Alex Brenes
{{short description|Costa Rican poker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|birth_place = San José, Costa Rica
|hometown=Rohrmosser, Costa Rica{{Cite web |title=Alex Brenes' profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=30 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
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|wsop main event best finish rank=24th
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Alex Brenes is a Costa Rican professional poker player.
Brenes was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2005{{Cite web |title=Alex Brenes |url=https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/alex-brenes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615075635/http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/A/Alex_Brenes.aspx |archive-date=15 June 2009 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=World Poker Tour |language=en-US}} and is the younger brother of professional poker players Humberto Brenes and Eric Brenes, the three of them together are known as "Godfather of Costa Rican players". Brenes resides in Rohrmosser, Costa Rica.
World Series of Poker
Brenes has cashed 22 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making three final tables and finished as runner-up in two of them, the first was in the $3,500 No Limit Hold'em event where he finish runner-up to Mike Matusow in 1999 {{Cite web |title=30th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1999, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7856 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} the next was to Jim Lester in the $3,000 Texas Fixed-Limit Hold'em in 2001.{{Cite web |title=32nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2001, Texas Hold'em (limit) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=3045 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Brenes has also cashed in the money twice at the WSOP Main Event, 24th in the 2001 event and 197th in the 2004 event.{{Cite web |title=32nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2001, Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=3066 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, World Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6628 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
World Poker Tour
Brenes has cashed four times at the World Poker Tour title events, and won the WPT Invitational - Season 3 tournament at the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, earning $100,000.{{Cite web |title=2005 L.A. Poker Classic, World Poker Tour Invitational - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=9931 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Other poker events
On 5 May 2008, Brenes was a participant at the inaugural Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) in the LAPT Rio de Janeiro event in Brazil and made the Final Table finishing fourth, earning $62,800. Later that year, he finished runner-up at the LAPT Punta del Este $2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event earning an addition $127,625 in August.
As of 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000.
References
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External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/2100-alex-brenes Card Player profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=30 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/alex-brenes/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=221 WSOP profile]
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Category:People from San José, Costa Rica
Category:Costa Rican poker players
Category:World Poker Tour winners