Brandon Cantu is a young American professional poker player whose career live tournament wins already include both a WSOP Bracelet (2006) and a WPT title (2008); a claim not many poker pros can make. Cantu plays the occasional online poker game, but considers live cash games and tournaments to be his “bread and butter”.

Born in Vancouver, Washington in May of 1981, Brandon Cantu’s career began only a few years ago. Now at the age of 27, Cantu has already pocketed more than $2,000,000 in live tournament earnings, not to mention his cash game victories.

The first live poker tournament win for Brandon Cantu was one for the record books, entering Event #2 of the 2006 WSOP, $1,500 NL Hold’em. Brandon strove throughout, winding down table after table to take down the tournament for an impressive first live tournament cash of $757,839; not to mention earning the coveted WSOP Bracelet.

Brandon collected three more cashes over the course of the year, including a 1st place victory at the Ultimate Poker Challenge for $9,400, followed by a 2nd place finish at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic of WPT Season 5, worth another $136,835.

2007 was another lucrative year for Cantu, but came with no championships or jewelry. Brandon cashed in seven live poker tournaments; his largest being a 2nd place finish at the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge in November. Cantu earned $26,250 for the near win, completing the year’s profit of $72,209.

As 2008 rolled around, Brandon again found himself cashing in multiple live poker tournaments, but nothing to write home about. That is, until March 14, 2008 when Cantu successfully ousted the entire field at the WPT Season 6 Bay 101 Shooting Start NL Hold’em Championships, collecting a cool $1,000,000 for the 1st place victory.

Cantu’s goal at this point is to win the “Triple Crown” by claiming an EPT title to go along with his WSOP Bracelet and WPT title win. Thus far, Gavin Griffin is the only professional poker player to have accomplished such a goal.