Shawn Buchanan

Canadian poker player (born 1982)

Shawn Buchanan
Nickname(s)	The Cannon
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born	(1982-07-06) July 6, 1982 (age 41)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Final table(s)	10
Money finish(es)	57
Highest ITM Main Event finish	404th, 2012
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	1
Final table(s)	3
Money finish(es)	12
Information accurate as of 7 October 2019.

Shawn Buchanan (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, earning $768,775.^[1]

As of 2011^[update], his total live tournament winnings exceed 4,450,000.^[2] Of his 27 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the money finishes, eight came in the 2010 WSOP and nine came in either the 2011 WSOP or the 2011 WSOP Europe.^[3] He was among the leaders in the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year point standings.^[4]

Online poker

On September 28, 2007, Buchanan, who uses the name 'buck21' on PokerStars, won event #19 of the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker, a $530 buy-in Pot-limit Omaha tournament. Buchanan bested a field of 1,046 to win the $97,262.78 first prize.^[5]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
2019	$800 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed^[6]	$223,119

References

^ "Hand 79 – Shawn Buchanan Wins the Manadalay Bay Poker Championship Mandalay Bay Poker Championship Level 8: 200,000-400,000". World Poker Tour. June 2, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "Shawn Buchanan's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ "Shawn Buchanan". World Series of Poker. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
^ "2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year". Bluff Magazine. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
^ "Poker Players". Cardplayer.com. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019, No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online 6-Handed (Event #76)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 7, 2024.