Sean Getzwiller  

Sean Getzwiller recorded his first live event cash in 2008. Since then he has cashed 20 times, made 7 final tables, finished in the money in 11 WSOP events, won a gold bracelet, and earned entry into two Epic Poker League Main Events through the Pro/Am, including making a final table in the 8-Max Main Event. He has earned nearly $1 million in live tournament play.

Sean was raised on a ranch near Tucson, Arizona. While attending college, he day-traded on the side, experiencing big swings that eventually resulted in failure. After college, he had the same experience in the real estate market: a chance for success that did not pan out. When the real estate market crashed in 2007 he decided to switch gears and become a professional poker player. It wasn’t long before he made the move to Las Vegas, where he would be closer to the cash game and live tournament action.

While Sean began experiencing success in live tournaments, he was also playing as “WormNorton” online where he cashed close to $200,000. In 2010 at Full Tilt Poker, he won a $200 Sunday Mulligan for $87,127, a $25,000 Guaranteed for $6,500, and cashed in the FTOPS Main Event. In 2011, he won a Nightly Hundred Grand for $18,800 and a $65K Guaranteed event for $14,421 on PokerStars.

Sean cashed in his first live event at the 2008 WSOP, finishing 286^th in the $1,500 NLHE for $3,486.  His next cash was at the end of that year, at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, where he finished runner-up in the $3,000 NLHE to earn $124,990.

In 2009, Sean made the money 6 times, including 4 times at the WSOP. He cashed twice at the Deep Stack Extravaganza before hitting the WSOP where his best effort was a 10th place finish in the $1,500 PLO-8 to take home $15,664. In 2010, Sean made the money 3 times at the WSOP, where his best showing was 39th for $6,470 in the $2,500 PLO event.

2011 has proven to be Getzwiller’s breakout year. He finished in the money 3 times at the WSOP, including collecting his first bracelet in the $1,000 NLHE where he bested a field of 4,178, earning $611,185. He went on to finish 9th in the $5,000 NLHE Shootout for $36,669 and 35th in the $10,000 NLHE 6-Max Championship Event for $24, 773.

Sean, while not an Epic Poker League member, finished in the top 9 of each of the first two Inaugural Season $1,500 Pro/Am Events, earning his seat into both the 6-Max and 8-Max $20,000 Main Events through the $1,500 Pro/Am. In the September Main Event, the 8-Max, he made the final table, finishing7th,  and earning $69,040. That final table appearance also earned him provisional eligibility into the December Epic Mix-Max Main Event.

In just a few short years, Sean has proven that his decision to go from real estate to poker was a good one. His ambition is to keep progressing as a poker professional. Besides poker, Sean’s hobbies are snowboarding and barreling.