{{Short description|American poker player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox poker player |name=Joe Kuether |nickname=daPHUNNIEman, DAP<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2012 |title=Joseph Kuether (daPHUNNIEman) Wins WSOPC Rincon Main Event |url=https://contents.pokerstake.com/articles/joseph-kuether-daphunnieman-wins-wsopc-rincon-main-event-587297/ |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=PokerStake |language=en-US}}</ref> |image=Joe Kuether 2015.jpg |caption= Joe Kuether at 2015 WPT Borgata Championship |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|5}} |birth_place = Elm Grove, Wisconsin, United States |wsop bracelet count=0 |wsop final tables=2 |wsop money finishes=25 |wpt titles=0 |wpt final tables=2 |wpt money finishes=13
|updated=January 20, 2015 }} '''Joseph "Joe" Kuether''' ({{IPAc-en|k|iː|θ|ər}}; born February 5, 1988), known as "The Luckbox", is an American professional poker player. He was ranked 22nd in the 2014 Poker Player of the year rankings,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluff.com/poker-player-of-the-year?year=2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150126170411/http://www.bluff.com/poker-player-of-the-year?year=2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2015|title=2014 Poker Player of the Year World|work=BLUFF.com|access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> and has lifetime live earnings of over $3,600,000.<ref name="bluff.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bluff.com/players/joe-kuether/56205/|title=Joe Kuether|work=BLUFF.com|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206125200/http://www.bluff.com/players/joe-kuether/56205/|archive-date=February 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kuether grew up in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. He attended Brookfield East High School and graduated with a degree in accounting from University of Wisconsin–Madison.<ref name="cardplayer.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/17988-a-poker-life-joe-kuether|title=A Poker Life: Joe Kuether|work=cardplayer.com|access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>
==Poker career==
===Online poker=== Kuether began playing poker with his friends in high school, moved to online poker, and quickly began taking it more seriously.<ref name="cardplayer.com"/> Joe learned the intricacies of poker through trial and error, steadily growing a bankroll while playing throughout college. Joe has long played under the poker alias, daPHUNNIEman <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/joseph-kuether-daphunnieman-wins-wsopc-rincon-main-event-587297/|title=Joseph Kuether (daPHUNNIEman) Wins WSOPC Rincon Main Event|work=pocketfives.com|access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> and has amassed a lifetime total of $976,501 while playing online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/daphunnieman/|title=daPHUNNIEman - Joe - Poker Player|work=pocketfives.com|access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>
===Tournament poker=== Kuether is a cash game player. After a few years of playing live, Kuether appeared on the tournament poker scene in 2011, after Poker black friday shut down the online poker world.<ref name="cardplayer.com"/> Joe has built a name for himself as a consistent players on the poker circuit.<ref name="cardplayer.com"/>
As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,500,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Kuether's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=120645 |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
====Top finishes==== Joe's first 7 figure in-the-money finish happened on December 1, 2015, at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller event. He finished 2nd place and took home $1,050,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluff.com/tournaments/event/2015-pokerstars-caribbean-adventure-pca-high-roller-single-re-entry-eight-handed-3364-40784.html|title=2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA High Roller - Single Re-Entry - Eight-Handed Results - Jan 12, 2015|work=BLUFF.com|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202080453/http://www.bluff.com/tournaments/event/2015-pokerstars-caribbean-adventure-pca-high-roller-single-re-entry-eight-handed-3364-40784.html|archive-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- |+ Highest Tournament Cashes |- !Year !Tournament !Prize |- |2015 |PCA High Roller - Single Re-Entry - Eight-Handed |$1,050,000 |- |2014 |Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship ($10,000,000 Guaranteed) |$424,044 |- |2013 |Arizona State Poker Championship Main Event |$424,044 |- |2015 |WPT Borgata Poker Open |$262,994 |- |2008 |Bay 101 Shooting Star Classic Main Event |$246,161 |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/237183-joe-kuether Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=120645 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/joe-kuether/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=56205 WSOP profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuether, Joe}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:People from Elm Grove, Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin School of Business alumni Category:American poker players