Max Steinberg - 2015 WSOP Poker Player Profile
2015 World Series of Poker November Niner Max Steinberg hails from Washington, DC and currently lives in Oakland, California. Steinberg entered the 2015 WSOP Main Event final table with 20.2 million in chips, which was good enough for fifth place.
Steinberg is no stranger to the big stage. He has over $1.9 million in live tournament earnings, which includes an impressive 11 WSOP cashes.
In 2013, Steinberg made a name for himself when he was that year’s WSOP Main Event chip leader on both Day 3 and Day 4. Steinberg also had the honor of knocking out poker legend Phil Ivey when both players flopped a set. Ivey was unable to hit his case three and was felted by Steinberg’s set of tens. Steinberg eventually busted that tournament on Day 5 for $50,752.
Steinberg’s biggest live tournament cash came during the 2012 WSOP when he won a gold bracelet and $440,238 after outlasting a 2,795-player field to win a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event.
He also has a pair of runner-up performances in the WSOP to his name. He finished second in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event in 2010 for $352,916 and also took second in a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Mixed Max event for $231,501.
Steinberg also scored big in August 2012 when he took second place in the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for $293,490.
Max Steinberg describes himself as a part-time poker player and daily fantasy sports specialist. In fact, it was through DFS that he was able to earn a free entry into the WSOP Main Event by winning a $27 satellite on DraftKings.
“There wasn’t a sweat at the end,” Steinberg said when discussing the qualifier win with PokerNews. “It was towards the end of the basketball season where the Golden State Warriors would have periods when they would just rest half of their starters, so I was playing people like Shaun Livingston, David Lee, and all these Golden State scrubs — Justin Hamilton also comes to mind as someone else I played. I also used DeMarcus Cousins, who had a massive game, and I was just way ahead the entire time [in the qualifier]. It was awesome. It was the easiest sweat in the world. I think I won by a significant margin.”
Regardless of how things turn out for Steinberg, he is guaranteed to earn a minimum of $1 million even if he is the first player out when the WSOP Main Event resumes on November 8. Steinberg, however, has bigger aspirations on his mind as he looks to become the latest WSOP Main Event bracelet winner.
