Joe Ebanks
{{short description|American poker player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox poker player
| name = Joe Ebanks
| nickname = ender555 (PokerStars)
sampson724 (Full Tilt)
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| residence = Stow, Ohio, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|26|2011|July|8}}
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| death_date =
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| wsop bracelet count = 1
| wsop final tables = 2
| wsop money finishes = 22
| wsop main event best finish rank = 596th
| wsop main event best finish year = 2013
| wpt titles = 0
| wpt final tables = 1
| wpt money finishes = 2
| ept titles = 0
| ept final tables = 0
| ept money finishes = 5
| last updated = {{nobold|2018-07-18}}
}}
Joe Ebanks (born 1984 or 1985) is an American professional poker player from Ohio. He grew up in Kent and as of 2011 resides in Stow.{{cite news |title=Stow poker player cashes in |url=http://www.ohio.com/news/local/stow-poker-player-cashes-in-1.224217 |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |author=Scott, Dale |date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2011 |quote=Ebanks, 26}} He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker where he made his first final table and had three in the money finishes.{{Cite web |title=Joe Ebanks' profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=103901 |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Half of his six career WSOP in the money finishes are at short-handed events, and all of them are at No Limit Texas hold 'em.
Career
Prior to his success at the 2011 WSOP, his largest live event prize came in April 2009 at the European Poker Tour (EPT). That month he won the April 22 $1,309 309-player EPT San Remo – Season V No-Limit Hold'em – Event 4 for a prize of $100,842.{{cite web |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/2354-2009-pokerstars-com-ept-san-remo-season-v/18874/results |title=2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo – Season V: No-Limit Hold'em – Event 4 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Card Player}} This followed his April 1, $4,800 48-player 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic: No-Limit Hold'em – Event 10 victory for a prize of $95,570.{{cite web |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/tournaments/event/2009-Foxwoods-Poker-Classic-April-1-2009-No-Limit-Hold%27em-Event-10-562-7456.html |title=2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic: No-Limit Hold'em – Event 10 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine}}
Ebanks is a high-caliber online poker player who often final tables huge multi-table tournaments. On more than one occasion he has had two first-place finishes in large online tournaments in the same day including both March 19, 2011 (418-player Super Turbo NL Hold'em $250+16 for $26,125 and 446-player NL Hold'em $150+13 for $18,750){{cite web |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/thepokerdb/results/Full-Tilt-Poker-$75K-Super-Turbo-Guarantee-Saturday-March-19-2011-7749865.htm |title=Full Tilt Poker - $75K Super Turbo Guarantee Tournament Results |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/thepokerdb/results/Full-Tilt-Poker-$75,000-Guarantee-Saturday-March-19-2011-7751811.htm |title=Full Tilt Poker - $75,000 Guarantee Tournament Results |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine}} and September 10, 2010 (170-player NL Hold'em+Rebuys $100+9 for $14,450 and 712-player NL Hold'em $100+9 for $13,386){{cite web |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/thepokerdb/results/Full-Tilt-Poker-$40,000-Guarantee-%28Rebuy%29-Friday-September-10-2010-4430406.htm |title=Full Tilt Poker - $40,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) Tournament Results |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/thepokerdb/results/PokerStars-$109-NL-Hold%27em-%5B-$45K-Guaranteed-%5D-Friday-September-10-2010-4430089.htm |title=PokerStars - $109 NL Hold'em [ $45K Guaranteed ] Tournament Results |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine}} His performance of May 16, 2010, in which he won a 903-player $200 + $15 NL Hold'em event for $44,920{{cite web |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/online/449077 |title=UB $200K Guarantee May 16, '10 No-limit Hold'em |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Card Player}} and finished second in a 3,497-player $200 + $16 NL Hold'em event for $80,250{{cite web |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/online/451547 |title=Full Tilt Poker Sunday $750K Guarantee May 16, '10 No-limit Hold'em |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Card Player}} may be his greatest online poker accomplishment.{{cite web |url=http://news.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-bracelet-winner-profile-joe-ebanks-23016/ |title=WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Joe Ebanks |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Bluff Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519032237/http://news.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-bracelet-winner-profile-joe-ebanks-23016/ |archive-date=May 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
World Series of Poker
| class="wikitable"
|+ World Series of Poker results |
| Year
! Cashes ! Final Tables ! Bracelets |
|---|
| 2010
| 3 | | |
| 2011
| 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013
| 3 | | |
| 2014
| 2 | | |
| 2015
| 3 | 1 | |
| 2016
| 5 | | |
| 2018
| 3 | | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ World Series of Poker bracelets |
| Year
! Tournament ! Prize (US$) |
|---|
| 2011
| $10,000 No Limit Texas hold 'em Six Handed Championship | $1,158,481 |
His first WSOP in the money finish was an 83rd-place finish in the 2010 4345-player $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event 3 for a prize of $4,731.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=764&tid=10824 |title=2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker Event #3: No-Limit Hold'em |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=WSOP.com}} His first WSOP final table and World Series of Poker Bracelet was a win at the 2011 474-player $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship Event 46 for a prize of $1,158,481.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11485 |title=2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Event #46: No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Championship |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=WSOP.com}} The event was one of only two non-main event million dollar first place prizes in 2011 and was the largest prize until the Pro Players $50,000 event.{{cite web |url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/joe-ebanks-wins-1-1-million-biggest-prize-this-year-86107 |title=Joe Ebanks Wins $1.1 Million, Biggest Prize This Year |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=PokerListings.com}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=103901 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081348/http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/joe-ebanks/44880/player-profile.asp BLUFF profile]
- [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/44475-joe-ebanks Card Player profile]
- [http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=72849&pagecolor=FFFFFF WSOP profile]
- [http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/ender555/ PocketFives profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/joe-ebanks/ WPT profile]
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Category:American poker players
Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Category:People from Stow, Ohio
Category:People from Kent, Ohio