Bryn Kenney
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Early Life
Bryn Kenney was born in 1986 and grew up in Long Beach, New York. As a young kid, he started with Magic: The Gathering and became the No.1 player in the world for ages 15 and younger.
David Williams, a Magic: The Gathering player, inspired Bryn with his 2nd place finish in the WSOP Main Event for $3.5 million.
After that, the whole Magic community wanted to transition to poker and do the same since there was no money in Magic. After seeing that, Bryn said, “I’ve got to play poker.”
He started as an online grinder before getting staked for live events. His first recorded live cash was in 2007, where he came 2nd in the $1,000+70 No Limit Hold’em event and won $34,446.
World Series of Poker
Bryn’s first WSOP cash came in 2008 when he played $5,000 No Limit Hold’em and earned $16,647 for 35th place.
In 2010, he came in 28th place in the WSOP Main Event and won $255,242.
His first WSOP win came in 2014 in a $1,500 10-Game Mix event, earning him $153,220 and his only WSOP bracelet.
After that, he kept racking up significant cashes, like 2nd place in the 2015 $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $287,870 and 5th place in the 2018 $100,000 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller event for $646,927 which was also his biggest WSOP win.
World Poker Tour
Bryn had his first WPT cash in 2007 when he came in 31st place in the C$ 10,000+300 No Limit Hold’em – Championship Event and won $36,941.
He didn’t have many big cashes in WPT, but the most significant one was in 2021 when he came 7th in $10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold’em – WPT Main Event and won $201,480.
European Poker Tour
The first EPT cash came early in 2010 and was 4th place in € 3,000 + 200 No Limit Hold’em – Heads-Up event for $14,793.
Next year, Bryn continued playing many EPT events and got 2nd place in €10,000+300 No Limit Hold’em – 8 Max and won $246,791. One week later, he won his first EPT title in €2,000+100 No Limit Hold’em Bounty event for $71,298.
Wins and cashes kept coming, so in 2011; he won € 5,000+200 No Limit Hold’em-6 Max Turbo for $101,978.
His most significant EPT cash came in 2018 when he won Spain €25,000+1,000 No Limit Hold’em – Charity Event in Barcelona for $256,603.
Triton Poker
Bynn’s first Triton cash was spectacular; he won 2nd place in HK$490,000+10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event for $1,401,694.
That was also his 2nd biggest cash by then, the first being $100,000 #1 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller 8-Handed when he won $1,687,800.
2019 was the best year of his poker career, arguably the best year of any poker career.
Bryn got 4th place in HK$ 500,000 No Limit Hold’em – 6-Handed Day 1 for $499,560, 2nd place in HK$ 2,000,000 No Limit Hold’em – Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju 2019 Main for $3,062,513, 1st place in HK$ 500,000 No Limit Hold’em – 6-Handed for $1,431,376, 1st place in HK$ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold’em – Triton Montenegro Main Event for $2,713,859, and finished the year with the biggest cash of his career when he came in 2nd place in $ 10,000 No Limit Hold’em Championship 6-Handed event for $20,563,324.
In 2023, he won $250,000+12,500 No Limit Hold’em – Luxon Invitational for $6,860,000.
Brynn’s Triton Poker results placed him on the No.1 All-Time Money List with $65,195,990 in winnings.
Brynn’s top 5 Titon Poker Cashes
| Year | Event | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | £1,050,000 Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity | $20,563,324 |
| 2023 | $250,000 Triton Luxon Invitational | $6,860,000 |
| 2019 | HK$2,000,000 Triton Jeju Main Event | $3,062,513 |
| 2019 | HK$1,000,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event | $2,713,859 |
| 2019 | HK$ 500,000 No Limit Hold’em – 6-Handed | $1,431,376 |
Controversy
In 2022, in a Twitter thread, Martin Zamani accused Kenney of running a cult-like online poker cheating operation.
The allegations were that Kenney made a deal with multiple players to collaborate and collude in online poker games. It also involved real-time assistance (RTA) and ghosting.
Zamani says that the group cheated others out of potentially millions of dollars. The whole operation worked like a cult, where members were told to do what Brynn told them, which included eating a Vegan diet, playing only specific tournaments, and participating in shamanic rituals that involved frog poison.
Kenney denied the accusations and said that was one of the craziest things he had ever heard.
Kenney became a GGPoker ambassador in 2018, but he said he had been with the site since its inception in 2017. in 2020, he switched from ambassador to consultant and helped grow the site.
