With the shutdown in tournament poker due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many of the all-time money earner lists have also paused as there aren’t any new tournaments to add to the totals. At the end of last week, we started looking at who leads the rankings for the countries in North America. As we continue… Read more »
Poker News Daily: How did you get started in poker? Humberto Brenes: We played in our house with her family. When my father or anyone else would go to the bathroom or out of the room, I'd play some hands. I tried to learn and played with a group of people. I won every game. In 1986, I played in a poker tournament in Las Vegas and played with the best players. I like poker for its competition. I try to play with the best. I don't play for the money. Read more »
Over the 40 or so summer days of each World Series of Poker, there are around 50 different tournaments run depending on the year. In the 2006 WSOP, more than 70% of the 45 tournaments lasted for two or more days – the 2006 Main Event alone took more than 5 days to complete. In 2006, Costa Rica's favorite son, Humberto Brenes finished in the money in a record 8 different World Series of Poker events. To put that in perspective, only players finishing in the top 10% of the total entrant field take home any winnings to show for their efforts, so you could have played for 3 days in more than a dozen tournaments and earned nothing but experience. This historic 8-cash performance is only one more in a long line of major achievements by the player known as "The Shark." Read more »
