Ryan Riess | |
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Nickname(s) | Riess the Beast |
Residence | Clarkston, Michigan |
Born | (1990-06-21) June 21, 1990 (age 33) |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 1 |
Final table(s) | 6 |
Money finish(es) | 63 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | Winner, 2013 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | 1 |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 10 |
Information accurate as of 6 April 2017. |
Ryan Riess (born June 21, 1990) is an American professional poker player best known for winning the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event.[1]
Riess attended Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes High School and graduated from Michigan State University with a Hospitality Business degree.[citation needed]
Ryan Riess lives in Las Vegas. He has a girlfriend and declared in an interview that he is expecting to have a child around March 2019.[2]
His first career tournament cash came in October 2012, when he took 2nd place at the World Series of Poker Circuit main event in Hammond, Indiana, for $239,063. In the following few months, he had several cashes in smaller events throughout the United States. Riess first played the WSOP in 2013, cashing in 3 preliminary events with a best finish of 11th in a $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event. Playing in his first WSOP Main Event, he made the November Nine in 5th chip position with 25,875,000. After eliminating 4 players at the final table, Riess entered heads-up against Jay Farber with a nearly 20 million chip deficit. After 90 hands of heads-up play, Riess's A♥ K♥ defeated Farber's Q♠ 5♠ to win the championship bracelet and $8,361,570.[3][4]
In April 2017 Riess won his first World Poker Tour title at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale, earning $716,000. After a lengthy heads-up battle, Riess's A♥ K♥ defeated Alan Sternberg's 7♠ 7♦ to win the title, marking the 2nd time Riess has won a major tournament with A♥ K♥.
As of May 2020, Riess's total live tournament winnings exceed $14,990,000 of which $9,970,113 have come from cashes at the WSOP.
Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
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2013 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | $8,361,570 |
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2010/ 2010 E |
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2011/ 2011 E |
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2012/ 2012 E |
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2013/ 2013 AP/ 2013 E |
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2014/ 2014 AP |
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2015/ 2015 E |
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2016 |
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2017/ 2017 E |
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2018/ 2018 E |
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2019/ 2019 E |
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