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Michael Watson </p> </div> <table class="top-search" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/search" method="get"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /></div> <tr> <td><input class="hint" id="search" name="q" type="text" value="Search" /></td> <td><input class="go-red" name="commit" type="submit" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </form></table> </div> </div> <div class='col1'> <div id="tier1"> <div class="tier1-left"> <div class="tier1-left-top"> <h2>Michael Watson</h2> <p>Hometown: Toronto</p> <p>Country of Origin: Canada <img alt="CANADA" class="flag" src="/packages/flags/ca-eb5be543be4e218fd46b33dbc73f0ae1.png" title="CANADA" /></p> <p> <img alt="Twitter-bird" src="/packages/twitter-bird-53e456ec26b585077d040131dd5aa2b4.png" style="width:20px;" /> <a href="/poker-twitter/194-michael-watson" style="color:#fff;font-weight:bold;">@SirWatts</a> </p> </div> <div class="tier1-middle-left">Recorded Earnings<br />Tournament Wins<br />Total Cashes<br />2024 POY Rank</div><div class="tier1-middle-right">$30,175,572<br />27<br />390<br />5 (7564 points)</div> <div class="clear"> </div> <div style="width:240px;font-size:10px;color:white;padding:5px;"> <div>*Earnings include live events and online events with confirmed real-name results.</div> </div> <div style="width: 240px; height: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <fb:like href="https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/27466-michael-watson" layout="button_count" show_faces="false" width="200" height="14" action="like" colorscheme="light" style="" /> </div> </div> <div class="tier1-right"> <img alt="Michael Watson" height="276" src="https://media.cardplayer.com/assets/players/000/027/466/profile/original_RS25398_Mike_Watson_1.jpg" width="500" /> </div> </div> <ul class="tabs" id="players"> <li class="players-overview"><a href="/poker-players/27466-michael-watson" class="selected "><div class="tab-inner"><p>Overview</p><div 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style='width:100%;font-size:14px;'> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Winnings</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>$3,384,117</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Cashes</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>122</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Bracelets</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>1</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Final Tables</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>24</td> </tr> </table> <div class='space10'> </div> <p class='stat-label' style='font-size:14px;text-align:center;'>World Poker Tour</p> <table class='player-stat-right' style='width:100%;font-size:14px;'> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Winnings</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>$1,998,277</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Cashes</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>10</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Championships</th> <td style='font-weight:bold;'>1</td> </tr> <tr> <th style='font-weight:normal;'>Final Tables</th> <td 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style='font-weight:bold;'>$7,430,019</td> </tr> </table> <div class='space10'> </div> <p> * WPT - Main Events; EPT - Main Events </p> </div> </li> <li style='margin-left:10px;'> <h2 class='tweet-h2'> Tweets <img alt="Twitter_logo2" height="16" src="/packages/base/twitter_logo2-03972d8dce514c1873f3c1068d852c7c.gif" width="131" /> </h2> <div class='player-tweet-arrow'></div> <div class='player-tweet'> SirWatts : <strong>@TomCrry92 @scott_seiver @Kevmath did not play</strong> </div> <div class='centered' style='margin-top: 10px;'> <a href="/poker-twitter/194-michael-watson" class="block-link">More Tweets</a> </div> </li> <li> <ul class='photo-thumb'> <li class='thumb'><a href="/poker-players/27466-michael-watson/photos/29646-michael-watson"><img alt="Thumbnail_michael_watson_1" height="75" src="https://media.cardplayer.com/assets/photos/000/029/646/thumbnail_Michael_Watson_1.JPG" width="75" /></a></li> <li class='thumb'><a 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