Sean Winter

Sean Winter (born December 14, 1990) is an American poker player from Jacksonville, Florida.

Sean Winter
Winter at the 2018 WPT Bellagio High Roller
Nickname(s)	nolez7
Born	(1990-12-14) December 14, 1990 Jacksonville, Florida
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	None
Final table(s)	3
Money finish(es)	20
Highest ITM Main Event finish	372nd, 2014
World Poker Tour
Money finish(es)	7
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)	2

Winter's first live tournament cash came in August 2011, when he was still not yet 21 years old. He won the $10,000 Bellagio Cup in 2015 for $562,000, and was runner-up in the $25,000 High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2016, earning $914,000 after a heads-up deal with champion Nick Maimone.[1] In 2019, he won the $5,250 Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, prevailing over a field of 809 players for $698,000.[2] His largest career cash came in 2018, when he earned $2.4 million with a runner-up finish at the partypoker Live $250,000 Super High Roller in the Bahamas.[3]

Winter has four wins at the U.S. Poker Open, including consecutive Main Events in 2021 and 2022. After finishing runner-up to David Peters in the previous two series, Winter won the last two events in 2022 to earn the series championship and the Golden Eagle Trophy.[4][5]

At the World Series of Poker, Winter finished second to Ben Yu in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller in 2018. He also cashed in the Main Event three straight years between 2013-15.[6]

Playing under the name nolez7, Winter finished second to Talal Shakerchi in the Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2016, earning $1,048,000. He also won a World Championship of Online Poker event that year.[7][8]

As of 2022, Winter is first among players from Florida and in the top-20 among American players with career earnings of more than $21 million.