About Alex Brenes

Name	Alex Brenes
Current Residence	Miami Fla.
Birth Place	, CR

Alex Brenes' family seems to have a strong poker gene; when he made a WPT final table, he was following in the footsteps of his brothers Eric and Humberto. Alex also triumphed at the L.A. Poker Classic in February, 2005, where he won both $100,000 and a $25,000 buy-in to the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Alex was a participant in a recent PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where teams from several different nations played. An observer says that whenever two players went all-in, their respective teams would hasten tableside and cheer their man on. Alex Brenes was especially vocal; when a Costa Rican player was drawing, he'd begin a chant of the cards the player needed: "Nine! Eight! Heart!" It got to the point where a South African player, half in jest, asked the Costa Ricans to quit putting voodoo on the flop. The Costa Ricans won the tournament.

Trivia

Member of a virtual Costa Rican poker dynasty together with his brothers Eric and Humberto

Alex Brenes recent tournament placings

Place	Winnings	Tournament
10	$56,995	EPT - Season 6, PCA High Rollers
32	$66,000	EPT - Season 6, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
2	$127,675	Special 2008, LAPT Punta del Este
39	$9,212	2007 WSOP, Event 31, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em
43	$9,328	2006 WSOP, Event 31, No-Limit Hold'em
19	$6,463	2006 WSOP, Event 29, Pot-Limit Hold'em
27	$17,243	2006 WSOP, Event 22, No-Limit Hold'em
1	$100,000	World Poker Tour - Season 3, WPT Invitational
197	$10,000	WSOP - 2004, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2004
14	$8,300	2003 WSOP , $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
17	$4,080	1997 WSOP , Event 15, Pot-Limit Hold'em
13	$3,390	WSOP - 1994, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
19	$1,980	WSOP - 1995, Event 10, Pot-Limit Hold'em
19	$4,200	WSOP - 1998, Event 7, No-Limit Hold'em
23	$39,960	WSOP - 2001, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2001
6	$14,263	WSOP - 1994, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
24	$2,820	WSOP - 2000, Event 10, Pot-Limit Hold'em
15	$3,500	WSOP - 1995, Event 17, Limit Seven-Card Stud
2	$136,325	WSOP - 1999, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em
2	$111,745	WSOP - 2001, Event 10, Limit Hold'em
16	$5,208	1997 WSOP , Event 17, No-Limit Hold'em
17	$4,800	WSOP - 2000, Event 18, Pot-Limit Hold'em
13	$4,500	WSOP - 1996, Event 19, Pot-Limit Hold'em
18	$5,500	WSOP - 1999, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em