Seat 4: Tony Hartmann (194,000)
You may not know about Tony Hartmann, but the guy’s got a record that dates back until 1993. Since then, Hartmann has amassed over $750,000 in career tournament winnings with his best year coming in 2006 when he won over $170,000.
Hartmann is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and has 11 WSOP cashes over his career. On the WSOP Circuit, Hartmann has yet to have a cash, but making this Regional Championship final table is a great way to start. Out of those 11 cashes at the WSOP, Hartmann has made a final table four different times. His largest WSOP score came in 2006 when he placed fourth in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em event for over $124,000. That’s also the closest he’s come to a bracelet with his other final tables resulting in fifth-, seventh- and sixth-place finishes.
Outside of WSOP events, Hartmann has cashes in many events including the World Poker Tour. His best WPT finish came in 2004 when he took sixth in the World Poker Open in Tunica for over $120,000. At the 2007 World Poker Open in Tunica, Hartmann won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He beat out Chad Brown heads up to take home $147,988 in first-place prize money.
If you ask Hartmann where he credits his success in the game, he’ll respond by naming two people. Those two are his wife and his mother.