About gutshtallin

Played baseball in college, started playing poker in 2004 after shoulder surgery....just recently left my corporate sales job to pursue poker full time. Living in Nashville for now,but traveling the circuit as well. www.twitter.com/gutshtallin Blog http://my.pokernews.com/RyanWelch

Basic Information

• Member Since

  Oct 21st, 2007

• Real Name

  Ryan Welch

• Location

  Henderson, Nevada, United States

• Gender

  Male

• Last Login

  4 Weeks Ago at 05:29 PM

• Total Posts

  1,238

• Threads Started

  77 (6.22%)

• ARPT

  13.7 / 12.1

• Last Post

  EPT turn spot with set and ~PSB behind
  Apr 12th, 2011 at 01:28 AM

• Blog

  gutshtallin's Blog
  1 entries

Comments (1)

gutshtallin's Recent Threads

• POLL: Absurd spot in 109 6max super deep [Mar 16th, 2010]

  Views: 594. Replies: 19. Last Poster: dgillis

• Gross spot with a set early in 1k... [Feb 23rd, 2010]

  Views: 1334. Replies: 56. Last Poster: LiquidSw0rd

• Interesting Hand with Top 2 pair vs capable player... [Nov 5th, 2009]

  Views: 457. Replies: 18. Last Poster: bazeman

• Sick Day from Blueberleez again...Rankage perhaps?? [Oct 8th, 2009]

  Views: 361. Replies: 22. Last Poster: apestyles

• Congrats Croll103 for FTOPS FT!! [Aug 14th, 2009]

  Views: 224. Replies: 16. Last Poster: mathclub

PocketFives Scouting Report

kristinlee00 on Cake. ryanwelch on Full Tilt and Bodog. RYANWELCH16 on UB. Ryan Welch is a former corporate sales executive who left his job to become a full time high stakes poker player. His largest online cash came in May '10, when he finished runner-up in the PokerStars SCOOP-20-M ($200+15 NLHE Two-Day) for $238,000 following a heads-up chop.

In October '08, he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $99,000. He also has an outright victory in the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl for $68,370 along with a runner-up performance in the $1k Monday for $59,500 from March '09. In January '09, Ryan took down the UB Online Championship Event #5 for $66,000. He won the Stars $100 Sunday rebuy in July '09 for another $80,500.

In late 2010, Ryan placed 2nd in the Full Tilt Poker $1k Monday for $50,400 and won the $125k Guarantee ($100+9 NLHE with rebuys) for $47,950.

Interview with Ryan "gutshtallin" Welch Mar 14, 2009

gutshtallin Podcast - August 27, 2009

gutshtallin's User Names

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• Full Tilt Poker

  ryanwelch($1,532,304.88)

• PokerStars

  gutshtallin($1,233,165.60)

• Bodog (Bodog)

  ryanwelch($0.00)

• Cake Poker (Cake)

  kristinlee00($4,979.38)

• Absolute Poker (Cereus)

  gutshtallin($0.00)

• UB.com (Cereus)

  ryanwelch16($260,979.76)

• Total Won:

  $3,031,429.62

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Detailed Information

• Favorite Players

  PokerSkiBum, Markfsu1, Improved, JBT449 ,(RIP d_proxy_99),lockdowntex,benvo123, JohnnyBax, Comandr_Cool, Patrolman35,thechemist83,illnugwichee,highlite11,o statepoke345,stankee1,Gfactor33, Bazeman, Thedestroyer531

• Favorite Poker Hand

  A♠ A♣

• Profession

  Poker

• Favorite Place to Play Live Poker

  Las Vegas, NV

• Hobbies

  Baseball, Golf, anything competitive---concerts in Music City. flipping coins for thousands

• Favorite Cash Game

  NL/PL HE, $5/$10

• Favorite Tournament Game

  NLHE 100$+