| Cory Carroll | |
| Nickname: | UGOTPZD |
| Residence: | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Birth Date: | February 25 |
| Birth Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | None |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 1 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 91st |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2007 |
| Wpt Titles: | None |
| Wpt Final Tables: | 2 |
| Wpt Money Finishes: | 2 |
Cory Carroll (born February 25 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional poker player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Championship Event.
Carroll has made at least two final tables in the "Sunday Million", a $215 buy-in tournament with a $1 Million Guaranteed prize-pool on PokerStars. On October 15, 2006, Carroll, under the screenname "UGOTPZD", came in third place in the Sunday Million, earning $55,289.86.[1] A month later he finished runner-up in the November 5 Sunday Million, earning $119,091.[2]
In 2007, Carroll cashed in the money for the first time in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship coming in 91st place out of a field of 6,358 players, earning $67,535.[3]
Carroll won the 2007 World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas earning $515,176 for first place.[4]
Carroll finished runner up to Jonathan Little during Sixth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown, earning $561,369.[5]
Carroll was second in chips to Gus Hansen at the final table of the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) when Carroll Holding was busted by Hansen holding when the a flop came, Hansen with chip lead moved all-in, after a moment of thinking, Carroll called and was ahead in the hand with a pair of Jacks vs Hansen flush draw, the turn was the leaving only one card to come, but when the river brought the it gave Hansen a flush that won the hand and eliminating Carroll from the tournament in fourth place, earning him $593,645.[6] This left Hansen to exclaim to himself, as picked up by the television telecast microphones, "Insanity prevails, insanity prevails.[7]
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000.