Carl Nessel

Carl Nessel (born 1947), nicknamed Coach, is an American poker player.

Carl Nessel
Nickname(s)Coach
ResidenceThousand Oaks, California
Born1947 (age 7273)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)1
Money finish(es)1
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
None

In 2004, he was a retired fire fighter and part-time poker tournament employee who won a bracelet in the Casino Employees Championship event at the World Series of Poker.[1]

Prior to the 2004 WSOP, Nessel was a regular poker player around Thousand Oaks, California and worked part-time at various poker tournaments around the city.

At the 2004 WSOP, Nessel was employed as a "Chip Runner."[1] "To get to any final table, let alone the World Series, is an accomplishment that goes beyond anything else in poker," the Coach said. "I saw light at the end of the tunnel when I got (heads-up against Pockat), but the light turned out to be a train."[2]

Nessel's lifetime winnings exceed $83,000.[3]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2004 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em $40,000
gollark: Mass routing?
gollark: If humans are acting rationally at achieving some sort of hidden goalset, you have to ask what that actually is.
gollark: But it's not toward actual stated goals.
gollark: You can only really say something is "rational" as a way to achieve some goals, not just objectively "rational" on its own. So arguably humans are somewhat rationally maximizing short-term happiness. *But*, isn't happiness at least partly just a heuristic for decision-making *too*?
gollark: This can probably just be read as "strong time preference" again, I guess, *partly*.

References

  1. "Poker Tournament Results". 35th Annual World Series of Poker. Poker Pages. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  2. Nalan, Dalla. "Former Firefighter, Carl "Coach" Nessel, Sparkles in First Event at 2004 World Series of Poker". The Poker Forum. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  3. "Carl Nessel". TheHendonMob. Full Tilt Poker. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
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