Michael McClain, a professional poker player, currently lives in Davis, California, United States. Before entering the poker circuit, he was an engineer at AT&T. He has made 7 cashes and won $688,430 through tournament winnings, as of June 2008.
In April 1997, Michael McClain made his first money finish at the 28th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). In Limit Hold’em event of the tournament, he finished 16th and walked away with a sum of $8,704. Michael McClain also cashed in at the No-Limit Hold’em event of the 35th Annual WSOP that was held on May 28, 2004, from which he earned prize money of $470,400 by finishing in ninth-place. His 10th finish at Event 4 WSOP Circuit No-Limit Hold'em of the Grand Casino Tunica Poker Tournament hosted in August 2005, added another $2,900 to his bankroll.
The best stint of the year 2006 was on February 21, when Michael McClain participated in Event 28 No-Limit Hold’em Championship of the LA Poker Classic/ World Poker Tour (WPT) Event Season 4. In this event, Michael McClain ranked ninth and went home with a princely sum of $99,648. He bagged another $47,006 on August 10, 2006, at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker in Event 39 No-Limit Hold’em Championship WSOP FINAL. At the Legends of Poker/WPT Event Season 5 held on August 30, he ranked 11th and walked away with $48,800 in the No-Limit Hold’em Championship. The $10,972 he made on June 26, 2008 from the WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed (Event 46) of the 39th WSOP 2008 also forms a part of his poker winnings.