David Coleman, a popular name in the poker world, who took the community by storm with his astonishing performance in the 2024 Poker Season. In this article, we will dive into Coleman’s early life, poker career, net worth, and more.
Who is David Coleman?
David Coleman is an American professional poker player and the recipient of the 2024 Global Poker Index Player of the Year award. Coleman dominated the poker world in 2024 with his amazing deep runs and his monumental victories.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Coleman has a strong academic background. He has a degree in Finance from Rutgers University. Beyond poker, he has extensive experience as an Economics, Accounting, and Statistics tutor, teaching a variety of courses at Rutgers University for over a decade.
Although there isn’t much information available on David Coleman’s early life and his career before poker. However, Coleman has established himself in the online poker world as one of the best players, before taking down high-stakes poker tournaments.
David Coleman Poker Career Highlights and Winnings
Early Poker Career
Coleman scored his first live cash in 2015 when he made a money finish at the WPT Borgata Poker Open $300 Deep stack for just $960. After playing low-stakes live tournaments climbing up the ranks, Coleman jumped into mid-stakes tournaments two years later in 2017.
That year he cashed in four 2017 WSOP Events, earning over $30k. Those four cashes also included a money finish in the $10k WSOP Main Event, adding $18,693 to his live earnings. In 2018, Coleman ended up finishing 115th in the $3,700 NLH WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship for $6,767.
Coleman continued his online grind while also cashing live poker tournaments. But he didn’t achieve any significant success in live tournaments until the early 2020s. The pro started 2020 with a 5th place finish at WPT Borgata $1,100 NLH 6-Max for an impressive $26,563 payday. That year he tried picking some online bracelets but fell short of reaching the final table, earning over $20k from six tournament cashes.
Achieving Success
In 2021, Coleman came close to achieving his first major victory in the WPT500 Online Festival $5,200 NLH High Roller Online. But ended up earning a whopping $67,921 for his runner-up finish. As the poker world moved back to life, Coleman began participating in the PokerGo Tour, a decision which paid off.
Coleman’s earnings skyrocketed with his first PGT series. He participated in the 2021 PokerGoCup and scored a podium finish in Event #5: $25k NLH for his first six-figure score of $144,000. He followed it up with a runner-up finish in Event #7: $50k NLH for a whopping $455,000. He then came close to his first WSOP bracelet in the WSOP Online 2021 Event #20: $3,200 NLH High Roller for a six-figure score of $107,720.
In September 2021, Coleman came close to winning his first Super High Roller Bowl title but had to settle for the runner-up place earning $364,00 in SHRB Kyrenia $50k NLH. Coleman wrapped up the year with a 58th place finish in the 2021 WSOP $10k Main Event for another six-figure of $113,800.
In 2022, the pro scored another runner-up finish in PGT Aria High Roller Summer Series $10k NLH for a six-figure sum of $156,810. It was his only best score of the year as he focused on getting an online bracelet, but only was able to cash in 16 events at 2022 WSOP Online. In 2023, Coleman ran deep in the WSOP Event #16:$25k High Roller for a whopping $40,000.
His most memorable finish in 2023 came when he rounded out the podium in the 2023 NAPT Las Vegas $1,650 NLH Main Event for a staggering $120,130 payday. Coleman followed it up with another 3rd place finish in the WPT World Championships $1,500 NLH for an impressive $255,796 payout.
2024 The Pinnacle Year of David Coleman
Coleman began the year by winning Venetian DeepStack New Year’s Extravaganza $1,600 CardPlayer Poker Tour, pocketing $115,989. He followed it up by winning his career-first PGT title in the PGT Kickoff Opening Event, adding $120,150 to his earnings.
He then participated in his first Triton Poker Series, where he finished as the runner-up in Triton Jeju Event #10: $50,200 NLH Turbo Bounty for a whopping $652,900. Coleman added another trophy, by winning the PGT USPO Event #4: $10,100 for $202,300.
Coleman then scored two final-table finishes in 2024 WSOP in Event #1: $5,00 NLH Champions Reunion Freezout and Event #31: $3,000 NLH 6-Handed, finishing 6th and 5th respectively earning over $200k. As the WSOP concluded in July, Coleman went on to win the Wynn Summer Classic $25k WPT Alpha8 Trifecta, banking $730,300 to his earnings.
Coleman concluded the year with a 6th place finish in the 2024 WSOP Paradise $100k Triton Main Event earning a career-best $890,000, pushing his live earnings past $8 million.
Winning the GPI Player of the Year Award
David Coleman closed out 2024 with an outstanding 4,383.70 points, edging out Lonis (4,374.38) by a slight margin of 10 points to claim the title of GPI Player of the Year. It was a year to remember for Coleman, who earned over $5.2 million in live cashes, according to The Hendon Mob. His impressive run included 48 cashes, six victories, and 28 final table appearances—more than doubling his previous live earnings.
David Coleman’s Net Worth in 2025
As of January 2025, David Coleman has over $8.4 million in live tournaments alone. He also plays online events and some cash games. There are no official reports on the net worth of David Coleman. However, as per his poker career, it could be in millions of dollars.
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