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The year 2012 was the turning point of Smith's career. He started the year by winning Aussie
Millions 100k Challenge event for $ 1,012,000 AUD. He went on a tear in April at the EPT Monte Carlo Series. In a span of five days, he won three separate €5000 events for a combined €520,980.
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Dan Smith started playing online poker at the age of 16, before actually reaching the legal gambling age in the US. He is a former chess player who got into college on a chess scholarship, but he decided to stop his studies in 2007 (at 18 years old) to pursue a full-time poker career.
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Smith has had multiple strong showings during the WSOP; in 2015, he finished third in the $ 10,000 PLO for $ 369,564 and in 2014, he finished 20th in the $ 10,000 Main Event for $ 286,900. In 2012, Smith finished seventh in the
Partouche Poker tour for €178,496
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Charity poker tournament, which had a buy in of £1,050,000, for over $ 8.5 Million. In 2023, he finished in third place for the third time at a $ 1 million buy-in event, at the 2023 WPT million for one drop, earning over $ 2.8 million.
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bracelet and a championship event at the Aussie
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charities via Smith's organization Double Up Drive.
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