Shawn Buchanan
| Earnings | Wins | Cashes |
|---|---|---|
| $4,678,970 | 3 | 56 |
| Earnings | Wins | Cashes |
|---|---|---|
| $4,647,320 | 3 | 50 |
| VPIP | PRFA | POFA | SDWN |
|---|---|---|---|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
Recent Results
| Date | Tournament / Event | Buy-In | Place | Entries | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 14, 2012 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure No Limit Hold'em 6 Max - High Roller Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, BAH | $10,200 | 1st | 87 | $202,360 |
| Jan. 7 - 13, 2012 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, BAH | $10,300 | 130th | 1,072 | $17,500 |
| Nov. 2 - 5, 2011 | 2011 BC Poker Championships No Limit Hold'em - Main Event River Rock Casino, Richmond, BC | $2,978 | 41st | 0 | $6,537 |
| Oct. 14 - 19, 2011 | 2011 World Series of Poker - Europe Main Event - No Limit Hold'em Le Croisette Casino Barriere Cannes, Cannes, FRA | $13,893 | 6th | 593 | $267,173 |
| Oct. 12 - 15, 2011 | 2011 World Series of Poker - Europe Mixed No Limit Hold'em Le Croisette Casino Barriere Cannes, Cannes, FRA | $13,893 | 2nd | 125 | $277,357 |
Career Summary
| Year | Earnings | Adj Earnings | Wins | Major Wins | Top 10 Finishes |
Major Top 10 Finishes |
Cashes | Major Cashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $219,860 | $219,860 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | $1,094,073 | $1,094,073 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
| 2010 | $1,638,364 | $1,636,075 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| 2009 | $373,325 | $373,325 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Major Wins
| Date | Tournament / Event | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| May 29 - Jun. 2, 2007 | 2007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV | $768,775 |
News Feed
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.
