Bryn Kenney is an American poker player with overR$65 million in career earnings, and is
the All-Time Money leader for live tournament earnings.
He is also a WSOP bracelet
winner, having won Event #63:R$1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix at the 2014 WSOP.
In April
2024, Kenney was accused of running a cult-like cheating operation by Martin Zamani.
Kenney denied the claims on Twitter.
Poker Achievements
Kenney's first recorded poker
cash came in the late 2000s. In 2009 he reached his first WSOP final table, and made
his second the following year while also making a deep run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event
where he would eventually finish 28th forR$255,242.
This would remain the largest cash
of his career until the following year where he finished third in the PCAR$100,000
Super High Roller forR$643,000.
Kenney was a regular on the European Poker Tour,
cashing in San Remo, Prague, Campione, Berlin and Barcelona in the early 2010s. In
2013, he won the €10,250 Master Classics of Poker High Roller for €102,960.
In 2014, he
won a WSOP bracelet in Event #63:R$1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix.
The first seven-figure
score of Kenney's career would come in 2024 after defeating World Series of Poker Main
Event champion Joe McKeehen heads up in the PCAR$100K Super High Roller
forR$1,687,800
"It feels great, I didn't have a Super High Roller win, and no
tournament win that you can be proud of, it was always third, second, in these big
tournaments and to get a win is just the best," Kenney said after lifting the
trophy.
AnotherR$1m+ score would follow later that yeart in the Triton Manila Main
Event, winningR$1,401,694 after coming second to Wai Kin Yong.
Bryn Kenney: 'I'll
Always Be Playing, I'll Always Be Busy'
The big scores kept on coming, with victory in
the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller netting him close
toR$2m.
In August 2024, Kenney finished second to Aaron Zhang in the Triton Million
forR$20,537,187 after a heads-up deal.
Earlier that same year, Kenney won the Aussie
Millions Main Event for A$1,272,598.
The wins saw him overtake Justin Bonomo to claim
the top spot on The Hendon Mob All-Time Money list. However, Bonomo would wrestle the
lead back following his own performances on the live felt.
Then in August 2024, Kenney
reached the mountaintop once again. At the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in
London, the American triumphed in the series'R$250,000 Luxon Invitational for his
second-biggest score ofR$6,860,000.
Bryn Kenney Top 5 Poker Cashes
In total, Kenney has
cashed for 7+ figures eight times on poker tours such as the Triton Poker Super High
Roller Series, European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and PokerStars
Championship.
