July 20th, 2009Kevin Schaffel Biography
Kevin Schaffel
Age 51
Hobby: Golf, poker
Resides: Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Grew Up: North Miami Beach, Florida USA
Kevin Schaffel started to play poker when he was 11 and has continued to enjoy the competitive nature of the game since. He started to play with his brother at that time. Since then he has been married, divorced and has two children in college. He is a semi retired business owner with a now closed printing and direct mail company. He has been spending more time traveling to play poker at live events since he chose to close his doors. One of his places to enjoy playing live table events is the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where he often meets his son.
He has one major event cash in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) of more than 32 thousand dollars. His greatest achievement to date, however, is the World Series of Poker main event 2009. He has made the final table, with a chip count estimated at 13 million chips, far behind the leader but still in contention. As a member of the closely watched November Nine, he will be waiting until November 7th to learn if he will win more than 8 million dollars. He has already received his check for a 9th place finish which is over 1 million dollars.
2008 World Series of Poker Main Event 10k dollar No Limit Texas Hold’m Buy in Event number 54
Placed 324 – Cashed 32, 166 dollars
August 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
[...] stated after making the final table of the WSOP Main Event, Schaffel’s goal is to win a major tournament so that he can retire and focus on playing [...]