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Ryan LaPlante

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Ryan Laplante
Nickname(s)Protential
ResidenceBrainerd, Minnesota, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)1
Final table(s)16 (including unofficial)
Money finish(es)152
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
1088th, 2018
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)6
World Series of Poker Circuit
Circuit ring(s)1
Final table(s)11 (including unofficial)
Information accurate as of  July 30, 2024.

Ryan Laplante is an American professional poker player and poker coach.[1]

Career

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Amateur

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Laplante started out as an online player in 2008 but didn't get his first four-figure score ($2,200), in a 9th-place finish; until next year, with his maiden win (online) in 2008 in a tournament that yielded $941 - as Laplante then amassed 5 tournament wins, 3 tournament runner-ups, and 4 third-place finishes coming into 2010.[2]

Semi-professional

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Laplante next finished 13th in the $162 Nightly Hundred Grand ($1,130), and 4th in the $23.45 NLHE [Hyper-Turbo] ($1,456), both on PokerStars, until his first substantial cash (141st) in a championship series (Spring Championship of Online Poker) yielded $1,280.[2] Rounding of the spring coming into autumn Laplante then finished fourth, fifth, and third; cashing for $12,495, $9,880, and $7,191, in three editions of the $109 No-Limit Hold'em (PokerStars).[2]

Professional

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Laplante's first array into the live tournament scene came at the World Series of Poker in 2011 when he finished 8th in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $51,771[3] (his largest cash to date) followed up next year with a cash of $56,372 in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33) - also this at the World Series of Poker.[4] Laplante's first six-figure score then echoed of the 2014 World Series of Poker $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #39) finishing fifth cashing for $113,796[5] and then in 2016, also at the World Series of Poker, Laplante won his first bracelet in the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #12)[6] totalling $190,328 (largest cash so far).[7]

Coming into 2017 Laplante then collected a few more runner-up finishes - as in a second-place finishing in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed (Event #64) ($165,983) (World Series of Poker)[8] and a second-place finish in an event at Wynn Summer Classic ($161,169).[9]

In 2019, Laplante then won the Poker Masters[10] for an additional $186,000 - having raked in a third-place finishing earlier the year in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #28) (2019 World Series of Poker) ($154,268);[11] and subsequently two cashes counting towards his online resume as he finished third in the $7,777 No Limit Hold'em - Lucky 7's High Roller ONLINE (WSOP Event #25) ($120,638)[7] and won his first circuit ring in 2022 in the $320 No-Limit Hold'em - 6-Max (Event #9).[7]

World Series of Poker Events

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An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Circuit Online
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2016 $565 Pot-Limit Omaha $190,328
2022O $320 No-Limit Hold'em - 6-Max $19,584

Career earnings

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As of July 2024, Laplante's total live tournament winnings equals $3,250,000.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Learn Pro Poker".
  2. ^ a b c "Ryan Laplante's profile on PokerStake". PokerStake. 29 July 2010.
  3. ^ "$1,500 No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob.
  4. ^ "$1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33)". The Hendon Mob.
  5. ^ "$3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #39)". The Hendon Mob.
  6. ^ Dalla, Nolan (June 11, 2016). "RYAN LAPLANTE WINS BIGGEST POT-LIMIT OMAHA TOURNAMENT IN HISTORY". WSOP.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "Ryan Laplante's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob.
  8. ^ "$1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed (Event #64)". The Hendon Mob.
  9. ^ "$1,020 + 80 No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob.
  10. ^ Pitt, Matthew (November 7, 2019). "Ryan Laplante Crowned Poker Masters $10K PLO Champion". PokerNews. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "$1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #28)". The Hendon Mob.