Shawn Buchanan
Canadian poker player (born 1982)
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Shawn Buchanan (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, earning $768,775.[1]
| Shawn Buchanan | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Cannon |
| Born | July 6, 1982 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet | 1 |
| Final tables | 10 |
| Money finishes | 57 |
| Highest WSOP Main Event finish | 404th, 2012 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title | 1 |
| Final table | 3 |
| Money finishes | 12 |
As of 2023[update], his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,100,000.[2] Of his 27 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the money finishes, eight came in the 2010 WSOP and nine came in either the 2011 WSOP or the 2011 WSOP Europe.[3] He was among the leaders in the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year point standings.[4]
Online poker
On September 28, 2007, Buchanan, who uses the name 'buck21' on PokerStars, won event #19 of the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker, a $530 buy-in Pot-limit Omaha tournament. Buchanan bested a field of 1,046 to win the $97,262.78 first prize.[5]
