Born in 1980, Jennifer Shahade is a popular poker player, but also a chess player, a writer and a commentator. She won the United States Chess Championship for 2 years and also the FIDE title of woman grandmaster (the highest ranking title given to women in chess). She also wrote popular books like the Chess Bitch and Play Like a Girl, while also being the co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess.
She was born in Philadelphia, having a father that was also a great chess player (FIDE Master) while her brother is an international master. In the world of poker, she is a MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars and a coach on Run It Once.
The first recorded win of Jennifer Shahade is the 17th place at the $ 1,000 World Championship Ladies Event No Limit Hold'em, 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007, Las Vegas. At this even she cashed in $8,426.
She then had some small winnings in 2008, 2011 and 2012, but her first major cash prize was at the Championship Main Event 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, where she finished on the 62nd spot and won $ 29,088. In 2014 she finished 31 at the $ 10,300 No-Limit Hold'em EPT Season X – PCA, and she won $ 43,300.
Also in 2014 she won the first TonyBet Open Face Chinese Poker Live World Championship High Roller Event taking home an amazing prize of € 100,000. In 2015 she took part at various events in Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Malta and The Paradise Island in Bahamas. The biggest cash prize she took was at the $ 120 + 20 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, BARGE 2015, Las Vegas, where she won $ 4,215. She also took home $ 3,437 at the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker (Event #16), 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 in Las Vegas.
And her third best prize of 2015 was that of $ 3,360 at the $ 1,940 + 260 #27 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Bounty, PCA – 2015 in Paradise Island. 2016 was a much better year for her, and she took place in various tournaments in Atlantic City, Dublin, Las Vegas and Barcelona. Her biggest prize this year was that of $ 42,285 at the $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event #68), 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 in Las Vegas.
She also won close to $10,000 at two other events. The first one was the $ 888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights 8-Handed (re-entry) (Event #54), 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 in Las Vegas and the second one was the $ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Festival High Roller (Event #29) PokerStars Festival New Jersey in Atlantic City.
We don’t have too much data for 2017, and in 2018 she cashed in at two events in Las Vegas and The Paradise Island. Her total live earnings are said to be around $339,000 and her current ranking in the All Time Money List is 5,833.
Born in 1980, Jennifer Shahade is a popular poker player, but also a chess player, a writer and a commentator. She won the United States Chess Championship for 2 years and also the FIDE title of woman grandmaster (the highest ranking title given to women in chess). She also wrote popular books like the Chess Bitch and Play Like a Girl, while also being the co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess.
She was born in Philadelphia, having a father that was also a great chess player (FIDE Master) while her brother is an international master. In the world of poker, she is a MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars and a coach on Run It Once.
The first recorded win of Jennifer Shahade is the 17th place at the $ 1,000 World Championship Ladies Event No Limit Hold'em, 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007, Las Vegas. At this even she cashed in $8,426.
She then had some small winnings in 2008, 2011 and 2012, but her first major cash prize was at the Championship Main Event 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, where she finished on the 62nd spot and won $ 29,088. In 2014 she finished 31 at the $ 10,300 No-Limit Hold'em EPT Season X – PCA, and she won $ 43,300.
Also in 2014 she won the first TonyBet Open Face Chinese Poker Live World Championship High Roller Event taking home an amazing prize of € 100,000. In 2015 she took part at various events in Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Malta and The Paradise Island in Bahamas. The biggest cash prize she took was at the $ 120 + 20 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, BARGE 2015, Las Vegas, where she won $ 4,215. She also took home $ 3,437 at the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker (Event #16), 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 in Las Vegas.
And her third best prize of 2015 was that of $ 3,360 at the $ 1,940 + 260 #27 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Bounty, PCA – 2015 in Paradise Island. 2016 was a much better year for her, and she took place in various tournaments in Atlantic City, Dublin, Las Vegas and Barcelona. Her biggest prize this year was that of $ 42,285 at the $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event #68), 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 in Las Vegas.
She also won close to $10,000 at two other events. The first one was the $ 888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights 8-Handed (re-entry) (Event #54), 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 in Las Vegas and the second one was the $ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Festival High Roller (Event #29) PokerStars Festival New Jersey in Atlantic City.
We don’t have too much data for 2017, and in 2018 she cashed in at two events in Las Vegas and The Paradise Island. Her total live earnings are said to be around $339,000 and her current ranking in the All Time Money List is 5,833.
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