Dan Smith
Dan Smith
WPT:1
GPI:66
$49,484,216
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Profile
- Name
- Dan Smith
- Nationality
United States- GPI Rank
- 66
- WPT Wins
- 1
- Total Live Earnings
- $49,484,216
Biography
Dan Smith's name first appeared on the live tournament circuit in 2008 when the young American took down the Heartland Poker Tour Verona $1,500 Main Event and went home with $101,960 in cash. Since then things only got better for Smith, he's now considered as one of the best poker players in the world. He's won over $38 million in live tournament earnings, which is good to put him in seventh-place on The Hendon Mob All Time Money List.
Intro
Dan Smith is an American professional poker player currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith started traveling the poker circuit in 2008, but only switched to a higher gear in 2010 when he cashed in two World Series of Poker (WSOP) Events. In 2011 he scored his first World Poker Tour (WPT) money finish and got four more WSOP cashes. However, the year 2012 by far has been the most successful for the young poker prodigy. He won the $100,000 Challenge event at the Aussie Millions, then won three European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final side events in Monte Carlo, made six WSOP money finishes including one final table, and then collected the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller title.
Over the next ten years, Smith would go on to cement himself as one of the all time great poker tournament players. He then had 19 recorded tournament wins from 2013-2022, picking up more titles at the EPT as well as claiming his maiden victories at the WSOP and WPT.
In 2014, Smith founded Double Up Drive, which has helped raise over $24.7 million for charities.
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World Series of Poker
Smith collected his first WSOP cash in 2010 when he finished in 383rd place in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $1,877. However, this was only the beginning as he scored eleven more money finishes since then. He's biggest World Series cash came in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in the summer of 2012. Smith finished that event in third place and took home almost $370,000 in prize money.
Smith then notched nine WSOP final table appearances from 2013-2021 , with five third-place finishes as well as being a runner-up. His second-place finish at the 2016 WSOP in Event #67: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em netted him $3,078,974. Two years later, he picked up a $4,000,000 payday in Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
In 2022, Smith finally took his name off of the best players without a bracelet list when he triumphed at the 2022 WSOP in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.
Dan Smith's Top 5 WSOP Results
| Year | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3rd | $4,000,000 |
| 2016 | Event #67: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em | 2nd | $3,078,974 |
| 2018 | Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 3rd | $521,782 |
| 2022 | Event #6: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 1st | $509,717 |
| 2016 | Event #62: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (8-Handed) | 3rd | $487,361 |
World Poker Tour
Smith only cashed once in the World Poker Tour event which was in 2011 at the Bay 101 Shooting Stars in San Jose. Smith finished the $ 9,500 Shooting Star Championship event in 22nd place collecting $25,800 in cash.
To date, Smith has earned $1,282,961 on the WPT with a majority coming from his win in the 2013 WPT $10,300 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. Smith defeated Gary Benson at heads-up play to capture the $1,161,135 up top.
European Poker Tour
Dan Smith entered the European poker circuit back in 2008 when he cashed at the EPT Barcelona 2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event taking home 21,300 for the 7th place finish. However, his most memorable performances were witnessed in 2012. At first Smith took to the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final and won all three of the 5,000 side events in just one week. First, he won the 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Turbo for 152,980. Then, he took down the 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for 250,500 and finally, Smith won the 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max tournament for 118,000.
Just a few months later Smith came back to Europe and crashed the EPT Season 9 inaugural Barcelona 50,000 Super High Roller event for 962,925.
Dan Smith's Top 5 EPT Results
| Year | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Barcelona 50,000 Super High Roller | 1st | 962,925 ($1,183,100) |
| 2012 | Grand Final, Monte Carlo 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 1st | 250,500 ($330,724) |
| 2014 | Barcelona, 2,200 No Limit Hold'em | 1st | 159,500 ($211,623) |
| 2012 | Grand Final, Monte Carlo 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Max Turbo | 1st | 152,980 ($201,971) |
| 2012 | Grand Final, Monte Carlo 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Max | 1st | 118,000 ($155,790) |
Other Achievements
At the very beginning of 2012 Smith went to Australia's biggest poker festival of the year, the Aussie Millions and won the $100,000 Challenge for A$1,012,000 and scored the largest win of his career. Then in September that same year Smith finished in seventh place at the Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final, Cannes 8,500 Main Event for 178,496 in prize money.
Did you know?
- Dan Smith is a regular at the online poker tables where he can be found under the nickname Danny98765.
PokerNews Covered Events
| Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 95th | $16,088 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $250,000 Super High Roller | 6th | $912,022 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed) | 14th | $89,669 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) | 27th | $50,000 |
| 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed | 15th | $56,950 |
| 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 7-Handed | 3rd | $229,550 |
| 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #33: $500 Fall Finale | 13th | $2,563 |
| 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #29: $1,000 NLH Championship | 5th | $26,146 |
| 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller | 75th | €17,020 |
| 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona50,000 Single-Day High Roller II | 6th | €195,500 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerTournament of Champions | 28th | $5,300 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship | 121st | $62,500 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 17th | $83,738 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $50,000 High Roller | 10th | $100,000 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 1st | $509,717 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha | 15th | $21,609 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship | 9th | $24,910 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #38: $50,000 High Roller | 10th | $87,500 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalGGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD | 17th | $89,546 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-75: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million | 24th | $46,448 |
| 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekSuper MILLION$ Main Event $10,300, $10M Gtd. | 70th | $36,253 |
| 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event, $5M GTD | 48th | $25,556 |
| 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 07: $10,300 NLHE High Roller, $1.25M GTD | 4th | $134,119 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #8: $10,300 Main Event, $10m GTD | 54th | $37,407 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD | 525th | $13,160 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship, $3m GTD | 77th | $7,650 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #67: $500 Limit Hold'em | 92nd | $1,126 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #51: $400 Pot Limit Omaha | 163rd | $980 |
| 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series LondonTriton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity | 3rd | £7,200,000 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $50,000 Final Fifty No-Limit Hold'em | 14th | $95,740 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 71st | $8,659 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller | 32nd | $43,270 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet | 30th | $4,192 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix | 79th | $2,257 |
| 2018 Poker MastersEvent #7: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2nd | $700,000 |
| 2018 Poker MastersEvent #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 10th | $49,500 |
| 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona25,000 Single-Day High Roller | 10th | €49,050 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3rd | $4,000,000 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 19th | $26,424 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 3rd | $521,782 |
| 2018 US Poker OpenUSPO #08 $50K NLH Main Event | 5th | $132,000 |
| 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series MacauHK $250,000 6-Max Event | 4th | 1,821,000 HKD |
| 2017 Poker MastersEvent #3 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 4th | $192,000 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller | 7th | $146,961 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 29th | $21,131 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 70th | $2,395 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 9th | $24,881 |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo CasinoMain Event | 34th | €15,420 |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller | 6th | 895,000 HKD |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$400,000 Super High Roller | 9th | 947,000 HKD |
| Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 Championship Event$2,500 Championship Event | 44th | $6,794 |
| 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final25,750 High Roller | 22nd | €61,120 |
| 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta10,300 High Roller | 29th | €17,930 |
| 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta5,300 Main Event | 55th | €11,840 |
| 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final25,500 High Roller | 8th | €137,400 |
| 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta5,300 Main Event | 125th | €9,120 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 Main Event | 20th | $286,900 |
| 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona10,300 High Roller | 40th | €18,900 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 6th | $95,515 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 9th | $28,986 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball | 21st | $4,082 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 117th | $1,928 |
| 2014 Aussie Millions$25,000 Challenge | 2nd | 278,414 AUD |
| 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 High Roller | 13th | $98,560 |
| 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event | 80th | $22,800 |
| 2013 PokerStars.com EPT London5,250 Main Event | 61st | £10,255 |
| 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona10,300 High Roller | 21st | €19,400 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 161st | $4,857 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #41: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Six Handed) | 38th | $9,306 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) | 11th | $30,412 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #6: 1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha | 17th | €3,752 |
| 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona50,000 Super High Roller | 1st | €962,925 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3rd | $368,943 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 70th | $6,773 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 84th | $5,427 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 10th | $25,367 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 17th | $18,890 |
| 2012 PokerStars.com EPT BerlinMain Event | 90th | €7,500 |
| 2012 Aussie Millions$100,000 Challenge | 1st | 1,012,000 AUD |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 59th | $10,940 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 182nd | $3,359 |
| 2011 Aussie MillionsEvent #13: Australia Heads-Up Championship | 3rd | 40,000 AUD |
| 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure2010 PCA Main Event | 214th | $15,000 |