Kenna James

James' total live tournament winnings exceed $3,500,000.{{Cite web |title=Kenna James' profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=856 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} James won in the 2006 LA Poker Classic, earning $242,251.{{Cite web |title=2006 L.A. Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16314 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In March 2006, James finished second in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold-em event to Mike Schneider in the fifth annual PartyPoker Million Cruise. James received $700,000 for this finish for the biggest cash of his career.{{Cite web |title=PartyPoker.com Million V, Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=17669 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} James' tournament career includes over 100 final tables and more than 20 overall titles.

He has finished in the money 36 times at the World Series of Poker earning over $500,000 of his total tournament winnings at the WSOP.{{Cite web |title=Kenna James |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=144 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=WSOP.com}} He has two final table appearance at the WSOP including a 4th place in the 2003 $2,500 no limit Texas hold'em event, and a 6th-place finish in the 2009 $2,500 Razz event.{{Cite web |title=34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=5528 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=40th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2009, Seven Card Razz |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=35095 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

Kenna James has 3 World Poker Tour (WPT) Final Tables (9th, 7th, 2nd) with one televised final table in August 2005.{{Cite web |title=2004 Festa al Lago III Poker Tournament, The Doyle Brunson North American No Limit Hold'em Poker Championship |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8263 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2009 World Poker Finals, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=39005 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} James finished second to Alex Kahaner at the WPT Legends of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Bicycle Casino, earning $588,210.{{Cite web |title=2005 Legends of Poker, WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=13204 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

Kenna James moved from Michigan to California in 1985 to pursue a career in acting. From 1985 to 1995 he performed both on stage and screen. With notable roles as Biff in "Death of a Salesman," and Hotspur in "Henry IV" at the Odyssey Playhouse in Los Angeles. He also had bit parts in t.v. soap opera's "The Bold and the Beautiful," "The Young and the Restless," and supporting roles in the independent feature films, "Deadly Diamonds," (1996) and "Whiskey, Riddles and Dandelion Wine" (1998). Leaving acting to pursue a career in poker in 1998, James still makes occasional forays into onscreen acting, most notably in crime thriller The Trust (2016); he has an extended cameo as Captain Harris opposite Nicolas Cage as police officer Jim Stone.{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Matthew |date=April 26, 2016 |title=Peak Nicolas Cage is the Corrupt Cop He Plays in 'The Trust' |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-trust-clip-nicolas-cage_us_571f66b3e4b0f309baee72a9 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=HuffPost}}

Kenna James commentating career began in 2005 on GSN POKER ROYAL Celebrities versus Pros. He next appeared on the Ultimate Poker Challenge, and served as a regular Guest-Host of the show alongside Chad Brown. Other appearances on WPT Canada along with Jim Van Horn and The Premiere Poker League with Jesse May in London, England, for Matchroom Sports. Currently Kenna James is the co-host of The Heartland Poker Tour, a nationally syndicated poker television show, alongside Jaymz Larson.

James has worked extensively with many charities, raising money for Make A Wish Foundation, Ante Up for Autism, Hold-em for Hero's for Fallin' Officers, Arizona Baseball Charities, Screaming Eagle Poker League and The Wounded Warrior Project. He has hosted many charity poker events. In 2006 he organized and hosted a tournament for the Wounded Warriors that raised $170,000 for that organization.

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• [http://www.kennajames.com Official site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060720153639/http://www.pokerplayer.com.au/poker-magazines/interview-with-kenna-james.html American Poker Player Magazine feature]
• [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/972-kenna-james Card Player profile]
• [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=856 Hendon Mob profile]
• [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/kenna-james/ WPT profile]
• [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=144 WSOP profile]
• [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_kenna-james PokerListings.com Player Profile]
• {{IMDb name|2020108}}

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Category:1963 births

Category:American poker players

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Category:Poker commentators