Seat 1: Timothy Adams -- 830,000
Canadian Timothy Adams used to focus his skills online, where he is commonly known as "Tim0thee." Thanks to some friendly advice from fellow poker player Tristan Wade, Adams has started making more and more trips to live events around the world, and it's proven to be a decision that has really paid off.
Winning just a combined total of $182,845 between 2007 and 2011, Adams spiked his best year ever in 2012 by winning nearly $825,000 and earning his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Altogether in 2012, Adams cashed in five WSOP events. The event he won — $2,500 Four-Handed No-Limit Hold'em — earned him $392,476. He bubbled the final table of the $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em later in the Series, winning $100,696, and then ran deep in the WSOP Main Event, which was good for a 52nd-place finish for $52,718.
Adams wasn't done with his WSOP accomplishments there, either. After taking fourth place in the World Poker Tour Rendez-Vous à Paris Main Event for €125,775 in September, Adams bubbled another WSOP final table, but this one was a lot more important than the previous as it was the WSOP Europe Main Event. Adams finished ninth in that event for €66,528.
Adams will begin the final table fifth in chips with 830,000, and he spent a fair amount of the tournament as one of the shorter stacks in the field. Getting into the money has earned Adams the second largest score of his young poker career, but he won't be happy settling for just a min-cash here.
Just days prior at this 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final, Adams took fifth in the €10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Turbo side event for €28,200.