- Owais Ahmed
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Owais Ahmed Hometown Irvine, CA, US Born c. 1983
Karachi, PakistanWorld Series of Poker Bracelet(s) 1 Final table(s) 3 Money finish(es) 7 Highest ITM
Main Event finishNone World Poker Tour Title(s) 0 Final table(s) 1 Money finish(es) 1 Information accurate as of 2011-10-14. Owais Ahmed (Urdu: اویس احمد ) is a Pakistani professional poker player from Anaheim, CA. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker where he finished in the money in five mixed game events.[1]
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World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker bracelets Year Tournament Prize (US$) 2011 $2,500 Omaha hold 'em/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo $ 255,959 He has a total of seven WSOP in the money finishes (2011-5, and 2010-2). The first of Ahmeds in the money finishes was at a seven-card stud event, but the last six have all been at mixed events.[1] Ahmed made the final table of his first WSOP in the money finish with a 5th place finish in the 2010 408-player $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event 21 for a prize of $29,809.[2] Prior to winning his first bracelet the following year, this was his highest prize.[1]
His 2011 in the money finishes were a 39th place finish at the 963-player $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event 17 for a prize of $5,512,[3] a 11th place finish at the 489-player $2,500 Eight Game Mix Event 23 for a prize of $15,196,[4] a 45th place finish at the 606-player $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Event 39 for a prize of $6,272,[5] a 1st place finish to earn his first bracelet at a final table that included Scotty Nguyen and a heads up match against Michael Mizrachi at the 450-player $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better Event 47 for a prize of $255,959,[6] and a 4th place finish at the 128-player $50,000 The Poker Player's Championship Event 55 for a prize of $482,058.[7] He overcame a three-to-one chip deficit against Mizrachi at the start of heads up play.[8]
Personal
Ahmed, was born in Karachi, Pakistan, lives in Irvine, CA, and works as a data warehouse analyst and a supply chain manager.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Owais Ahmed". TheHendonMob.com. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=121966. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ "2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker: Event #21: Seven Card Stud". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=764&tid=10842. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Event #10: Event #17: H.O.R.S.E.". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11456. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Event #23: Eight Game Mix". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11462. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Event #39: Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11478. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Event #47: Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11486. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Event #55: The Poker Player's Championship". WSOP.com. http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11494. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Lucchesi, Ryan. "World Series of Poker -- Owais Ahmed Wins $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better: Ahmed Beats Michael Mizrachi Heads Up for his First Gold Bracelet". Card Player. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/11602-world-series-of-poker-owais-ahmed-wins-2-500-omaha-seven-card-stud-eight-or-better. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Fiorvanti, Tim. "WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Owais Ahmed". Bluff Magazine. http://news.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-bracelet-winner-profile-owais-ahmed-22966/. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
External links
- Ahmed at Hendonmob.com
- Ahmed at Bluff Magazine
- Ahmed at Card Player
- Ahmed at WSOP.com
2010s WSOP Bracelet Winners 2010/
2010 EDaniel Alaei · Harold Angle · Richard Ashby · David Baker · Praz Bansi · John Barch · Chris Bell · Tomer Berda · James Bord · Dutch Boyd · Eric Buchman · Shawn Busse · Yan Chen · Michael Chow · Aadam Daya · James Dempsey · Jason DeWitt · Jonathan Duhamel · Mike Ellis · Sigurd Eskeland · Sam Farha · Peter Gelencser · Steven Gee · Ian Gordon · Dean Hamrick · Gus Hansen · William Haydon · Vanessa Hellebuyck · Phil Ivey · Steve Jelinek · Frank Kassela (2) · Matt Keikoan · Dan Kelly · Steven Kelly · Chance Kornuth · Valdemar Kwaysser · Phil Laak · Pascal LeFrancois · Michael Linn · Jeff Lisandro · Ayaz Mahmood · Matt Matros · Michael Mizrachi · Scott Montgomery · Men Nguyen · Jeffrey Papola · Hoai Pham · Carter Phillips · Konstantin Puchkov · Miguel Proulx · Jesse Rockowitz · Scott Shelley · Gavin Smith · Brendan Taylor · Jeffrey Tebben · Joshua Tieman · Luis Velador · Marcel Vonk · David Warga · Simon Watt · Ryan Welch
2011/
2011 EOwais Ahmed · André Akkari · Hasan Anter · Andrew Badecker · Francesco Barbaro · Allen Bari · Sam Barnhart · Steve Billirakis · Nick Binger · Tyler Bonkowski · Kirk Caldwell · Jake Cody · David Diaz · Sean Drake · Joe Ebanks · Elio Fox · Andy Frankenberger · Sean Getzwiller · Kenneth Griffin · Bertrand Grospellier · Foster Hays · Pius Heinz · Andrew Hinrichsen · James Hess · Guillaume Humbert · Daniel Idema · Matt Jarvis · John Juanda · Eugene Katchalov · Geffrey Klein · Oleksii Kovalchuk · Mikhail Lakhitov · Ben Lamb · Chris Lee · Amir Lehavot · Maxim Lykov · Leonard Martin · Matt Matros · Jason Mercier · Michael Mizrachi · John Monnette · Elie Payan · Justin Pechie · Matt Perrins · Athanasios Polychronopoulos · Rep Porter · Mark Radoja · Brian Rast (2) · Eric Rodawig · Mitch Schock · David Singontiko · Jason Somerville · Fabrice Soulier · Sam Stein · Aaron Steury · Antonin Teisseire · Arkadiy Tsinis · Chris Viox · Tristan Wade · Harrison Wilder · Marsha Wolak · Darren Woods · Viacheslav Zhukov
note: number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s Categories:- Living people
- Pakistani poker players
- People from Anaheim, California
- People from Irvine, California
- People from Karachi
- World Series of Poker bracelet winners
- Year of birth uncertain
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