Michael Ruane (poker player)

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Michael Ruane
Nickname(s)Back-to-backer
ResidenceHoboken, New Jersey, United States[1]
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Final table(s)2 (including unofficial)
Money finish(es)15
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
4th, 2016
World Poker Tour
Money finish(es)1
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)1
Information accurate as of 22 July 2024.

Michael Ruane is an American semi-amateur midstakes[2] poker player who has cashed four times in the World Cham- pionship Series Main Event including two final tables. His first came in 2016 inwith a fourth-place finish for $2,567,003;[3] his second came in 2017 inwith a tenth place for $825,001;[4] his third came in 2022 (147th place) for $62,500;[1] while his fourth, a 545th-place finish for $32,500,[1] came in 2023.

Ruane experienced a subset of poker tactics by watching poker on TV and playing home games with friends and his twin brother — although it was his younger brother Sean who would become Ruane's poker companion with Ruane and Sean now living in New Jersey together.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Michael Ruane Profile". CardPlayer. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Michael Ruane's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database.
  3. ^ "2016 WSOP Main Event: Michael Ruane Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,576,003)". PokerNews. October 31, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Lamers, Adam (July 18, 2017). "Michael Ruane Eliminated in 10th Place ($825,001)". PokerNews. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Nuwwarah, Mo (September 15, 2016). "The 2016 November Nine: Seat 6, Michael Ruane". PokerNews. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Tuley, Dave (July 26, 2016). "Michael Ruane's anonymity was nice while it lasted". ESPN. Retrieved July 29, 2023.