Sam Greenwood Archive

After starting in 2nd on Day 6, Canada poker pro Sam Greenwood hit the rails last night, leaving fellow countryman Michael Niwinski in the best position to bring the WSOP Championship home to Canada. Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event was a trying one for almost everyone at the tables...

Sam Greenwood isn't the only Canadian eyeing the most prestigious of all card player prizes. There are nine others who would love to bring the championship bracelet home to the Great White North. They are, in order of chip counts......

Let’s face it—Canadian poker players are among the best pros in the world. They may not make up the majority of the world’s professionals, but they sure do have a great ROI. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the statistics. Who spent the last several years atop the totem pole of the all time money list?...

Sam Greenwood of Toronto, Ontario does not consider himself a professional poker player. But by any knowledgeable definition of the term, he most certainly is. When he collected his first WSOP bracelet in 2015, he called himself a “poker enthusiast”, and “an entrepreneur”. Yet by then, he already had more than US-$1.7 million in...