Steven Jones (poker player)

Steven Jones is an American low stakes poker player and semi-professional real estate broker most known as the runner-up in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Education
Jones attended Birmingham Seaholm High School, and later Arizona State University, earning a bachelor's degree in business management in 2013.

World Series of Poker
Jones first entered the live poker scene in 2016 cashing in the World Amateur Championship (The Colossus II $565 No-Limit Hold'em) (Event #2) at this years World Series of Poker. In 2018 - Jones then reached his first ever World Series of Poker, and World Amateur Championship final table, his best result that far - cashing for a total of $57,425 - until he surpassed that with an eighth place finish in the Tag Team (Event #59), also this at the 2018 World Series of Poker.

World Series of Poker Circuit
In February 2019, Jones came just short of his first World Series of Poker hardware - finishing second in a World Series of Poker Circuit event.

2023 World Series of Poker Main Event
Jones then finished runner-up in the 2023 edition of the World Series of Poker Main Event cashing for $6,500,000.

Jones climbed steadily up the ranks, in this the largest main event ever (10,043 players), and then entered the final table as the next-chip leader never relinguishing as he held on to a significant chip lead when play began for the second day of the final table.

Career earnings
As of February 2024, Jones' total live tournament winnings exceeded $6.9 million.