James Romero

James Romero

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 534
WPT Wins 1
Total Live Earnings $6,356,372
The Hendon Mob Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

James Romero, a University of Oregon Business School graduate, has more than $5.6 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) according to the Hendon Mob. That places him in third place behind only Seth Davies and Chris Brewer on Oregon’s all-time poker money list.

Romero’s biggest score of $1,938,118 when he won the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic to etch his name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.

Other big scores for Romero include third in the 2020 partypoker MILLIONS UK Main Event for $420,000; winning the partypoker MILLIONS Punta del Esta $25,000 High Roller for $325,000; third in the 2018 MSPT Venetian $3,500 Main Event for $291,448; second in the 2019 SHRPO Event #27: $10,000 NLH for $250,257; and winning the 2022 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event #19: $2,200 NLH for $167,285.

In addition to playing poker, Romero is also a renowned instructor at PokerCoaching.com.

For more on Romeo, follow in on Twitter @skielanskis.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
229th $2,582
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
1201st $17,500
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
203rd $3,502
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions
231st $6,747
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
26th $17,973
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
58th $8,843
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em Second Chance
40th $3,248
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
94th $8,773
2022 Wynn Summer Classic
$3,500 NLH Championship
6th $129,041
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $600 Deepstack Championship
218th $845
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
104th $985
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
86th $6,962
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
89th $4,401
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
606th $1,050
2022 Wynn Millions
$1,600 Mystery Bounty [$1,500,000 GTD]
163rd $2,929
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
137th $4,527
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
68th $11,510
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em
1055th $1,084
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event
20th $1,817
2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus
MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event
88th $9,335
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #76: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold'em
93rd $2,060
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st
289th $4,494
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em
255th $983
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #7: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Deepstack
19th $2,937
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe
Main Event
62nd €20,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #86: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
10th $46,962
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship
438th $1,387
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
36th $10,523
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
315th $1,739
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event
21st €27,680
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€1,100 French National Championship
4th €72,200
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 PCA High Roller
23rd $44,660
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller
7th €113,505
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK
£1,100 Open
29th £5,500
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 EPT High Roller
30th €26,850
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
295th $2,763
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
608th $21,750
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
129th $4,489
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
696th $2,808
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
Main Event
49th €22,680
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em
355th $2,111
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
143rd $2,811
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
84th $7,382
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
48th $7,726
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
1899th $984
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Main Event
52nd 25,000 CAD

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