Richard Wyrick, a professional poker player, is from Lake Mary, Florida. He has made three cashes so far and his total winnings add up to a whopping $523,065. On August 10, 2006, he walked away from the World Poker Series – Event 39 No-Limit Hold’em Championship with $494,797 in prize money. Richard Wyrick also earned 48 Player of the Year (POY) points in the process. He secured a respectable finish of twenty-seventh place out of the 8,773 players who participated in this event. Later that year, on December 19th, he played in the No-Limit Hold’em Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada and added another $25,370 to his bankroll. He finished fifty-third in this Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic Tournament out of 583 entries. The following year, Richard Wyrick bagged $2,898 by ranking thirteenth in the No-Limit Hold’em Event 9 at the Mirage Poker Showdown – Season 6. This event, which was held at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, had 188 entries and a prize pool of $273,540. His most recent win was in January 2008 at the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure Tournament. Richard Wyrick finished in twenty-ninth place and took home an additional $2,230 after participating in the No-Limit Hold’em game (Event 3).
