Brandon Cantu

Brandon M. Cantu, born on 10 May 1981 in Vancouver, Washington, is an American professional poker player who relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, after winning a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2006. He became one of only 27 players to win both a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour championship. His first bracelet came in a 1,500 dollar No Limit Hold'em event in June 2006 for 757,839 dollars, and his second in the 1,500 dollar Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2009 WSOP, where he beat Lee Watkinson heads-up for 228,867 dollars. He finished 20th of 6,844 in the 2008 Main Event for 257,334 dollars and was runner-up in the 10,000 dollar Mix Max event at the 2012 WSOP Europe. In March 2008 he won the Bay 101 Shooting Star championship on the WPT for 1,000,000 dollars and the nickname The Bounty Hunter.