Sam Greenwood

Sam Greenwood (born October 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional poker player from Toronto, Ontario. He made his first high roller poker tournament score in the $97,000 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller 8 Handed event at the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament series.

Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood at 2016 WPT Caribbean
Born (1988-10-11) October 11, 1988
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)1
Money finish(es)22
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		45th, 2019
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Money finish(es)2
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Money finish(es)10

Poker

Greenwood plays online at nicknames Str8$$$Homey on PokerStars, IfHeDiesHeDies on Full Tilt Poker, DeanMalenko on partypoker and FlatTopTony on 888poker. He has won over $6 million in online poker tournaments, with nearly $3.5 million on PokerStars and over $1 million on Full Tilt and partypoker. In September 2009, he won a title at the World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars. In May 2013, he scored his highest online prize money by winning Event 22 $2,100 NL Hold'em in the Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars winning $377,280.[1]

Greenwood has been playing live tournaments since 2008. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event at the 2015 World Series of Poker, winning $318,977.[2]

In January 2019, Greenwood won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller event defeating Henrik Hecklen heads up and winning $1,775,460.[3]

As of September 2019, Greenwood has won over $20,368,169 in live poker tournaments making him the third most successful Canadian poker player, behind Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel.[4]

In September 2019, Sam Greenwood won the British Poker Open £10K Short Deck tournament, defeating Robert Flink heads up and winning £110,400.[5]

World Series of Poker Bracelets
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2015 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em $318,977

Personal life

Greenwood lives in Toronto. His twin brother Lucas and older brother Max are also professional poker players.[6][7]

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References
  1. "PokerStars SCOOP - Sam Greenwood räumt $377.280 ab" [PokerStars SCOOP Sam Greenwood clears $377,280]. PokerFirma (in German). 21 May 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. Rodriguez, Julio (2015-06-12). "Sam Greenwood Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event at 2015 World Series of Poker". cardplayer.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. Fast, Erik (2019-01-12). "Sam Greenwood Wins 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller". cardplayer.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "Canada All Time Money List, Top 18585: Hendon Mob Poker Database". pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. "British Poker Open £10K Short Deck Won by Sam Greenwood". pokersuperagent.com. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. Bartley, Stephen (2014-01-10). "PCA 2014: Meet the Greenwoods". pokerstars.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. Ryan, Rich (2014-01-10). "Meet The Greenwoods". PokerNews. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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