Shawn Buchanan

League --- GPI 15th Player of the Year 131st
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Major Wins: 1
Birthday: July 6, 1982 (Age 29)
Hometown: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Canada
Residence: Canada Canada
Eligibility: 3 year thru 2014
1st Cash: March 29, 2004
Career Summary
Earnings Wins Cashes
$4,678,970 3 56
Qualifying Events Summary
Earnings Wins Cashes
$4,647,320 3 50
Stats
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Highest GPI: 2012 PoY, 5th (January 23, 2012)
GPI 300, 3rd (April 9, 2012)
Qualifying event Qualifying Event
Major event Major Event

Recent Results

Date Tournament / Event Buy-In Place Entries Earnings
Jan. 14, 2012PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
No Limit Hold'em 6 Max - High Roller Qualifying Event 
Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, BAH
$10,2001st87$202,360
Jan. 7 - 13, 2012PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Qualifying Event Major Event
Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, BAH
$10,300130th1,072$17,500
Nov. 2 - 5, 20112011 BC Poker Championships
No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Qualifying Event 
River Rock Casino, Richmond, BC
$2,97841st0$6,537
Oct. 14 - 19, 20112011 World Series of Poker - Europe
Main Event - No Limit Hold'em Qualifying Event 
Le Croisette Casino Barriere Cannes, Cannes, FRA
$13,8936th593$267,173
Oct. 12 - 15, 20112011 World Series of Poker - Europe
Mixed No Limit Hold'em Qualifying Event 
Le Croisette Casino Barriere Cannes, Cannes, FRA
$13,8932nd125$277,357
All Event Results

Career Summary

Year Earnings Adj Earnings Wins Major Wins Top 10
Finishes
Major Top
10 Finishes
Cashes Major Cashes
2012$219,860$219,860101021
2011$1,094,073$1,094,0731052137
2010$1,638,364$1,636,07500321310
2009$373,325$373,325002243
All Yearly Results

Major Wins

Date Tournament / Event Earnings
May 29 - Jun. 2, 20072007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event Qualifying Event Major Event
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
$768,775

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GPI Update: Shawn Buchanan, WSOP Europe Continue to Rock the GPI

As expected, the completion of the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes has shaken up the Global Poker Index. Shawn Buchanan (GPI#6 +3), who finished runner-up in the €10,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold‘em and made the final table of the €10,000 Main Event before finishing 6th, continued his assault on the Big Four.

GPI Update: Sam Trickett Moves Into The Top 20 with Big European Results

Great Britain’s Sam Trickett (GPI#13) vaulted 15 places into the Top Twenty in this week’s GPI, after a 4th-place finish in Cannes at the World Series of Poker Europe’s €5,000 PLO. A month ago, Trickett was GPI#86 but he has been on a heater this fall.. In addition to his WSOPE finish, he finished 7th in the £20,000 NLHE High Roller in London and made the final table as chip leader at the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes, which resumes play on November 13.

Epic Adventures: The Old New School

In March of 2004, on opposite sides of the country, Shawn Buchanan and Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi posted their first career tournament cashes within two days. In Reno, Buchanan, finished third in the World Poker Challenge’s $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event to earn over $22,000. At Foxwoods, Mizrachi, finished sixth in a $500 Limit Hold’em event.

GPI Update: Shawn Buchanan Cracks GPI Top Ten

Shawn Buchanan entered the GPI Top Ten this week. His excellent WSOP play from the summer boosted his ranking when his WPT Bay 101 result moved into the next period and he received a GPI score for his ninth-place finish in the WSOP $2,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple-Draw. Shawn’s total score increased by 111 points from the aging of the Bay 101 result, pushing him 8 places to GPI#10.

Know the Pro: Greg Mueller and Shawn Buchanan

Poker players often forge friendships at the tables, ones that can become longstanding bonds. It is one of the benefits of poker, should players be open enough to get to know their competitors.

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