Dan Kelly (poker player)

Dan Kelly
Nickname(s)	djk123 (PokerStars) imabigkidnow (Full Tilt Poker)
Hometown	Potomac, Maryland
Born	March 10, 1989 (1989-03-10) (age 22) Fairfax, Virginia
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Final table(s)	1
Money finish(es)	4
Highest ITM Main Event finish	None
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	1
Information accurate as of 3-7-2010.

Daniel J. Kelly (born March 10, 1989 in Fairfax, Virginia)^[1][2] is an American professional poker player from Potomac, Maryland who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $1,315,518. ^[3]

Kelly is currently a Mechanical Engineering Senior at Villanova University.^[3] He is also a sponsored professional poker player as one of Doyle's 10 at the online card-room Doyles Room.^[2][3]

World Series of Poker

At the 2010 World Series of Poker, Kelly won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, collecting $1,315,518 in prizemoney. He defeated Shawn Buchanan in a heads up battle after surviving a final table which included Frank Kassela (3rd), Jason Somerville (4th), Mikael Thuritz (5th) and Eugene Katchalov (6th). Kelly also has three other cashes at the 2010 WSOP in the first year he was of legal age to play.^[3]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Event	Prize Money
2010	$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	$1,315,518

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000.^[4]

Online poker

In a July 2010 article by Andrew Feldman of ESPN, wrote "Dan "djk123" Kelly had been one of the more-hyped rookies heading into the WSOP, and his performance in this event simply proved all the critics right."^[3]

In an interview in Bluff Magazine by Ryan Nelson, the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad was asked who she would least like to have position on her, she mention four players, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, Chad "lilholdem954" Batista, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron and Dan "djk123" Kelly, she said of Kelly in particular "djk123 always owns me!"^[5]

In an article in ESPN poker about 2010 WSOP where Kelly won he first bracelet, Gary Wise wrote "Jason Somerville described him prior to the final table as "One of the greatest tournament players in history," a sentiment that seems to be shared by many in the online community."^[6]

• Some of Kelly's online poker tournament achievements include:

In the PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up, an online poker tournament that began on March 28, 2010, Kelly finished second for $109,300.30^[7][8]

In June 2009, he placed second in the PokerStars' $530 "Sunday 500" tournament, earning $68,900.^[9]

World Championship of Online Poker

Kelly known on PokerStars as "djk123" at the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), He cashed a total of 11 times in the 2009 WCOOP and won two titles, one in the $215 Razz event earning $53,410.01 and the other in the $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. event, earning $252,350. Also that year he made the final table at the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event along with the eventual winner Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, Kelly finished in fourth for $643,200 and due to his overall achievements that year, he won the 2009 WCOOP Player of the Year award.^[10]

At the 2011 WCOOP Kelly playing out of the country of Malta won his third WCOOP title in Event 37, the $109 8-Game for $23,529. This was the first WCOOP held by PokerStars after the events of Black Friday 2011.^[11]

Full Tilt Online Poker Series

Kelly is known on Full Tilt Poker as "imabigkidnow", and on the site he won a Full Tilt Online Poker Series title in the FTOPS X Event #14 $216 No Limit Hold ‘em Turbo, earning $104,869.80. In the next series in the FTOPS XI Event #17 No Limit Hold'em 6-max with Rebuy, he came in third, earning $116,661.60.^[12]

References

1. ^ Peters, Don (2009-05-07). "WSOP Rookie Roundup: Dan Kelly". PokerNews.com. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/05/wsop-rookie-roundup-dan-kelly-8215.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Daniel Kelly profile". DoylesRoom.com. http://www.doylesroom.com/brunson-10/dan-kelly/. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Feldman, Andrew (2010-07-04). "Dan "djk123" Kelly wins $25,000 event". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=5354129. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
4. ^ Butt, Robert. "Daniel Kelly -Stats". TheHendonMob.com. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=90754. Retrieved 2010-07-03. 
5. ^ Nelson, Ryan (2010-03-28). "Interview: Annette Obrestad (Annette_15)". Bluff Magazine. http://news.bluffmagazine.com/interview-annette-obrestad-annette_15-1881. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 
6. ^ Wise, Gary. "A busy, star-studded day at the WSOP". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/sports/fantasy/blog/_/name/poker/id/5354028/a-busy-star-studded-day-wsop. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
7. ^ Aydt, David (2010-03-28). "Sunday Warm-up: FIGARO10 out duels WCOOP Champ djk123 for $147K victory". pokerstarsblog.com. http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/homepage/2010/sunday-warm-up-figaro10-out-duels-wcoop-066214.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
8. ^ "Sunday Warm-Up [$750,000 guaranteed"]. PocketFives.com. http://www.pocketfives.com/tournament/483501/. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
9. ^ "PokerStars Sunday 500". cardplayer.com. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/online/76487. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
10. ^ Gordon, Nicole (2009-09-29). "The Top 10 WCOOP Moments of 2009". PokerNews.com. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/09/the-pokernews-top-10-the-top-10-wcoop-moments-of-2009-7295.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
11. ^ Doft, Mickey (2011-09-17). "WCOOP Day 13: Dan "djk123" Kelly Captures His Third WCOOP Bracelet". PokerNews.com. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/09/wcoop-day-13-dan-djk123-kelly-captures-third-wcoop-bracelet-11043.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
12. ^ "FTOPS XI - Event #17". fulltiltpoker.com. http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/promotions/full-tilt-online-poker-series/ftops-xi-results-17. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 

External links

• CardPlayer - Interview With Daniel 'djk123' Kelly
• PokerVerdict.com Player Focus: djk123

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Name	Kelly, Dan
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Date of birth	March 10, 1989
Place of birth	Fairfax, Virginia
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