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@Daniel Sindelar's biography up until the WSOP 2014 reads like the profile of a whole generation of young Americans in poker: born in the 1980s, they started out with small home games in their teens, then rode the 'Moneymaker wave' out of college and into the online poker rooms (developing varying degrees of social awkwardness on the way). In 2011, Black Friday drove many of them out of the United States or onto the live poker scene. They may all share the same path and dream but Dan Sindelar is actually living it right now as one of the 2014 #NovemberNine .
Dan was born on November 27, 1983, in Howells, a town of 640 people right 'where the West begins' - in the state of Nebraska.
His father, Bill, is the big poker lover in the family and in his late teens, Dan occasionally joined his dad's home games. Bill Sindelar, a feedlot owner, is actually a hero of the small Howells community. In 2011, at the age of 60, he won a gold medal in the IPF World Masters Powerlifting Championships in Canada. Now the son hopes to follow in his dad's world-champion footsteps and may well 'powerlift' the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Dan finished high school in Howells and went on to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, only to drop out before the end of his junior year. By then he had built himself a serious bankroll playing mostly online.
“By the time my junior year rolled around, I pretty much withdrew from all my classes,” Sindelar told PokerNews. “I started playing in casinos and everywhere I could play. Made the move to Omaha to play at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and started playing a little bit more online there. When I turned 22, I moved out here to Vegas.”
His mom did not take that decision well but everyone must have been somewhat reassured in 2007, when Dan took down a Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Event for $105,312. In 2008, he moved to Las Vegas and hasn't missed a World Series of Poker since. His biggest WSOP cash was $44,110 for the 13th place in Event 57, WSOP 2012. In 2014, he cashed in three out of 18 events without any deep runs before making it to Day 7 in the Main Event.
“There’s nothing that matches this, I’ve never, ever felt like this before. It’s really something special.”
After 2011, instead of relocating to Canada or Mexico as many other American pros deprived of their living, Dan Sindelar chose to devote more time to the other passion in his life - golf. All the more that Nevada happens to be one of the top golf states of America. In the past few years he has taken most of his gambling to the golf course and hasn't played as much poker.
Dan Sindelar's live poker resume includes 9 years as a pro, as many as 51 tournament cashes, and - now that he's guaranteed at least $730,725 as one of the 2014 November Nine - his earnings have gone up to $1,258,504.
On the 10th of November, Sindelar will start the final battle for the title and $10 million 5th in chips. He has said he wants to win for all of the people who supported him throughout and "to have two Sindelars becoming world champions in the family'.
“I just hope to play my game and not get out of my element, Just feel comfortable out there is the main thing.”
Sources:
http://www.rankinghero.com/daniel.sindelar
http://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/dan-sindelar/
Omaha.com Nebraska native nears immortality in World Series of Poker’s Main Event
Las Vegas Sun: Low-key local pro Dan Sindelar breaks through into WSOP’s November Nine
PokerListings: Poker Pro Dan 'dsindy' Sindelar Makes 2014 WSOP November Nine
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