Spotlight on Cake Poker Player, Starbucks!

Starbucks! shares a bit about himself and his hot run on Cake Poker.

“Starbucks!” might have included an exclamation in his screen name because he’s had too much coffee, or maybe it’s because he’s just excited to be running hot in Cake Poker live tournament qualifiers.

It recently popped up on the Cake Blog radar that Starbucks! has been cleaning up on qualifiers to live poker tournaments. He has qualified through Cake Poker for the 2009 WSOP Main Event, the Playboy Mansion Aces and Angels tournament, the 2009 English Poker Open, and now more recently, he’s won a $7,500 2010 Irish Open prize package.

We asked “Starbucks!” to tell us a bit about himself and here’s what he had to say:

I’ve been playing poker professionally for about six years now. I live in Yuba City, Ca. I’m 36-years-old and am married to my wife Helen, and have a three-year-old and a four-month-old. I went to school University of Oregon got my BA. I then got my MBA from Chico State. I never used the degree. Before poker, I taught tennis full-time.   played tennis at University of Oregon from 91-95.

I won seats to WSOP, Playboy Tourney and Ireland I think at Cake. I busted day 2 in the 2010 WSOP main event. Ireland isn’t until April, but I am looking forward to it.

I’ve had some decent cashes though, but none at Cake.  Fifth in the Monte Carlo 2007 EPT finale for $520,000.  Ninety-sixth in the WSOP main for 77k.  Cashed in Aussie Millions for 25k. I finished 40th or so at the 2009 EPT San Remo.  

I play both MTTs and cash games. MTT live event qualifiers are my favorite, but Cake only runs one a week. I usually play the live qualifiers at Cake and the $125k or $250k guarantee (no success yet). I think I won a $30 Rebuy for $5k or so at Cake also a few months ago.

Thanks for taking the time to tell us about yourself Starbucks! and good luck at the poker tables.