Alex Livingston

{{short description|Canadian poker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{infobox person |birth_date = {{bya|1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Livingston, Alex |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2604973 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=[[FIDE]]}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada |occupation = Poker player |alma_mater = [[Tufts University]] }} '''Alex Livingston''' (born 1987) is a Canadian [[poker]] player. In 2019, he placed third in the [[World Series of Poker Main Event]], earning $4 million.<ref name="WSOP" /> He finished 13th at the Main Event in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Julio |date=13 July 2019 |title=A Look At The 2019 World Series Of Poker Main Event Final Table Nine - Poker News |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/24086-a-look-at-the-2019-world-series-of-poker-main-event-final-table-nine |access-date=24 March 2024 |website=CardPlayer}}</ref><ref name="Spurr">{{Cite web |last=Spurr |first=Bill |date=17 July 2019 |title=Halifax's Alex Livingston takes third, US$4 million in World Series of Poker Main Event |url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/halifax-man-takes-home-us4-million-at-world-series-of-poker-333908/ |access-date=24 March 2024 |website=Saltwire}}</ref> Livingston was raised in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name="WSOP" /> He is also a chess player and studied economics at [[Tufts University]].<ref name="WSOP">{{Cite web |title=Alex Livingston |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=96576 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=[[World Series of Poker|WSOP.com]]}}</ref> Livingston won his second bracelet at the [[2024 WSOP]] in the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event.<ref name="o795">{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Kirk | title=Summer Saved! Alex Livingston Claims Second Bracelet and $390,621 in Event #97: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed! | website=PokerNews | date=2024-07-18 | url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/07/summer-saved-alex-livingston-claims-second-bracelet-46602.htm | access-date=2024-07-18}}</ref>

As of 2024, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,500,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Livingston's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=132861 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=[[The Hendon Mob Poker Database]] |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/140657-alexander-livingston Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=132861 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/alex-livingston/ PokerNews profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/alex-livingston/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=96576 WSOP profile]

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