Dan Colman Explained

Daniel Alan Colman
Nickname:mrGR33N13
Birth Date:11 July 1990
Holden, Massachusetts
Wsop Bracelet Count:1
Wsop Money Finishes:9
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank:31st
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year:2016
Wpt Titles:None
Wpt Final Tables:3
Wpt Money Finishes:6

Daniel Alan Colman[1] (born July 11, 1990) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, originally from Holden, Massachusetts. He is best known for winning the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2014 World Series of Poker. He beat Daniel Negreanu heads-up for a first place prize of $15,306,668, the fourth largest single payout in poker tournament history.

Poker career

Colman is primarily an online player under the names "mrGR33N13" and "riyyc225". In 2013 he became the first player in history to win $1,000,000 in hyper-turbo tournaments in a calendar year, accomplishing the feat in only nine months.[2] In April 2014 he won the €100,000 Super High Roller at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €1,539,300.

At the 2014 WSOP, Colman finished in third place in the $10,000 Heads-Up event, before winning The Big One for One Drop for $15,306,668.[3]

Colman added two more seven-figure cashes that summer. First, he finished second in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT 2014 for €843,066 ($1,120,186), then in September he won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 1,499 and winning $1,446,710.[4] In October 2014 he won the WPT Alpha 8 super high roller for $990,000, bringing his live tournament cashes to 21 million in 2014.

In 2014, he won the BLUFF Player of the year award.[5]

As of May 2021, his total live winnings exceeded $28,900,000.[6]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radaris - Public Records Deep Search . Radaris.
  2. Web site: Hawk . Charles . August 29, 2013 . Interview with Daniel "mrgr33n13" Colman about reaching $1Million in Pokerstars! . July 4, 2014 . husng.com.
  3. News: Tuley . Dave . July 2, 2014 . Colman wins One Drop for $15 million . ESPN . August 16, 2014.
  4. Web site: Fast . Erik . September 3, 2014 . Dan Colman Wins 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event . September 4, 2014 . CardPlayer.com.
  5. Web site: Dan Colman Wins 2014 BLUFF Player of the Year Award . August 7, 2016 . BLUFF.com.
  6. Web site: Daniel Colman's profile on The Hendon Mob . August 7, 2016 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database.
  7. Web site: January 27, 2015 . Poker Player Of The Year . August 7, 2016 . AllInMag.com . August 21, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821233241/http://www.allinmag.com/poker/inside-poker/the-personalities/2015/01/27/22/49/feb-15-poker-personalities-player-of-the-year-dan-colman . dead .
  8. Web site: Fast . Erik . January 1, 2015 . Daniel Colman Wins 2014 Card Player Player of the Year Award - Poker News . August 7, 2016 . CardPlayer.com.