James Mackey
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| James Mackey | |
|---|---|
 Mackey at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League's Vegas Open Championship in 2007. | |
| Nickname(s) | mig.com |
| Residence | Columbia, Missouri |
| Born | February 25, 1986 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 41 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 306th, 2019 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
James Corwin Mackey (born February 25, 1986) is an American professional poker player. He attended the University of Missouri before dropping out of a pre-med program to pursue a career in professional poker. In 2007, at 21 years and 4 months, Mackey became the third youngest poker player at the time to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet, when he won the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event, behind Steve Billirakis (won a bracelet in the first event of the 2007 tournament) and Jeff Madsen (won a bracelet in the 2006 tournament).
Early career
James Mackey started playing poker online in 2005 when he invested $75 in an online account. He turned that initial investment into $20,000 and decided to pursue a career professionally.[1]
World Series of Poker success
Mackey's near-record setting win (third youngest to win a bracelet), in the 2007 $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event, came against a final table that included two players from the 2005 and 2006 Main Event, as well as two former bracelet winners. The final hand of the tournament was the famous 10-2 – the same hand that Doyle Brunson won back to back World Series of Poker Main Events with.[2]
In the following year's tournament, Mackey finished runner-up in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, earning $297,792.[3]
World Championship of Online Poker
On September 24, 2007, Mackey under the screen name mig.com won the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $1050 buy-in event winning $580,212.50 and the WCOOP bracelet. This was the third biggest prize in the site's history.[4]
As of 2020, James Mackey has live tournament winnings over $4,200,000.[5] His 47 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,087,385 of those winnings.[6]
World Poker Tour success
During Season 15 of the World Poker Tour (WPT), Mackey won the 2016 WPT Choctaw tournament, with a top prize of $666,758.[7] Prior to this win, Mackey had finished at the final table of two WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdowns, winning $124,704 for a seventh-place finish in Season 9 and $441,128 for a third-place finish in Season 12.[8]
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em | $730,740 |
References
- ^ Cunningham, Craig.James Mackey Conquers the $5k NLH as the Final Table Becomes a Turbo SNG 6/15/07 Pokerworks
- ^ Dalla, Nolan (June 16, 2007). "WSOP NEWS: James-Mackey-2007-WSOP---Event-22-5000-NLHE-Winner-Profile". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Rivera Wins Event #8, $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event ($483,688), James Mackey Eliminated in 2nd Place ($297,792)". PokerNews.com. June 6, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "pokerstarsblog.com - 2007 WCOOP: Event #14 Final Table Report". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ "James Mackey's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ "James Mackey". WSOP.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ "How Rare is it to Win the Same WPT Event Twice? (It Could Happen at Choctaw)". PokerNews. May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Davis, Terry (August 3, 2016). "James Mackey Wins WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event". Casino News Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2024.