“Galen said, ‘Tell me about it, I got up from the Omaha game, went to the craps table and lost $100k, they thought I went to the bathroom.’” Galen Kester “I was talking to Galen about running bad one day, I said the problem is I leave the poker table and go to the craps table because I am running bad, but it’s me running bad not the cards, I lose more money there,” Kevin O’Harra shared. He also had a deep run in the 2006 WSOP Main Event finishing in 173rd place for $47,006.įriends and fellow poker players were quick to offer either a kind word or a story about Kester. Kester also won the 2012 Gold Strike World Poker Open $3,000 Main Event in Tunica for $165,000, took down the Fourth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open $1,060 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament for $152,096 in 2003, and was victorious in the 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open $2,070 NLH event for $101,212.
That put him fifth on Mississippi’s all-time money list at the time of his passing. He did so by defeating Poker Hall of Famer David “Devilfish” Ulliott in heads-up play and besting a final table that included Freddy Deeb and Jay Heimowitz, as well as deep runs by Erik Seidel (10th place) and Johnny Chan (14th place).Īccording to the Hendon Mob, Kester amassed just over $1.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings dating back to 2001. In 2001, Kester won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet when he topped a 145-player field to win Event #8: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for a career-high $167,035. “Galen Kester was a legend in Tunica, and played in enormous cash games with a great cast of characters,” Johnny Grooms posted on social media. Galen Kester's Top Five Tournament CashesĮarlier this week, the poker community learned the sad news that Galen Kester, a well-known player in Tunica, Mississippi, passed away.
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