John D’Agostino, at the ripe age of 25, is a profound poker player who has already earned more than $1.5 million during his short but eventful career. D’Agostino has cashed in 15 major poker tournaments, including 2 final-table finishes in the World Poker Tour (WPT), though he has never taken the title.

Born November 3, 1982 in the moderately small town of Seymour, Connecticut, John D’Agostino did not start playing poker until 2001, and it wasn’t long before he discovered just how talented he was at the game. In 2003, John D’Agostino turned pro, entering various major poker events.

It wasn’t long before D’Agostino, known around the tables as “Jdags”, carved his name into the memory of poker fans around the world, beginning with his first major cash at the 2004 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where he took 5th place in the No Limit Hold’em Championship and nearly $100k in his pocket. John has made his way into the money at several World Series of Poker tournaments and circuit events, though it is the World Poker Tour that brought D’Agostino most of his career earnings.

John D’Agostino and the WPT
John D’Agostino has a relatively short, yet illustrious history with the World Poker Tour, having collected almost $1.25 million of his career earnings at various WPT event tables. His first WPT victory, and first major tournament cash of his professional career, came at the January 2004 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure, during the 2nd season of the WPT. John finished in 5th in the No Limit Hold’em event, awarding $99,450.

Later that year, in WPT Season 3, John D’Agostino entered the Mirage Poker Showdown, another No Limit Hold’em event, where he finished in 14th position for another $27,002. In November of 2004, John took 7th place in Event #12 of the World Poker Finals for $8,875.

WPT Season 4, and the Borgata Casino in particular, were very generous to John D’Agostino. On September 22, 2005, he found himself seated at the final table of the Borgata Poker Open, where he skillfully paved a path into 4th place, earning a tremendous purse of $349,685. If that weren’t enough, 5 months later on February 1, 2006, D’Agostino one-upped himself by going heads-up against Michael Mizrachi at the final table of the Borgata Winter Open. Mizrachi triumphed in the end, but John was not displeased with his largest single-match cash to date, $591,312, and a 2nd place victory.

John D’Agostino would go on to cash once more in the WPT Season 4, earning 43,935 for a 72nd place completion at the Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship in April of 2006.

In it’s 5th season, John cashed only once in the WPT, during the North American Poker Championships. Then again, it’s hard to be disappointed walking away with just under $100k for sitting around a No Limit Hold’em table for a while. John D’Agostino took 8th place in that event.

D’Agostino’s final WPT triumph to date was once again at the Mirage Poker Showdown on May 23, 2007 - in the 6th season of the WPT. Playing event #10 of the No Limit Hold’em Championship, John worked his way into the 14th position for purse of $28,818.

John D’Agostino and the WSOP
D’Agostino has had little luck with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) when compared to his WPT career, but he has managed to cash 4 times. The first came April 30th, in the 2004 WSOP Event #9, No Limit Hold’em, where John finished in 51st position for $2,700.

John’s second WSOP cash did not come until 2 years later in January of 2006 at the WSOP Circuit Limit HORSE Event at the Grand Casino Tunica Poker Tournament. D’Agostino took 2nd place in Event #21 for a prize of $32,010. Later that year in the 37th Annual WSOP, John D’Agostino barely finished in the money, earning $2,794 for a 150th place finish in Event #6, No Limit Hold’em.

John’s most recent WSOP purse-worthy victory came in the 2007 tournament, taking 30th place in Event #16, Limit HORSE, for $6,923.

John D’Agostino’s Other Achievements
Outside the WSOP and WPT poker circuit, John D’Agostino has earned more than a quarter of a million dollars playing professional poker tournaments. On July 14, 2004, D’Agostino earned $250,000 for a 2nd place victory after going heads-up with Phil Ivey during the Championship Poker At Turning Stone Main Event.

In October of that same year, D’Agostino went into the final table at the United States Poker Championship 2004 with a considerable chip lead. A bad beat of pocket-10s going up against Hoyt Corkins Quad-4s left John sitting with a single chip, only to be eliminated in 6th place with a purse of $63,486.

John D’Agostino and Team Full Tilt
Team Full Tilt is an estimable group of professional poker players who can be found playing online poker exclusively at one of the top online poker communities in the world, Full Tilt Poker. John D’Agostino is among this profound group, which also includes Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, John Juanda and many others.

John D’Agostino Outside of Poker
Off the tables, John D’Agostino is a sports enthusiast, movie-goer and loving father to his daughter Isabella. Currently residing in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, John is an avid Boston Red Sox and North Carolina Tar Heels fan.