Pat Poels

Patrick Poels (born c. 1968) is an American professional poker player from Mesa, Arizona, and a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He won the 2005 World Series of Poker 1,500 dollar Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event, earning 270,100 dollars and defeating two-time bracelet winner John Lukas heads-up, and won his second bracelet a year later in the 1,000 dollar Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event. As of 2009 his total live tournament winnings exceeded 900,000 dollars. Outside poker the source says he leads the engineering team at Snyk as its senior vice president of engineering and formerly led engineering for Eventbrite as its chief technology officer.