Keven Stammen

Keven Stammen is a professional poker player who made his first live-event cash in 2006. In his first 6 years, Keven cashed 38 times, made 13 final tables, won 3 events, cashed in 15 WSOP events, won a gold bracelet, and earned nearly $1.2 million. During that time, he was also a successful online player, with earnings over $5 million.

Born on November 15, 1985 in Ohio, Keven started playing poker in the clubs close to his home while attending Coldwater High School. Commenting on his poker career, he has said,” I\\\\\\\’ve always been a poker player. Ever since I was like 15 or 16.”

After finding success playing online, he decided to play poker professionally when he was 18. When he was 19, he started playing cash games and tournaments in the casinos in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Playing online as “Stammdogg,” Keven earned close to $2.5 million, and in 2008 he was ranked 5th on OfficialPokerRankings.com for PokerStars. Some of his biggest cashes on PokerStars were $67,743 and $61,350 for taking down Super Tuesday events, and finishing 3rd in the 2011 $10,000 Anniversary event for $219,725. At Full Tilt Poker, he earned close to $2 million, winning a $1K Monday for $84,250, and cashed for $84,578 in an FTOPS event in 2008. He also had several cashes on UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog to add to his overall earnings.

Keven’s first recorded live-event cash came at the 2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic, cashing 3 times, which would be his only cashes of the year. He won the $1,000 NLHE to take home $21,895 for the first cash of his career, then took 12th for $8,495 in the $2,000 NLHE and cashed in the $1,000 NLHE.

The first of Keven’s 9 cashes in 2007 was at the IP Poker Classic, where he won the $500 NLHE to earn $15,714. Two months later, at his first WSOP Circuit event, he was runner-up in the $500 NLHE for $22,766 at Caesars Indiana. In Las Vegas, he cashed twice at the WSOP, and made the money twice at the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza, finishing runner-up in the $500 NLHE to earn $46,117. To end the year, he cashed at the Borgata Poker Open, and twice at the October WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Indiana. In 2008, Keven cashed twice at the Wynn Classic, twice at the Deep Stack Extravaganza, and made the money in 4 WSOP events.

In 2009, Keven only cashed 4 times, but one of those cashes was the biggest of his career. After making the money in the Main Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), he cashed twice at the WSOP, claiming his first gold bracelet in the $2,500 NLHE to win $506,786 when he outlasted the 1,088-player field. His other cash that year was a final table finish at the Bellagio Cup.

Keven started 2010 by cashing twice at the WSOP, where his best effort was 15th in the $5,000 NLHE Shootout for $16,607. At the EPT/UKIPT London, he finished 21st for £21,000 in the Main Event, then cashed in the Regional Championships event at the WSOP Circuit event at the Horseshoe Hammond. For his last cash of the year, he was at the World Poker Finals Mashantucket, where he finished 5th in the WPT $9,700 NLHE Championship event to earn $128,650.

In 2011, Keven once again started his year at the WSOP, where he made the money in 4 events. He then cashed at the Indiana State Poker Championship, the WSOP Europe Cannes, finished 5th for €89,670 in the €5,000 NLHE Dutch Open at the Master Classics of Poker, and cashed at the EPT Loutraki.

For his first cash in 2012, Keven was in the Bahamas for the PCA, where he finished 4th in the $5,000 NLHE 8-Max to earn $57,470.

With combined live and online earnings of over $6 million, Keven is one poker player who seems to have made the right decision to go pro right out of high school. When he is not circling the globe to play in live events, Keven likes to hang out with his friends, party, drink beer, listen to music, and ski.