Joe Ebanks

Joe Ebanks, born in 1984 or 1985, is an American professional poker player from Ohio who grew up in Kent and as of 2011 lived in Stow. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker, where he made his first final table and had three in-the-money finishes; half of his six career WSOP in-the-money finishes are at short-handed events, and all of them are No Limit Texas hold 'em. Before that his largest live prize came in April 2009, when he won the 1,309 dollar EPT San Remo Season V No-Limit Hold'em Event 4 among 309 players for 100,842 dollars, after winning Event 10 of the 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic for 95,570 dollars. He is considered a high-caliber online player who often final tables multi-table tournaments and has more than once taken two first places in large online tournaments on the same day.