Dan O'Callaghan

Nickname(s) danshreddies Residence Hartlepool, United Kingdom Born 28 December 1987 (age 27)

Dan O'Callaghan (born 28 December 1987) is a professional poker player, coach, and writer from Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom.

Operating under the pseudonym 'danshreddies',[1] he made his first mark on the poker scene in 2015 after becoming the first player to reach back-to-back final tables in PKR.com's annual live event, 'PKR Live'.[2] Finishing as a runner up to Grosvenor Pro, Jeff Kimber in 2014, Dan won the event a year later, besting fellow PKR player Wolfgang Wurzer heads up in May 2015; he was signed as a PKR brand ambassador shortly afterwards.[3]

Formerly a writer and coach at 180Vita's PokerVIP.com, he now writes a monthly column in Poker Player and runs a poker channel at Twitch.tv/.

Dan has one World Series of Poker cash, a 284th-place finish in the $1,500 'Monster Stack' in 2015 for $6,019.[4]

As of 2015, his combined live and online tournament winnings exceed $265,000.[4]

References

  1. ↑ PKR_Danski. "Danshreddies joins Team PKR Pro! | PKR Poker". PKR. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Daniel ‘danshreddies’ O’Callaghan Joins Team PKR". Calvin Ayre News. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Daniel O’Callaghan Revealed as New Team PKR Pro". uk.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  4. 1 2 "Daniel O'Callaghan's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
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