Tristan Wade
{{short description|American poker player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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|nickname=Cre8ive (Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars)
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|hometown=Boynton Beach/Orlando, Florida
|birth_date =1984 or 1985
|birth_place = Boynton Beach, Florida
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|wsop bracelet count=1
|wsop final tables=5
|wsop money finishes=39
|wsop main event best finish rank=113
|wsop main event best finish year=2010
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Tristan Wade is an American professional poker player from Boynton Beach, Florida. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe.{{Cite web |title=Tristan Wade's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=84586 |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In addition to a bracelet, 2011 saw Wade earn his first 3 World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables, with two at the summer 2011 World Series of Poker before his fall bracelet in Europe. He's known for limping the button then calling off 30bb shoves with 22 like a boss.{{Cite web |title=Tristan Wade |url=http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=31707 |access-date=October 13, 2011 |publisher=World Series of Poker}} Wade is also an instructor at Deepstacks University.{{Cite web |last=Arnett, Kristy |date=March 2, 2011 |title=Bet Sizing With Tristan Wade |url=http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/bet-sizing-with-tristan-wade-9936.htm |access-date=October 14, 2011 |website=Poker News}} Wade is an alumnus of University of Central Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. WSOP.com lists him as a resident of Boynton Beach, Florida, while Hendon mob claims he is from Orlando, Florida. Wade made his first trip to Europe at the age of 26 in 2011 because of Black Friday, which had limited his options for play in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Showell, Matthew |date=October 1, 2011 |title=Wade Joins US Grinders for Post-Black Friday World Tour |url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/wade-joins-us-grinders-for-post-black-friday-world-tour-13088 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |website=Poker Listings}}
Career
Wade's first professional live game tournament in the money finish was 25th-place in Event 3 at the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP), for a prize of $23,735.{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2007 |title=2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker: Saturday, June 02, 2007 to Monday, June 04, 2007: No-Limit Hold'em (Event 3) |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=309&tid=3430 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |publisher=World Series of Poker}}
His largest online tournament payouts have been $47,500 for 3rd in a February 2010 PokerStars $500 No Limit Hold'em event and $46,115 for 3rd in a July 2009 Full Tilt Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event.{{Cite web |title=Tristan Wade |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/41226-tristan-wade |access-date=October 14, 2011 |website=Card Player}}{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2010 |title=PokerStars: Sunday 500 |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/online/351114 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |website=Card Player}}{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2009 |title=Full Tilt Poker: $1K Monday |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/online/124295 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |website=Card Player}}
As of 2017, Wade's most successful tournament year was 2011, with tournament winnings of $757,841. This includes his largest single cash ($292,866), his first three WSOP final tables and his first WSOP win (see next section).
Wade has been a regular on the WPT Deepstacks (WPTDS) North American mid-major poker tour. In 2015, the second season of the series, Wade was WPTDS Player of the Year.{{Cite web |title=WPTDS Season 2 Player of the Year Race |url=http://www.wptdeepstacks.com/index.php/multimedia/182-multimedia/1764-wptdeepstacks-season-2-player-of-the-year |access-date=August 27, 2017}} Wade played at 14 of the 16 stops that season, cashing at seven of them, and finishing in the top 15 at four events.{{Cite episode |title=WPT Tournament of Champions - Part 3 |series=World Poker Tour |date=August 27, 2017 |minutes=approximately (with commercials) 08:20}}
World Series of Poker
Wade's first WSOP final table was a seventh-place finish in Event #18 at the 2011 WSOP, cashing for $94,700.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2011 |title=2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Saturday, June 11, 2011 to Monday, June 13, 2011: Event #18: No-Limit Hold'em |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=821&tid=11457 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |publisher=World Series of Poker}}
Wade scored his largest WSOP and largest ever tournament cash a few weeks later, winning $292,866 with his fourth-place finish in Event #46 at the 2011 WSOP.
A few months later, 2011 continued to be a year of WSOP firsts for Wade, as he won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #4 at the 2011 WSOP Europe, for a prize of €182,048 (US$243,191).{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2011 |title=2011 World Series of Poker Europe: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 to Thursday, October 13, 2011: Event #4: No Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=827&tid=11612 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |publisher=WSOP.com}}
| class="wikitable" |
| + World Series of Poker bracelets |
| Year
!Tournament !Prize (US$) |
|---|
| 2011E
|€3,200 No Limit Hold 'em Shootout |€182,048 |
An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe
| class="wikitable" |
| + World Series of Poker results |
| Year
!Cashes !Final Tables !Bracelets |
|---|
| 2007
|1 | | |
| 2008
|3 | | |
| 2009
|1 | | |
| 2010
|4 | | |
| 2011
|2 |2 | |
| 2011 E
|2 |1 |1 |
| 2012
|4 |1 | |
| 2012 E
|1 | | |
| 2013
|1 | | |
| 2014
|2 | | |
| 2015
|3 |1 | |
| 2016
|5 | | |
| 2017
|3 | | |
| 2018
|7 | | |
| 2019
|2 | | |
| 2021
|5 | | |
| 2022
|5 | | |
Notes
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=84586 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://archive.today/20130118083220/http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/tristan-wade/31707/player-profile.asp BLUFF profile]
- [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/41226-tristan-wade Card Player profile]
- [http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=31707 WSOP profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/tristan-wade/ WPT profile]
- [http://www.tristancre8ive.blogspot.com/ personal blog]
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:American poker players
Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Category:People from Boynton Beach, Florida