Tom Marchese: WSOP Bracelet Winner and High-Stakes Tournament Champion
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Tom Marchese built his reputation during the rise of online poker before becoming one of the most successful American high-stakes tournament players of the 2010s. His résumé includes a World Series of Poker bracelet, the 2010 North American Poker Tour Venetian Main Event title, several seven-figure tournament scores and more than $19 million in recorded live earnings.
Marchese's career is especially notable for its range. He began as an online cash-game player, broke through on the live tournament circuit in 2010, became a regular in some of poker's largest buy-in events and eventually added the WSOP bracelet that had eluded him for more than a decade.
As of September 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Marchese with $19,153,692 in live tournament earnings and a career-best cash of $1,574,518. His World Series of Poker profile lists one bracelet and no WSOP Circuit rings.
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Who Is Tom Marchese?
Thomas Marchese is an American professional poker player who emerged from the online poker generation of the 2000s. Global Poker Index records list his birthplace in New Jersey and his residence as Las Vegas, Nevada.
Marchese became known online as "kingsofcards" and developed his game primarily in cash games before establishing himself on the live tournament circuit. An early Hendon Mob biography describes him as an online cash-game grinder who began playing professionally around age 20.
His transition to live tournaments accelerated dramatically in 2010. That season transformed Marchese from a successful online player into a nationally recognized tournament professional.
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Tom Marchese's Breakthrough 2010 Season
Marchese's first major live breakthrough came at the 2010 Borgata Winter Open, where he finished third in the Main Event for $190,027.
Only weeks later, he won the 2010 North American Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. The $4,750 tournament attracted 872 entries, and Marchese earned $827,648 for the victory. PokerNews' coverage of the NAPT Venetian documented the tournament that established him as a major live contender.
The rest of the year reinforced that result rather than allowing it to stand as an isolated breakthrough. Marchese reached 11 final tables counted toward the Card Player Player of the Year race and recorded strong finishes in events connected to the European Poker Tour, World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour.
Card Player named Marchese its 2010 Player of the Year. He finished the season with 6,738 POY points, 11 final tables and nearly $2.1 million in qualifying tournament winnings.
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Major High-Roller Success
Marchese became particularly associated with high-stakes no-limit hold'em tournaments during the following decade.
One of his biggest victories came in 2012 when he won the $100,000 WPT World Championship Super High Roller at Bellagio for $1,308,405. World Poker Tour's account of the event records Marchese defeating a final table that included Andrew Robl, John Juanda, Bill Klein and Justin Bonomo.
WPT's current career database lists Marchese with one title across its records. Its Main Tour-specific statistics separately list zero Main Tour wins, reflecting that his 2012 championship came in the tour's Super High Roller category rather than a standard Main Tour championship.
Marchese continued producing major results in 2014. He finished third in a $102,000 Bellagio Super High Roller for $1,465,451 and then won a $100,000 Super High Roller at ARIA Resort & Casino for $1,306,800.
His largest recorded live tournament cash followed in December 2014. Marchese finished second to Andrew Lichtenberger in the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas event and collected $1,574,518.
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Super High Roller Bowl and Seven-Figure Scores
The expansion of six-figure buy-in tournaments during the mid-2010s provided another stage for Marchese.
At the inaugural $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl in 2015, he reached the seven-player final table and finished sixth for $1,075,000. Brian Rast won the event, while Marchese added another seven-figure result to a career increasingly defined by success against elite high-stakes fields.
His record during this period also included repeated victories in ARIA high rollers. Those events strengthened his reputation as a no-limit hold'em specialist capable of competing in small, difficult fields where buy-ins frequently reached five or six figures.
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2016 WSOP Main Event Run
Marchese also made one of the deepest World Series of Poker Main Event runs of his career in 2016.
He finished 14th in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event for $427,930. Although he did not reach the final table, the result demonstrated that his tournament record extended beyond the smaller high-roller fields with which he had become strongly associated.
At that point, a WSOP bracelet remained one of the most notable omissions from his résumé.
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Tom Marchese Wins partypoker MILLIONS Vegas
Marchese returned to the winner's circle in a major way in 2019.
He won the first partypoker LIVE MILLIONS event held in the United States, taking down the $10,300 MILLIONS Vegas Main Event at ARIA. The tournament attracted 536 entries and generated a $5.36 million prize pool.
Marchese defeated Jeremy Ausmus heads-up to claim the $1 million first prize. PokerNews' tournament coverage also documented a final table that included Ana Marquez, Freddy Deeb, Sergio Aido and Chris Moneymaker.
The victory was Marchese's first seven-figure tournament cash since 2016 and became another significant championship on a résumé already filled with high-roller results.
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Tom Marchese's WSOP Bracelet
Marchese finally won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2023.
He captured the WSOP Online Event #17: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship for $195,963. The official WSOP results show that Marchese topped a field of 1,170 entries.
The bracelet carried particular significance because Marchese had accumulated numerous WSOP cashes and several deep runs without previously winning an event. PokerNews reported that he played the online bracelet tournament under the screen name "looter."
The victory officially added WSOP champion to a career that already included major live titles and seven-figure high-roller scores.
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How Much Has Tom Marchese Won in Poker?
As of September 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Marchese with $19,153,692 in live tournament earnings.
That figure should be understood as a database total rather than a complete accounting of poker profit. Live tournament databases generally record eligible tournament cashes and do not account for expenses, tournament buy-ins, private cash games, online cash-game results, backing arrangements or other financial factors.
Marchese's largest recorded live cash is $1,574,518 for his runner-up finish in the 2014 WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas $100,000 event.
His other seven-figure results include:
$1,465,451 for third place in a 2014 Bellagio $102,000 Super High Roller
$1,308,405 for winning the 2012 WPT World Championship Super High Roller
$1,306,800 for winning the 2014 ARIA $100,000 Super High Roller
$1,075,000 for sixth place in the 2015 Super High Roller Bowl
$1,000,000 for winning the 2019 partypoker MILLIONS Vegas Main Event
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What Type of Poker Does Tom Marchese Play?
Marchese is most closely associated with no-limit hold'em, particularly high-stakes cash games and high-roller tournaments.
His early development came through online cash poker, including heads-up and short-handed no-limit hold'em. That background preceded a live career in which many of his largest scores came in high rollers, super high rollers and championship no-limit hold'em events.
His tournament record also includes results in other formats, including Pot-Limit Omaha, but no-limit hold'em has been the central discipline throughout his career.
Rather than assigning Marchese a subjective stylistic label, his results provide the clearest description of his poker identity: an online-trained player who successfully moved into live tournament poker and repeatedly produced results in small, expensive fields populated by established professionals.
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Why Tom Marchese Matters in Poker
Marchese's career connects several important periods in modern poker.
He developed during the online-poker boom, when a generation of young players built technical experience through large volumes of internet play. His immediate success after moving into live tournaments illustrated how effectively those skills could transfer to casino events.
His 2010 season then established him as more than an online specialist. Winning the NAPT Venetian and the Card Player Player of the Year award in his first major year on the live circuit gave him national recognition.
During the following decade, Marchese became a recurring presence in the growth of the high-roller tournament scene. Multiple seven-figure scores, six-figure buy-in victories and a Super High Roller Bowl final table made high-stakes tournaments an important part of his competitive record.
The 2023 WSOP bracelet added another milestone and filled one of the few major gaps in his tournament résumé.
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Is Tom Marchese Still Playing Poker?
Marchese has not been publicly established as retired.
The Hendon Mob currently shows his most recent recorded tournament results in July 2023, when he produced several WSOP cashes surrounding his bracelet victory. His latest listed result is a 34th-place finish in the $777 WSOP Online Lucky 7's event on July 16, 2023.
No later live tournament cash appears in that database as of September 2026. That gap should not be interpreted as proof that he has stopped playing poker, because tournament databases do not document all forms of poker activity.
Marchese therefore remains best described as a professional poker player with a long high-stakes tournament record whose most recent publicly recorded tournament activity came during the 2023 WSOP.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many WSOP bracelets does Tom Marchese have?
Tom Marchese has one WSOP bracelet. He won it in the 2023 WSOP Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship for $195,963.
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How many WSOP Circuit rings does Tom Marchese have?
The World Series of Poker lists Tom Marchese with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of September 2026.
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How much has Tom Marchese won in live poker tournaments?
The Hendon Mob lists Tom Marchese with $19,153,692 in live tournament earnings as of September 2026. Tournament database totals can change when new results are added.
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What is Tom Marchese's biggest poker cash?
Marchese's largest recorded live tournament cash is $1,574,518. He earned it for finishing second in the 2014 WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas $100,000 event.
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Did Tom Marchese win a WPT title?
World Poker Tour's current career database lists Marchese with one WPT title. He won the 2012 WPT World Championship $100,000 Super High Roller for $1,308,405. WPT's Main Tour-only statistics separately show zero Main Tour titles because the victory came in a Super High Roller event.
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Did Tom Marchese win the NAPT?
Yes. Marchese won the 2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event, defeating an 872-entry field and earning $827,648.
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Was Tom Marchese a Player of the Year?
Yes. Card Player named Marchese its 2010 Player of the Year after a season in which he reached 11 qualifying final tables and recorded nearly $2.1 million in POY tournament winnings.
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What online poker names has Tom Marchese used?
Marchese became known earlier in his career by the online screen name "kingsofcards." When he won his 2023 WSOP online bracelet, he played under the WSOP screen name "looter."
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Where does Tom Marchese live?
Global Poker Index lists Marchese as an American player residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Is Tom Marchese retired from poker?
There is no reliable public confirmation that Marchese has retired. His latest tournament results currently recorded by The Hendon Mob date to the 2023 World Series of Poker.