Kenna James Biography
- on 02.06.09
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He has born on December 18, 1963. Kenna James was actually born as Kenna Grob and was the third of four children in his lower-middle-class family. He spent the first half of his childhood in Chicago. James could be found playing at the low-limit Texas Hold’em tables. By 1997 he’d graduated to playing the $20/$40 limits regularly and branched into $20 buy-in tournaments.
That’s the year he began to have aspirations of becoming a professional, cashing in his first big tournament, and also the year he met his future wife, poker pro Marsha Waggoner. Since 1999 James has had several wins and cashes, adding to his bankroll and his poker notoriety. However, it was a win in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2004 Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge in Las Vegas where he gained a nickname, thereby solidifying his spot in poker history.
He’s also taken a more active role for the charity. During the 2006 WSOP James used his fame and performing talents to host a charity poker tournament that raised $70,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project, to which Mike section added his $100,000 winnings from the Tournament of Champions. his total winning is $929,144.
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