Dan Colman
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{{Short description|American poker player (born 1990)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox poker player
| name = Daniel Alan Colman
| nickname = mrGR33N13
| image = Daniel Colman 2017.jpg
| caption = Dan Colman in 2017
| residence = {{nowrap|Holden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|11}}
Holden, Massachusetts
Spouse: Luiza Dacenakis
| wsop bracelet count = 1
| wsop money finishes = 9
| wsop main event best finish rank=31st
| wsop main event best finish year=2016
| multi-year wsop winner
| wpt titles = None
| wpt final tables = 3
| wpt money finishes = 6
| ept titles =
| ept final tables =
| ept money finishes =
| updated = {{nobold|April 6, 2017}}
}}
Daniel Alan Colman{{Cite web |title=Radaris - Public Records Deep Search |url=http://radaris.com/~Daniel-Colman/1192401820 |website=Radaris}} (born July 11, 1990) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, originally from Holden, Massachusetts. He is best known for winning the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2014 World Series of Poker. He beat Daniel Negreanu heads-up for a first place prize of $15,306,668, the fourth largest single payout in poker tournament history.
Poker career
Colman is primarily an online player under the names "mrGR33N13" and "riyyc225". In 2013 he became the first player in history to win $1,000,000 in hyper-turbo tournaments in a calendar year, accomplishing the feat in only nine months.{{Cite web |last=Hawk |first=Charles |date=August 29, 2013 |title=Interview with Daniel "mrgr33n13" Colman about reaching $1Million in Pokerstars! |url=http://www.husng.com/content/interview-daniel-mrgr33n13-colman-about-reaching-1million-pokerstars |access-date=July 4, 2014 |website=husng.com}} In April 2014 he won the €100,000 Super High Roller at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €1,539,300.
At the 2014 WSOP, Colman finished in third place in the $10,000 Heads-Up event, before winning The Big One for One Drop for $15,306,668.{{Cite news |last=Tuley |first=Dave |date=July 2, 2014 |title=Colman wins One Drop for $15 million |url=https://www.espn.com/poker/story/_/id/11169110/2014-wsop-daniel-colman-wins-big-one-one-drop |access-date=August 16, 2014 |work=ESPN.com}}
Colman added two more seven-figure cashes that summer. First, he finished second in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT 2014 for €843,066 ($1,120,186), then in September he won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 1,499 and winning $1,446,710.{{Cite web |last=Fast |first=Erik |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Dan Colman Wins 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/17756-dan-colman-wins-2014-seminole-hard-rock-poker-open-10-million-guaranteed-main-event |access-date=September 4, 2014 |website=Card Player}} In October 2014 he won the WPT Alpha 8 super high roller for $990,000, bringing his live tournament cashes to 21 million in 2014.
In 2014, he won the BLUFF Player of the year award.{{Cite web |title=Dan Colman Wins 2014 BLUFF Player of the Year Award |url=http://archive.bluff.com/news/dan-colman-wins-2014-bluff-player-of-the-year-award-62837/ |access-date=August 7, 2016 |website=Bluff}}
As of May 2021, his total live winnings exceeded $28,900,000.{{Cite web |title=Daniel Colman's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=113409 |access-date=August 7, 2016 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database}}
World Series of Poker Bracelets
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Tournament ! Prize (US$) |
| 2014
| $15,306,668 |
Awards
- ALL IN Magazine 2014 Poker Player of the Year{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Poker Player Of The Year |url=http://www.allinmag.com/poker/inside-poker/the-personalities/2015/01/27/22/49/feb-15-poker-personalities-player-of-the-year-dan-colman |access-date=August 7, 2016 |website=AllInMag.com |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821233241/http://www.allinmag.com/poker/inside-poker/the-personalities/2015/01/27/22/49/feb-15-poker-personalities-player-of-the-year-dan-colman |url-status=dead }}
- Card Player Magazine 2014 Player of the Year Award{{Cite web |last=Fast |first=Erik |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Daniel Colman Wins 2014 Card Player Player of the Year Award - Poker News |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/18235-daniel-colman-wins-2014-card-player-player-of-the-year-award |access-date=August 7, 2016 |website=Card Player}}
- Bluff Magazine 2014 Player of the Year Award
References
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External links
- [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/91723-daniel-colman Card Player profile]
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=113409 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/daniel-colman/ PokerNews profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/dan-colman/ WPT profile]
- [http://www.wsop.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=113864 WSOP profile]
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{{2010s WSOP Bracelet Winners}}
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Category:American poker players
Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Category:People from Holden, Massachusetts