Ryan Laplante

Laplante started out as an online player in 2008 but didn't get his first four-figure score ($2,200), in a 9th place finish; until next year, with his maiden win (online) in 2008 in a tournament that yielded $941 - as Laplante amassed 5 tournament wins, 3 tournament runner-ups, and 4 third-place finishes coming into 2010.[2]

Laplante next finished 13th in the $162 Nightly Hundred Grand ($1,130), and 4th in the $23.45 NLHE [Hyper-Turbo] ($1,456), both on PokerStars, until his first substantial cash (141st) in a championship series (Spring Championship of Online Poker) yielded $1,280.[2] Rounding of the spring coming into autumn Laplante then finished fourth, fifth, and third; cashing for $12,495, $9,880, and $7,191, in three editions of the $109 No-Limit Hold'em (PokerStars).[2]

Laplante's first array into the live tournament scene came at the World Series of Poker in 2011 when he finished 8th in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $51,771 (his largest cash to date) followed up next year with a cash of $56,372 in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33) - also this at the World Series of Poker.[3] Laplante's first six-figure score then echoed of the 2014 World Series of Poker $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #39) finishing fifth cashing for $113,796 and then in 2016, also at the World Series of Poker, Laplante won his first bracelet in the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #12)[4] totalling $190,328 (largest cash so far).[3] In 2019, Laplante then won the Poker Masters[5] for an additional $186,000 and, counting towards his online resume as well as equipment of poker hardware; he won a circuit ring in 2022 in the $320 No-Limit Hold'em - 6-Max (Event #9).[3]