Pat Poels

{{short description|American poker player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Pat Poels

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| image = Pat Poels.jpg

| caption = Poels after winning his first bracelet at the 2005 World Series of Poker.

| residence = Mesa, Arizona

| birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1968}}

| birth_place =

| wsop bracelet count = 2

| wsop money finishes = 11

| wsop main event best finish rank = 253rd

| wsop main event best finish year = 2005

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = None

| wpt money finishes = 2

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Patrick "Pat" Poels (born {{circa}} 1968) is an American professional poker player from Mesa, Arizona and a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.{{cite web |url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2006/1/poker-pro-family-poels.htm |title=Turning Poker Pro is a Family Decision: Pat and Laura Poels |access-date=March 28, 2008 |last=James |first=Murphy |date=January 1, 2006 |work=PokerNews.com}} He currently leads the engineering team at Snyk as the company's SVP of Engineering, and formerly led engineering for Eventbrite as the company's CTO.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Poels |url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-poels/18/8b7/975 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |website=LinkedIn }}

Poels won the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event earning $270,100, defeating two-time bracelet winner John Lukas in the heads-up play. Then a year later he won his second bracelet in the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event. event.

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Poels' profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=14222 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}