poker player. He is best known for finishing second, losing heads-up to Antonio Esfandiari in the Big One for One Drop - winning over $10 million in prize money. He is currently the twelfth-highest earner in tournament play of all time. [1]

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Career

Trickett started playing poker in 2005 after suffering a knee injury that ended his career as a professional footballer. He soon became a regular in poker events in Sheffield.[ citation needed ]

Trickett won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event in 2008, taking $215,178 in prize money. He cashed six times in the 41st World Series of Poker. [1]

In late 2010, Trickett, alongside the likes of Tom Dwan, John Juanda and Phil Ivey, took part in a series of high-stakes cash games in Macau featuring a number of wealthy Chinese businessmen. In an interview in the January 2011 issue of Bluff Europe magazine Trickett revealed that he won approximately £1m in these games and that he was currently learning Mandarin. [2]

In less than a month at the beginning of 2011 Trickett cashed for more than $3 million in super high buy-in small field no-limit hold'em tournaments. The $100k buy-in super high roller event at PCA, he won the $100k buy-in high roller event at the Aussie Millions and he got second place in what was then the largest buy-in tournament in history at the $250k super high roller event at the Aussie Millions. [1]

On 13 November 2011, Trickett won the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event in Cannes and won €1,000,000. [3]

On 3 July 2012, Trickett placed second in the WSOP's Big One for One Drop, a US$1 million buy-in event that is now the highest buy-in tournament ever. [4] He won $10,112,001, making him Great Britain's all-time most successful poker player. [5] Following this record-breaking cash, British media interest in Trickett intensified, [6] culminating in the commission of an online documentary chronicling Trickett's early life up to his One Drop success. [7]

On 1 February 2013, Trickett won the $250,000 Challenge at the 2013 Aussie Millions. For his efforts, Trickett earned $2,000,000 AUD, [8] adding nearly $2.1 million USD to his bankroll.

On 23 March 2013, Sam finished runner-up to Daniel Shak in Premier League Poker VI at Aspers Casino London. He won $200,000 for his second-place finish. [9]

As of 15 February 2019, his total live tournament winnings amount to $20,849,721, [1] placing him 20th on the all-time poker money list and 2nd on the England all-time money list. [10]

Personal life

In January 2013, Trickett announced his engagement to long-term partner Natasha Sandhu, although in an interview in December 2014 he announced he had split up with Natasha who was his partner for over 10 years. [11]

He currently is living in the countryside in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England.

He owns a custom Bentley continental.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sam Trickett's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database.
  2. ↑ "Sam Trickett and the Macau Big Game". Bluff Europe. January 2011. pp. 30–37. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "PARTOUCHE Poker Tour - Edition 2020 - PPT". PARTOUCHE Poker Tour.
  4. ↑ "43rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2012, The Big One for One Drop (Event #55)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Dalla, Nolan (4 July 2012). "WSOP NEWS: ANTONIO-ESFANDIARI-PULLS-OFF-AMAZING-TRICK-BY-WINNING-ONE-DROP". WSOP.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Manger, Warren. How Sam Trickett went from skint gas fitter to Britain's £12MILLION poker 'Superman', Mirror, 25 October 2013. Accessed 7 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sam Trickett High Stakes Documentary Trailer". PokerTube.
  8. ↑ "Sam Trickett - Stats - Ranking Hero". RankingHero.
  9. ↑ Collson, Brett (24 March 2013). "Dan Shak Wins PartyPoker Premier League VI for $450,000; Sam Trickett Finishes 2nd". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "England All Time Money List". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Retmuller, Charles. Sam Trickett Engaged to Natasha Sandhu, 21 January 2013. Accessed 7 October 2015.

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