Jared Hamby, a poker pro, was born on March 10, 1982 in Elkhart, Indiana. He then moved to Waco, Texas, where he began playing poker at the age of 13, and currently he resides in Henderson, Nevada, United States. Initially he was playing low-stakes limit online which increased his bankroll. It was after attending the Baylor University for a couple of years that Jared Hamby decided to take up poker as a career.
He made his first money finish in Event 39 - No-Limit Hold'em Championship of the 37th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) held on August 10, 2006, in which he won $15,504. On February 16, 2007, Jared Hamby took part in Event 23 No-Limit Hold'em at the LA Poker Classic/World Poker Tour (WPT) Event Season 5 and took home a sum of $12,465. The No-Limit Hold’em event of the World Poker Tour World Championship Season 5 held on April 9, 2007, would have left an indelible mark in the mind of Jared Hamby, as he made his maiden first-place finish and bagged $223,780. He again secured first-place in another No-Limit Hold’em event at the same tournament held on April 14, 2007 and went home with $298,955. He won a handsome sum of $61,880 from the No-Limit Hold'em Championship event at the WPT World Championship Season 5 held on April 27, 2007. Jared Hamby added another $86,383 by finishing in first-place at the No-Limit Hold’em event of the Mirage Poker Showdown/WPT Event 6, which was hosted on May 10, 2007. The WPT No-Limit Hold’em Championship of the Mandalay Bay Poker Championships/WPT Event Season 6 was yet another remarkable event in the poker life of Jared Hamby, as he secured second place and earned a neat sum of $459,080. One of his significant cash finishes is $82,476, which he won in the No-Limit Hold'em Championship of the 38th Annual World Series of Poker that was held on July 17, 2007. In the No-Limit Hold’em event of the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic/WPT Season 6 on December 4, 2007, Jared Hamby finished ninth and added $10,830 to his bankroll.
In Event 10 WPT No-Limit Hold’em of the Borgata Winter Open/WPT Event Season 6 held on January 31, 2008, Jared Hamby finished in 18th place and won a total sum of $31,966. On April 26, 2008 Jared Hamby was in the money again, when he played in Event 15 WPT No-Limit Hold’em Championship of Five Star World Classic Poker Classic/WPT World Championship-Season 6 and took home a handsome amount of $39,570 in prize money.
Jared Hamby, who is nicknamed “TheWacoKid”, aspires to win a WSOP bracelet, a WPT title, and player of the year title. He has varied hobbies like music, movies, market/investing, sports betting, partying, and neutral EV gambling. Jared Hamby likes listening to hip hop and rap music, and he likes to spend his time in the Bellagio. He is a fan of David Wright, a baseball pro, and he says that The Big Lebowski is his all-time favorite movie.