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Dan “Jungleman” Cates Joins GTO Wizard Pro Team

Dan “Jungleman” Cates Joins GTO Wizard Pro Team
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Iva Dozet News Editor
  • Fact Checked by: PokerListings
  • Last updated on: May 14, 2025 · 2 minutes to read

There’s never been a quiet day in the jungle — and now, things just got even wilder at GTO Wizard. Dan Cates, known across the poker world as “Jungleman,” has officially joined the GTO Wizard Pro Team, marking one of the most high-profile player partnerships the solver training platform has announced to date.

The announcement dropped on May 8 via GTO Wizard’s official social media accounts. It was later quote-tweeted by Cates himself, who expressed pride at becoming part of the team.

A Bit About Dan “Jungleman” Cates

Cates is a name that needs no introduction to long-time poker fans. Bursting onto the scene during the Full Tilt nosebleed days, he’s been a fixture in high-stakes poker for over a decade. Though primarily a feared online cash game player, he’s also amassed over $18 million in live tournament earnings, including one of the rarest back-to-back feats in poker history: winning the WSOP $50K Poker Players Championship in both 2021 and 2022.

Dan “Jungleman” Cates
Dan “Jungleman” Cates

More recently, Cates took second place in the $100K Triton Jeju Main Event in March 2025, earning $3.5 million — and followed the result up with a rap video recounting the experience, in typical Jungleman fashion

GTO Wizard’s Growing Pro Team

Cates now joins Joey Ingram on the GTO Wizard Pro Team, making him only the second public face of the rapidly growing brand. While Ingram’s presence comes with some serious content and social media reach, Cates’ addition is a not-so-subtle nod to elite strategy credentials and decades-deep poker pedigree.

In his official announcement video, Cates praised GTO Wizard’s commitment to ethical gameplay and cutting-edge development, saying:

“I’m very impressed by what GTO Wizard has done: their plans, their commitment to ethical gameplay. Happy to be part of the team. Looking forward to what we create together.”

GTO Wizard echoed that sentiment, teasing that fans can expect “raw strategy in untamed Jungleman fashion.”

A Strategic Fit at a Strategic Moment

Cates’ signing comes at a time when GTO Wizard is increasingly positioning itself not just as a solver tool, but as a public-facing brand within the poker ecosystem. Earlier this week, the company announced a new broadcast innovation — live GTO analysis streamed during major final tables, starting with GGMillion$.

That feature, combined with the signing of a figure as distinctive and unconventional as Jungleman, suggests that GTO Wizard is angling to expand its influence from study rooms to stream rooms — and now, with a little extra roar.

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