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He was known as L.J. Klein when he finished as runner up to Miguel Proulx in Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha at the [[2010 World Series of Poker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2010-wsop/event-28/post.150759.htm|title=L.J. Klein Eliminated in 2nd Place ($195,147)|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 10, 2010|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=}}</ref> By the time he final tabled Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed) at the [[2013 World Series of Poker]], he was known as Loren Klein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ee.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2013-world-series-of-poker/event-50-2-500-10-game-mix-six-handed/chips.30550.htm|title=Loren Klein Eliminated in 6th Place ($27,792)|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 29, 2013|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=}}</ref> His first bracelet came in the 919-player 2016 Event #45: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $241,427.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2016/Jun/7826/LOREN-KLEIN-WINS-MIXED-NLHEPLO-TITLE-AT-2016-WSOP.html|title=Loren Klein Wins Mixed NLHE/PLO Title At 2016 WSOP|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 28, 2016|website=[[WSOP.com]]|author=Dalla, Nolan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/20555-loren-klein-wins-2016-world-series-of-poker-1-500-nlh-plo-event|title=Loren Klein Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 NLH/PLO Event|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 29, 2016|work=[[Card Player]]|author=Rodriguez, Julio}}</ref> That year he also finished as runner-up to [[Brandon Shack-Harris]] in the 400-player Event #51 – $10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha World Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/scott-seiver-leads-50k-poker-players-championship-as-two-more-winners-earn-bracelets-28661/|title=Scott Seiver Leads $50K Poker Players Championship as Two More Winners Earn Bracelets|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=July 3, 2016|work=[[Poker News Daily]]|author=Burton, Earl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2016/07/brandon-shack-harris-returns-to-glory-25206.htm|title=Brandon Shack-Harris Returns To Glory in the 2016 WSOP PLO Championship|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=July 3, 2016|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=Derbyshire, Marty}}</ref> His second bracelet occurred in the 870-player 2017 Event #41: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $231,483.<ref name=LKWSBI$PO/><ref name=LKW2WSOP$POE/> His third bracelet came in the 476-player 2018 Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship for $1,018,336 at a final table that included Shack-Harris (who finished third).<ref name=LKW$POC/><ref name=LKW2WSoP$POC>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/22953-loren-klein-wins-2018-world-series-of-poker-10-000-pot-limit-omaha-championship|title=Loren Klein Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 26, 2018|work=[[Card Player]]|author=Fast, Erik}}</ref>
He was known as L.J. Klein when he finished as runner up to Miguel Proulx in Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha at the [[2010 World Series of Poker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2010-wsop/event-28/post.150759.htm|title=L.J. Klein Eliminated in 2nd Place ($195,147)|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 10, 2010|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=}}</ref> By the time he final tabled Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed) at the [[2013 World Series of Poker]], he was known as Loren Klein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ee.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2013-world-series-of-poker/event-50-2-500-10-game-mix-six-handed/chips.30550.htm|title=Loren Klein Eliminated in 6th Place ($27,792)|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 29, 2013|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=}}</ref> His first bracelet came in the 919-player 2016 Event #45: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $241,427.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2016/Jun/7826/LOREN-KLEIN-WINS-MIXED-NLHEPLO-TITLE-AT-2016-WSOP.html|title=Loren Klein Wins Mixed NLHE/PLO Title At 2016 WSOP|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 28, 2016|website=[[WSOP.com]]|author=Dalla, Nolan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/20555-loren-klein-wins-2016-world-series-of-poker-1-500-nlh-plo-event|title=Loren Klein Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 NLH/PLO Event|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 29, 2016|work=[[Card Player]]|author=Rodriguez, Julio}}</ref> That year he also finished as runner-up to [[Brandon Shack-Harris]] in the 400-player Event #51 – $10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha World Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/scott-seiver-leads-50k-poker-players-championship-as-two-more-winners-earn-bracelets-28661/|title=Scott Seiver Leads $50K Poker Players Championship as Two More Winners Earn Bracelets|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=July 3, 2016|work=[[Poker News Daily]]|author=Burton, Earl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2016/07/brandon-shack-harris-returns-to-glory-25206.htm|title=Brandon Shack-Harris Returns To Glory in the 2016 WSOP PLO Championship|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=July 3, 2016|work=[[PokerNews]]|author=Derbyshire, Marty}}</ref> His second bracelet occurred in the 870-player 2017 Event #41: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $231,483.<ref name=LKWSBI$PO/><ref name=LKW2WSOP$POE/> His third bracelet came in the 476-player 2018 Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship for $1,018,336 at a final table that included Shack-Harris (who finished third).<ref name=LKW$POC/><ref name=LKW2WSoP$POC>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/22953-loren-klein-wins-2018-world-series-of-poker-10-000-pot-limit-omaha-championship|title=Loren Klein Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship|accessdate=July 3, 2018|date=June 26, 2018|work=[[Card Player]]|author=Fast, Erik}}</ref>

At the [[2019 World Series of Poker|2019 WSOP]], Klein won the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event, becoming the first player since [[Doyle Brunson]] from 1976-79 and just the third overall in WSOP history to win bracelets four straight years.


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Source: [http://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerID=14760 ''WSOP.com'']
Source: [http://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerID=14760 ''WSOP.com'']

Revision as of 02:54, 21 June 2019

Loren Klein
ResidenceReno, Nevada
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)10
Final table(s)8
Money finish(es)39
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		248, 2012
Information accurate as of 20 June 2019.

Loren Klein (sometimes L.J. Klein) is a professional poker player who has won three World Series of Poker bracelets. He began playing online in about 2007 and began live play in 2011 following Black Friday in 2011.[1] He won World Series of Poker bracelets at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 World Series of Poker. Klein was the third player to win bracelets in three consecutive years (following Allen Cunningham 2005–07 and Matt Matros 2010–12) since the poker boom.[2][3]

Klein was raised in Michigan.[4] After moving west to play live, Klein made Reno, Nevada his home.[4][1] Among the players that Klein considers to be his poker colleagues are Chance Kornuth, Ben Lamb and Johnny Beauprez.[2]

He was known as L.J. Klein when he finished as runner up to Miguel Proulx in Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2010 World Series of Poker.[5] By the time he final tabled Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed) at the 2013 World Series of Poker, he was known as Loren Klein.[6] His first bracelet came in the 919-player 2016 Event #45: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $241,427.[7][8] That year he also finished as runner-up to Brandon Shack-Harris in the 400-player Event #51 – $10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha World Championship.[9][10] His second bracelet occurred in the 870-player 2017 Event #41: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $231,483.[4][1] His third bracelet came in the 476-player 2018 Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship for $1,018,336 at a final table that included Shack-Harris (who finished third).[2][3]

At the 2019 WSOP, Klein won the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event, becoming the first player since Doyle Brunson from 1976-79 and just the third overall in WSOP history to win bracelets four straight years.

World Series of Poker

As of July 8, 2018
World Series of Poker results
Year Cashes Final Tables Bracelets
2008 3 0 0
2009 3 0 0
2010 2 1 0
2012 3 0 0
2013 2 1 0
2014 6 2 0
2016 7 2 1
2017 5 1 1
2018 3 1 1
World Series of Poker bracelets
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2016 $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha $241,427
2017 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha $231,483
2018 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship $1,018,336
2019 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet $127,808

Source: WSOP.com

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Fast, Erik (June 23, 2017). "Loren Klein Wins 2017 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event". Card Player. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Schult, Steve (June 26, 2018). "Loren Klein Wins $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship". WSOP.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Fast, Erik (June 26, 2018). "Loren Klein Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship". Card Player. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Schult, Steve (June 23, 2017). "Loren Klein Wins Second Bracelet In $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha". WSOP.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "L.J. Klein Eliminated in 2nd Place ($195,147)". PokerNews. June 10, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "Loren Klein Eliminated in 6th Place ($27,792)". PokerNews. June 29, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  7. ^ Dalla, Nolan (June 28, 2016). "Loren Klein Wins Mixed NLHE/PLO Title At 2016 WSOP". WSOP.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. ^ Rodriguez, Julio (June 29, 2016). "Loren Klein Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 NLH/PLO Event". Card Player. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Burton, Earl (July 3, 2016). "Scott Seiver Leads $50K Poker Players Championship as Two More Winners Earn Bracelets". Poker News Daily. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  10. ^ Derbyshire, Marty (July 3, 2016). "Brandon Shack-Harris Returns To Glory in the 2016 WSOP PLO Championship". PokerNews. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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