Humberto Brenes

Name: Humberto Brenes
Nickname: The Shark
Current Residence: Miami Lakes, Fla. & San Jose, Costa Rica
Birth Date: May 8, 1951
Birth Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Next time you're in a poker tournament, take a good look around the table. If you're accompanied by a chatty Costa Rican fellow dressed in a brightly colored tracksuit, sun visor, two pairs of glasses and a music headset, it might be best to just walk away.

That man is Humberto Brenes, a well-liked professional poker player with two World Series of Poker bracelets and millions of dollars in career tournament winnings to his name.

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Trivia

Known as the godfather of the Costa Rican players
Has owned many businesses in his native Costa Rica, including a cookie factory and television station
Holds a degree in industrial engineering
Former baccarat tournament player but is now mainly a poker tournament player

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	17th	$4,356
2009 WSOP, Event 24 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	225th	$2,839
EPT Season 5, PCA High Roller Event	5th	$70,800
WPT Season 7, Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	78th	$21,620
2008 Special, LAPT Punta del Este	28th	$5,960
2008 WSOP, Event 44, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	77th	$7,776
2008 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em	184th	$3,155
2008 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	33rd	$13,667
2008 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em	14th	$34,357
WPT Season 6, L.A. Poker Classic	61st	$22,020
WPT Season 6, Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic	51st	$28,905
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	83rd	$82,476
2007 WSOP, Event 19, No-Limit Hold'em	7th	$55,918
2007 WSOP, Event 13, World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em	3rd	$197,348
2007 WSOP, Event 7, Pot-Limit Omaha w/re-buys	8th	$79,710
WPT Season 5, WPT World Championship	62nd	$46,410
2007 Special, NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship	5th	$75,000
2006 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship...	36th	$329,865
2006 WSOP, Event 34, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	11th	$25,743
2006 WSOP, Event 26A, Pot-Limit Omaha	54th	$598
2006 WSOP, Event 17, No-Limit Hold'em	7th	$74,715
2006 WSOP, Event 14, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	58th	$4,636
2006 WSOP, Event 10, Seven-Card Stud	19th	$5,220
2006 WSOP, Event 6, No-Limit Hold'em	80th	$5,239
2006 WSOP, Event 2, No-Limit Hold'em	250th	$2,274
2005 WSOP, Event 44, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	53rd	$2,075
2005 WSOP, Event 29, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	35th	$6,905
2005 WSOP, Event 25, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	9th	$19,550
2005 WSOP, Event 15, $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	10th	$6,830
2005 WSOP, Event 6, $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	34th	$6,930
WPT Season 3, Five Diamond World Poker Classic	2nd	$898,475
WPT Season 3, Foxwoods World Poker Finals	3rd	$636,930
WPT Season 2, WPT Invitational	2nd	$38,000
1993 WSOP, Event 16, Pot-Limit Omaha	1st	$128,000
1993 WSOP, Event 17, Limit Hold'em	1st	$149,000
1995 WSOP, Event 22, $5,000 Limit Hold'em	2nd	$134,550
1992 WSOP, Event 16, No-Limit Hold'em	2nd	$96,000
1996 WSOP, Event 20, Limit Seven-Card Stud	2nd	$74,750
1999 WSOP, Event 10, Limit Hold'em	2nd	$101,400
2003 WSOP, Event 10, Limit Hold'em and Seven-Card Stud	3rd	$19,860
1989 WSOP, Event 5, Seven-Card Stud	3rd	$38,500
1988 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 1988	4th	$77,000
2002 WSOP, Event 8, Pot-Limit Omaha	4th	$28,880
2002 WSOP, Event 15, Pot-Limit Omaha	4th	$33,020
1998 WSOP, Event 18, Limit Seven-Card Stud	4th	$31,200
1994 WSOP, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em	5th	$27,500
1991 WSOP, Event 14, Seven-Card Stud	6th	$17,750
2002 WSOP, Event 24 Limit Hold'em	6th	$18,580
1989 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Omaha	7th	$8,145
1996 WSOP, Event 3, Limit Seven-Card Stud	7th	$11,115
1989 WSOP, Event 9, Limit Ace-to-Five Draw	9th	$4,478
1996 WSOP, Event 9, Pot-Limit Omaha w/ rebuys	10th	$5,058
2000 WSOP, Event 11, Limit Hold'em	12th	$6,410
1989 WSOP, Event 6, Seven-Card Stud	13th	$4,085
1999 WSOP, Event 4, Limit Seven-Card Stud	13th	$4,975
1992 WSOP, Event 12, Limit Ace-to-Five Draw	14th	$2,250
1999 WSOP, Event 8, Limit Omaha	14th	$2,860
2002 WSOP, Event 12, Seven-Card Stud	15th	$2,900
1996 WSOP, Event 4, Limit Omaha	17th	$2,052
1993 WSOP, Event 4, Limit Hold'em	18th	$4,416
1996 WSOP, Event 8, No-Limit Hold'em	18th	$4,860
2000 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2000	25th	$32,600