Sean Winter
American poker player (born 1990)
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Sean Winter (born December 14, 1990) is an American poker player from Jacksonville, Florida.
| Sean Winter | |
|---|---|
Winter at the 2018 WPT Bellagio High Roller | |
| Nickname | nolez7 |
| Born | December 14, 1990 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet | None |
| Final tables | 3 |
| Money finishes | 20 |
| Highest WSOP Main Event finish | 372nd, 2014 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Money finishes | 7 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Money finishes | 2 |
Winter's first live tournament cash came in August 2011, when he was still not yet 21 years old. He won the $10,000 Bellagio Cup in 2015 for $562,000, and was runner-up in the $25,000 High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2016, earning $914,000 after a heads-up deal with champion Nick Maimone.[1] In 2019, he won the $5,250 Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 809 players for $698,000.[2] His largest career cash came in 2018, when he earned $2.4 million with a runner-up finish at the partypoker Live $250,000 Super High Roller in the Bahamas.[3]
Winter has four wins at the U.S. Poker Open, including consecutive Main Events in 2021 and 2022. After finishing runner-up to David Peters in the previous two series, Winter won the last two events in 2022 to earn the series championship and the Golden Eagle Trophy.[4][5]
At the World Series of Poker, Winter finished second to Ben Yu in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller in 2018.[6] He also cashed in the Main Event three straight years between 2013 and 2015.[7]
Playing under the name nolez7, Winter finished second to Talal Shakerchi in the Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2016, earning $1,048,000. He also won a World Championship of Online Poker event that year.[8][9]
As of 2022, Winter is first among players from Florida and in the top-20 among American players with career earnings of more than $21 million.[10][11][12]