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humberto brenes

humberto brenes -lrb- ; born may 8 , 1951 -rrb- is a costa rican professional poker player .
brenes currently resides in miami lakes , florida with his wife -lrb- patricia -rrb- and three children -lrb- josé humberto , roberto , jessica -rrb- .
brenes began his gambling career playing baccarat , but later made his way into poker .
he started to play tournaments in 1974 and became a regular tournament player in 1988 .
in 1988 , he made the final table of the world series of poker -lrb- wsop -rrb- main event , finishing in fourth place and winning $ 83,050 .
he has collected two wsop bracelets , cashed 72 times at the wsop and made three world poker tour final tables .
brenes ' two bracelets came at the 1993 world series of poker in limit texas hold 'em and pot limit omaha .
he tied with phil hellmuth , jr. for highest number of money finishes -lrb- eight -rrb- in the 2006 wsop .
he also finished first , winning $ 502,460 at the jack binion 2002 world poker open , beating erik seidel heads up .
brenes ' unique dress makes him easy to spot at tournaments , as he tends to wear bright tracksuits , two pairs of glasses , one on top of the other , and a visor .
he uses a toy shark as a card protector , the origin of his nickname .
a relentless self-promoter , the bright tracksuit and toy shark are consistent with brenes ' ostentatious personality ; he will often use the shark to belittle his opponents , thus gaining himself more time in front of the cameras .
he is also known for singing during hands .
he also is a member of team pokerstars .
brenes plays under the screen name `` humbertob '' .
two of his brothers , alex brenes and eric brenes , have won world poker tour titles .
in 2006 , brenes finished 36th in the wsop main event in a field of 8,773 and then in 2007 , brenes cashed in the money again in the $ 10,000 no limit hold 'em main event championship , placing 83rd out of a field of 6,358 players , winning $ 82,476 .
brenes was eliminated by hevad khan .
in the hand brenes with approximately 1,500,000 in chips had raised to 85,000 , khan then re-raised to 205,000 , brenes in dramatic fashion then went all-in holding and was instantly called by khan who held pocket aces , one of which was a spade .
the board came 3 ♠ 5 ♠ k ♠ 10 ♠ giving khan the ace high flush .
however , with the 83rd place finish , brenes made wsop history with the largest number of main event players outlasted in a two-year span with 15,012 .
as of 2013 , his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 6,000,000 .
his 72 cashes in the wsop account for $ 2,264,333 of those winnings .
humberto brenes has been selected among the 10 finalists to enter the hall of fame of poker 2013 .
