Tristan Wade

American poker player

2018-07-18.

Tristan Wade is an American professional poker player from Boynton Beach, Florida. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe.^[1] In addition to a bracelet, 2011 saw Wade earn his first 3 World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables, with two at the summer 2011 World Series of Poker before his fall bracelet in Europe. He's known for limping the button then calling off 30bb shoves with 22 like a boss.^[2] Wade is also an instructor at Deepstacks University.^[3] Wade is an alumnus of University of Central Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.^[2] WSOP.com lists him as a resident of Boynton Beach, Florida,^[2] while Hendon mob claims he is from Orlando, Florida.^[1] Wade made his first trip to Europe at the age of 26 in 2011 because of Black Friday, which had limited his options for play in the United States.^[4]

Career

Wade's first professional live game tournament in the money finish was 25th-place in Event 3 at the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP), for a prize of $23,735.^[1]^[2]^[5]

His largest online tournament payouts have been $47,500 for 3rd in a February 2010 PokerStars $500 No Limit Hold'em event and $46,115 for 3rd in a July 2009 Full Tilt Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event.^[6]^[7]^[8]

As of 2017, Wade's most successful tournament year was 2011, with tournament winnings of $757,841.^[1] This includes his largest single cash ($292,866), his first three WSOP final tables and his first WSOP win (see next section).

Wade has been a regular on the WPT Deepstacks (WPTDS) North American mid-major poker tour. In 2015, the second season of the series, Wade was WPTDS Player of the Year.^[9] Wade played at 14 of the 16 stops that season, cashing at seven of them, and finishing in the top 15 at four events.^[10]

World Series of Poker

Wade's first WSOP final table was a seventh-place finish in Event #18 at the 2011 WSOP, cashing for $94,700.^[1]^[2]^[11]

Wade scored his largest WSOP and largest ever tournament cash a few weeks later, winning $292,866 with his fourth-place finish in Event #46 at the 2011 WSOP.^[1]

A few months later, 2011 continued to be a year of WSOP firsts for Wade, as he won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #4 at the 2011 WSOP Europe, for a prize of €182,048 (US$243,191).^[12]

World Series of Poker bracelets
Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
2011E	€3,200 No Limit Hold 'em Shootout	€182,048

An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe

World Series of Poker results
Year	Cashes	Final Tables	Bracelets
2007	1
2008	3
2009	1
2010	4
2011	2	2
2011 E	2	1	1
2012	4	1
2012 E	1
2013	1
2014	2
2015	3	1
2016	5
2017	3
2018	7
2019	2
2021	5
2022	5

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Tristan Wade's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tristan Wade". World Series of Poker. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
^ Arnett, Kristy (March 2, 2011). "Bet Sizing With Tristan Wade". Poker News. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ Showell, Matthew (October 1, 2011). "Wade Joins US Grinders for Post-Black Friday World Tour". Poker Listings. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker: Saturday, June 02, 2007 to Monday, June 04, 2007: No-Limit Hold'em (Event 3)". World Series of Poker. June 4, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "Tristan Wade". Card Player. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "PokerStars: Sunday 500". Card Player. February 28, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "Full Tilt Poker: $1K Monday". Card Player. July 27, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "WPTDS Season 2 Player of the Year Race". Retrieved August 27, 2017.
^ "WPT Tournament of Champions - Part 3". World Poker Tour. August 27, 2017. approximately (with commercials) 08:20 minutes in.
^ "2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker: Saturday, June 11, 2011 to Monday, June 13, 2011: Event #18: No-Limit Hold'em". World Series of Poker. June 13, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
^ "2011 World Series of Poker Europe: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 to Thursday, October 13, 2011: Event #4: No Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT". WSOP.com. October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2011.