Mike was born on September 11, 1989 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he played and taught chess as a teen. π He was introduced to poker at a summer math camp, which led toR$2 games among 14-year-olds. At age 15, he π made aR$100 deposit in an online poker site where he started playing micro-limit games as \\\βTimex.\\\β Working his way up π in stakes, he migrated to playing tournaments, and by the time he was ready to graduate high school, he had π built his online bankroll toR$100,000. Over the years, more wins followed, including aR$330,000 score for winning an event at Paradise π Poker. Since Black Friday, Mike plays on PokerStars where in November 2011, he won The BiggerR$100K Guaranteed event forR$48,502.
After graduating π high school, Mike attended the University of Waterloo to pursue a math degree, but his real passion was to be π a professional poker player. Putting his education on hold, he started travelling to play in the live-events that 18-year-olds were π allowed to play, like the European Poker Tour (EPT), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and the Aussie Millions.
In November 2007, Mike π made his first live-event cash for Β£4,000 when he finished 3rd in the Β£500 NLHE event at The Big One π Croydon, London. The next month, he was at the EPT in Prague, where he finished 14th in the β¬4,700 NLHE π Main Event to earn β¬20,200.
Proving that his online skills translated well to live events, in 2008, Mike cashed 5 times, π made 4 final tables, and became the youngest player to win an EPT event. To start his year, Mike cashed π 3 times at the Aussie Millions, earning A$85,920 for his runner-up finish in the A$1,000 NLHE, winning the A$1,000 PokerPro π NLHE for A$ 33,950, and taking 8th in the A$5,000 Australian Heads-up Championship to earn A$20,000.
A week later at age π 18 years, 5 months, Mike became the youngest player to win an EPT title, and the youngest player to win π overR$1 million when he won the β¬7,700 NLHE at the EPT German Open Dortmund to collect β¬933,600 ($1,370,161).
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