Jesse Martin  

Jesse Martin is a poker pro from Northburo, MA who now resides in New York. He made his first live event cash in 2005 and since then, has cashed 34 times, made 4 final tables, took down a Five Star World Poker Classic event, cashed at the WSOP 19 times, and earned close to $800,000. During that time he was also a successful online player.

Jesse became well known as ‘MazeOrBowie’ on PokerStars with a string of tournament cashes which included winning several $100 events and a $215 event for $46,904. In 2009, he made his biggest online score when he finished 4th in the PokerStars SCOOP $10,000 Main Event for $401,600.

When Jesse was 24 years old in 2005, he collected his first live event paycheck for $23,825 when he finished 14th in the $10,000 WSOP Circuit Championship NLHE Event at Harrah\’s Rincon in San Diego. From there, he went to the WSOP where he cashed twice, in the $2,000 NLHE he finished 59th for $5,165, and in the Main Event, he finished 228th for $33,197.

While Jesse was still in Las Vegas, he also cashed 3rd in the $2,500 NLHE at the Ultimate Poker Challenge for $9,605. His last cash of the year came at the Ultimate Poker Classic in Palm Beach where he finished 107th for $5,500 in the WPT $5,000 NLHE Championship Event.

In 2006, Jesse cashed twice at the WSOP and in 2007, he cashed 6 times, including making the money in 3 WSOP events. To start 2007, he cashed twice at the Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic in Las Vegas. He started by winning the $2,500 NLHE for $289,740, then finished 72nd in the $25,000 WPT NLHE Championship for $46,410. His last cash of the year was when he placed 12th for $18,460 in the $5,000 NLHE WPT event at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City.

The first of Jesse’s 6 cashes in 2008 took place at the Foxwoods Poker Classic where he finished 4th in the $2,800 NLHE to earn $25,096. At the WSOP, he cashed twice before making the money in a Bellagio Weekly Tournament.

In 2009, Jesse cashed at the L.A. Poker Classic, the WSOP, and twice in WPT events. He cashed in the WPT Borgata Poker Open, and finished 22nd for $26,571 in the $9,700 NLHE WPT Championship Event at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods.

All of Jesse’s cashes in 2010 were at the WSOP where he made the money 5 times. He finished 28th in the $1,500 NLHE for $12,426; placed 16th for $17,488 in the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max; came in 131st for $5,620 in the $1,500 NLHE Shootout; earned $11,377 for his 13th place finish in the $2,500 World Championship 8-Game Mix; and finished 157th for $57,102 in the Main Event.

By September of 2011, Jesse had cashed 6 times for the year, including 3 times at the WSOP. He started the year at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where he came in 77th for $28,000 in the EPT $10,000 Main Event and finished 4th in the $5,000 NAPT Bounty Shootout to take home $10,000. Next, he cashed at the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Hollywood, Florida. At the 2011 WSOP, his best of 3 in the money finishes was in the $5,000 NLHE Triple Chance where he came in 35th to collect $21,311.

Even before the Black Friday online poker crackdown, Jesse had grown tired of grinding cash games online and had decided to focus on live poker tournaments. From his recent string of cashes, it is obvious that he has remained committed to improving his tournament game.