Allen Kessler

Allen Kessler is a popular American player with a big name “Chainsaw”, who has collected more than 100 WSOP prizes. Even 10 years ago he was not known to anyone, but at the moment his rating in the Global Poker Index (GPI) is 1011. This proves a high level of professionalism. Throughout his long career he has earned more than 4 million dollars and actively continues this activity now. He has 4 WSOP rings and is setting new personal records in poker!

Main Information

If you are an active poker player, you should take a closer look at Allen Kessler’s style of play. He can open up a lot of interesting chips for you! Here is some basic information about the player profile:

Allen Kessler Biography

Allen Kessler was born and raised in the small town of Huntingdon Valley, located near Philadelphia (USA). There he graduated from high school and Temple University. He is an internet marketing specialist by education. In addition, he worked for ABC News television channel. One day in an interview he will remember this: “If you watched ABC News during the 10 years I worked there and they would show some poll numbers on the screen, like a certain percentage saying anything – I would provide them with those numbers.”From childhood, Allen Kessler was very talented, and this was especially evident in mathematical and analytical tasks. For example, he could look up a whole list of phone numbers for his city and memorize it instantly! A poker player perfectly remembers all dates and numbers, which undoubtedly helps him in a poker game.

Poker Career

Allen Kessler first tried poker as a student with his friends at parties in the 1990s. He first gained experience playing Omaha and Seven Card Stud, often playing with Phil Ivey. On weekends, he often played at Atlantic City casinos to pay for his dorm room.

As early as 2004, the poker player mastered No Limit Texas Hold’em and took a job with his sister so he could take longer trips! Big sister Allen Kessler’s owns multiple businesses and is a multi-millionaire. “My older sister was the only person who knew about gambling. She supported me in everything,” Kessler said. It was then, in 2004, that he made it to the WSOP for the first time. Even though the main event was a flop, it was the start of a great journey.

Further poker career went uphill, here’s a list of Allen Kessler’s early achievements:

• 2007 World Series of Poker Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship) – 20th place ($12.502 prize);
• 2008 World Series of Poker (Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better) – 45th place ($4.093 prize);
• 2008 World Series of Poker (Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better) – 31th place ($4.908 prize);
• 2007 World Series of Poker (Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship) – 2nd place ($276.486 prize);
• 2007 World Series of Poker (Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship) – 14th place ($34.639 prize).

Live Poker Achievements

At the moment Allen Kessler has played more than 300 poker games. He is not going to stop and actively participates in the top tournaments in the USA. Among them the most successful were:

Online Poker Achievements

Allen Kessler’s achievements in online poker are much more modest than in the live format. However, this does not diminish respect for the poker player, because his professional skills have not disappeared anywhere. In 2024, he’s still a serious competitor at the table.

Here are the stats of his recent accomplishments in online games:

Top Five Career Cashes

Allen Kessler has a net worth of $1.427.615 in all WSOP games. $144.303 he won the EUROPE event. The win in CIRCUIT yielded a profit of $700,394. Here is the overall picture of player’s wins, where you can see the 5 most profitable poker games:

Allen Kessler Socials

The poker player is quite active on social networks and has thousands of followers. There he shows his real life and talks a lot about poker. Here are the actual links to his socials:

• Instagram: @chainsawpoker;
• Facebook: @AllenKessler;
• X (Twitter): @AllenKessler;
• YouTube: @Chainsawslots;
• LinkedIn: @AllenKessler.