Daniel J. Kelly (born March 10, 1989 in Fairfax, Virginia)^[1][2] is an American professional poker player from Potomac, Maryland who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $1,315,518. ^[3]

Kelly is currently a Mechanical Engineering Senior at Villanova University.^[3] He is also a sponsored professional poker player as one of Doyle's 10 at the online card-room Doyles Room.^[2][3]

World Series of Poker [link]

At the 2010 World Series of Poker, Kelly won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, collecting $1,315,518 in prizemoney. He defeated Shawn Buchanan in a heads up battle after surviving a final table which included Frank Kassela (3rd), Jason Somerville (4th), Mikael Thuritz (5th) and Eugene Katchalov (6th). Kelly also has three other cashes at the 2010 WSOP in the first year he was of legal age to play.^[3]

World Poker Tour [link]

Dan made his first ever WPT money finish in the WPT Spanish Championship in 2008, finishing in 24th place and earned himself € 7,580. His made the final table in his second WPT cash at the L.A. Poker Classic in 2011, finishing 3rd place for $521,770.

World Series of Poker bracelets [link]

As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000.^[4]

Online poker [link]

In a July 2010 article by Andrew Feldman of ESPN, wrote "Dan "djk123" Kelly had been one of the more-hyped rookies heading into the WSOP, and his performance in this event simply proved all the critics right."^[3]

In an interview in Bluff Magazine by Ryan Nelson, the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad was asked who she would least like to have position on her, she mention four players, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, Chad "lilholdem954" Batista, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron and Dan "djk123" Kelly, she said of Kelly in particular "djk123 always owns me!"^[5]

In an article in ESPN poker about 2010 WSOP where Kelly won he first bracelet, Gary Wise wrote "Jason Somerville described him prior to the final table as "One of the greatest tournament players in history," a sentiment that seems to be shared by many in the online community."^[6]

• Some of Kelly's online poker tournament achievements include:

In the PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up, an online poker tournament that began on March 28, 2010, Kelly finished second for $109,300.30^[7][8]

In June 2009, he placed second in the PokerStars' $530 "Sunday 500" tournament, earning $68,900.^[9]

World Championship of Online Poker [link]

Kelly known on PokerStars as "djk123" at the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), He cashed a total of 11 times in the 2009 WCOOP and won two titles, one in the $215 Razz event earning $53,410.01 and the other in the $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. event, earning $252,350. Also that year he made the final table at the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event along with the eventual winner Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, Kelly finished in fourth for $643,200 and due to his overall achievements that year, he won the 2009 WCOOP Player of the Year award.^[10]

At the 2011 WCOOP Kelly playing out of the country of Malta won his third WCOOP title in Event 37, the $109 8-Game for $23,529. This was the first WCOOP held by PokerStars after the events of Black Friday 2011.^[11]

Full Tilt Online Poker Series [link]

Kelly is known on Full Tilt Poker as "imabigkidnow", and on the site he won a Full Tilt Online Poker Series title in the FTOPS X Event #14 $216 No Limit Hold ‘em Turbo, earning $104,869.80. In the next series in the FTOPS XI Event #17 No Limit Hold'em 6-max with Rebuy, he came in third, earning $116,661.60.^[12]

References [link]

External links [link]

• CardPlayer - Interview With Daniel 'djk123' Kelly
• PokerVerdict.com Player Focus: djk123