Sam Greenwood: WSOP Bracelet Winner and High-Stakes Tournament Star
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Sam Greenwood has built one of the most accomplished high-stakes tournament careers in Canadian poker, combining a World Series of Poker bracelet with major victories on the international high-roller circuit and more than $39 million in recorded live tournament earnings.
The Toronto player has won at the WSOP, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, European Poker Tour festivals and partypoker LIVE events while also producing seven-figure finishes in Triton Poker competition. His largest recorded live cash came in 2023, when he won the $250,000 PCA Super High Roller for $3,276,760.
As of August 27, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Greenwood with $39,409,852 in live tournament earnings, placing him among the most successful Canadian tournament players by recorded live winnings.
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Who Is Sam Greenwood?
Sam Greenwood is a Canadian poker player from Toronto, Ontario, known primarily for competing in high-stakes no-limit hold'em tournaments around the world.
PokerNews reports that Greenwood worked as a stock trader before pursuing poker professionally. His family also has deep ties to tournament poker: his twin brother Lucas Greenwood and older brother Max Greenwood have both competed professionally, with Max also winning a WSOP bracelet.
Greenwood's recorded live tournament history dates to 2008. His first Hendon Mob result came at the WPT North American Poker Championship at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, where he finished eighth.
He also developed a significant online poker résumé. PokerNews lists "Str8$$$Homey" as one of his best-known online screen names, and his reputation in online tournaments preceded many of the major live victories that later defined his career.
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Sam Greenwood's WSOP Career
Greenwood became a World Series of Poker champion in 2015.
He won Event #22, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, after defeating a field of 1,915 entries. The victory was worth $318,977 and gave Greenwood his first WSOP bracelet.
The official WSOP report on Greenwood's bracelet victory described the win as his first major live tournament victory and noted that he became the first Canadian bracelet winner of the 2015 series.
As of August 2026, the WSOP player database lists Greenwood with:
One WSOP bracelet
Zero WSOP Circuit rings
Three WSOP final tables
29 WSOP cashes
$1,340,779 in recorded WSOP earnings
Greenwood has also produced significant results in marquee WSOP events. He finished 45th in the 2019 WSOP Main Event for $211,945 and later recorded multiple cashes at WSOP Paradise.
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Greenwood's Rise on the High-Roller Circuit
Greenwood's bracelet established him as a WSOP champion, but the largest portion of his tournament résumé has been built in international high rollers.
A major breakthrough came in November 2017 at the Caribbean Poker Party in the Dominican Republic. Greenwood reached three major final tables during the festival, finishing third in a $10,300 High Roller, second in a $25,500 Super High Roller and then winning the $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event.
The Main Event attracted 1,061 entries. Greenwood defeated Andrey Shatilov heads-up and collected $1 million for the victory.
That performance helped establish Greenwood as a regular contender in some of poker's largest buy-in events.
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Major PokerStars and EPT Victories
Greenwood added several important victories on PokerStars-sponsored tours.
In 2018, he won the €100,000 Super High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo. The result was worth more than $1.8 million when converted for tournament databases and became one of the largest scores of his career.
He followed that performance with another major victory at the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, winning the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller for $1,775,460.
Greenwood has also won high-roller events at EPT Prague and produced numerous other final-table and cashing performances at PokerStars festivals.
These results should not be confused with an EPT Main Event championship. Greenwood's biggest EPT successes have primarily come in high-roller and super-high-roller tournaments rather than an EPT Main Event victory.
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Sam Greenwood's Biggest Poker Win
Greenwood's largest recorded live tournament cash came at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas.
He entered the $250,000 PCA Super High Roller, which generated 39 total entries and a prize pool of nearly $9.5 million.
Greenwood reached heads-up play against Jean-Noel Thorel and won the tournament for $3,276,760. PokerNews' coverage of the victory identified the score as the biggest live cash of Greenwood's career.
The victory was especially notable because Greenwood had already won the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller four years earlier.
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Sam Greenwood and Triton Poker
Greenwood has also been a regular presence in Triton Poker's super-high-roller events.
His Triton résumé includes major results across no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha and short deck. Among his biggest performances was a runner-up finish in the 2023 Triton Cyprus $100,000 Main Event, which paid $1,923,918.
He also won a $50,000 short-deck tournament during the 2022 Triton Mediterranean Poker Party.
Greenwood continued producing major Triton results in 2025. At Triton Jeju, he finished fifth in the $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event for $1,687,000. The tournament drew 285 entries and generated a $28.5 million prize pool.
During the same Jeju series, Greenwood also finished sixth in a $30,000 no-limit hold'em event for $353,500 and later finished runner-up in a $30,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty event for $340,000.
That PLO final table also included Stephen Chidwick, another longtime high-stakes tournament professional.
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Career Earnings and Major Accomplishments
Greenwood's live tournament record places him near the top of Canadian poker's historical earnings rankings.
As of August 27, 2026, Hendon Mob lists:
$39,409,852 in total live tournament earnings
$3,276,760 as his largest live cash
Third place on Canada's all-time live tournament money list
24th place on the worldwide all-time money list
Those rankings and earnings totals can change as new tournament results are added.
Greenwood's major career achievements include:
One WSOP bracelet
2015 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em champion
2017 Caribbean Poker Party MILLIONS Main Event champion
2018 EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller champion
2019 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller champion
2023 PCA $250,000 Super High Roller champion
2023 Triton Cyprus $100,000 Main Event runner-up
Multiple seven-figure live tournament cashes
More than $39 million in Hendon Mob-recorded live earnings
The World Poker Tour's official player database lists Greenwood with five Main Tour cashes but no WPT Main Tour victories.
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What Type of Poker Does Sam Greenwood Play?
Greenwood is best described as a high-stakes tournament player rather than a specialist tied to one individual tour.
Much of his largest financial success has come in no-limit hold'em super-high rollers, but his results show a broader tournament range. He has also reached major final tables in pot-limit Omaha and won in short deck.
That versatility has allowed Greenwood to compete across WSOP, PCA, EPT, Triton Poker, partypoker LIVE and other international series.
He has regularly shared fields with many of the leading high-stakes players of his era, including Justin Bonomo, Jason Koon, Stephen Chidwick and other established super-high-roller professionals.
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Poker Strategy and Content
Greenwood's role in poker extends beyond tournament results.
He has produced strategy material for Run It Once and publishes Punt of the Day, a poker-focused Substack built around hand analysis, tournament decisions and broader discussion of the game.
His 2026 output has included analysis related to the WSOP Main Event as well as regular strategy posts. Run It Once also published multiple Greenwood training videos during 2026.
That work gives Greenwood a presence in poker education alongside his tournament career and provides readers with direct insight into how an experienced high-stakes player examines difficult decisions.
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Sam Greenwood's Current Poker Status
Greenwood remains an active figure in poker.
His most recently recorded major live tournament results include his strong 2025 Triton Jeju series, where he earned more than $2 million across several cashes, led by the $1.687 million fifth-place finish in the $100,000 Main Event.
His continuing strategy work during 2026 also shows ongoing involvement with the game even when he is not appearing in recorded live tournament results.
With a WSOP bracelet, multiple super-high-roller championships, major results across several poker variants and more than $39 million in Hendon Mob-recorded live earnings, Greenwood has assembled one of the strongest tournament résumés among Canadian players of his generation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Sam Greenwood won in live poker tournaments?
As of August 27, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Sam Greenwood with $39,409,852 in live tournament earnings. Tournament earnings totals change as new results are recorded.
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How many WSOP bracelets does Sam Greenwood have?
Sam Greenwood has one WSOP bracelet. He won the 2015 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $318,977 after defeating a field of 1,915 entries.
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How many WSOP Circuit rings does Sam Greenwood have?
The WSOP database lists Sam Greenwood with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of August 2026.
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What is Sam Greenwood's biggest poker cash?
Greenwood's largest recorded live cash is $3,276,760. He earned it by winning the $250,000 Super High Roller at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
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Has Sam Greenwood won a WPT title?
No. The World Poker Tour's official player database lists Greenwood with zero WPT Main Tour victories as of August 2026.
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Where is Sam Greenwood from?
Sam Greenwood is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hendon Mob lists both his birthplace and residence as Toronto.
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Does Sam Greenwood have brothers who play poker?
Yes. Sam Greenwood's twin brother Lucas Greenwood and older brother Max Greenwood are also poker players. Max Greenwood is a WSOP bracelet winner.
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What is Sam Greenwood's online poker name?
PokerNews identifies "Str8$$$Homey" as one of Sam Greenwood's best-known online poker screen names.
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Is Sam Greenwood still active in poker?
Yes. Greenwood's recorded tournament résumé includes major Triton results in 2025, and he remained active in poker strategy publishing and training content during 2026 through Punt of the Day and Run It Once.