Ben Yu
Ben Yu is an American professional poker player, commentator, and writer. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and appeared at 15 World Series of Poker final tables. Yu, who grew up in Los Angeles, California, attended Stanford University before transitioning into a career in poker.
Poker career
As of July 2025, Yu has amassed more than $9,900,000 in live poker tournament earnings, with his cashes at the World Series of Poker accounting for at least $6,000,000 of those winnings.Yu's columns on poker tournament strategy have appeared in Card Player magazine since 2013.
World Series of Poker
Yu's seven cashes at the 2011 World Series of Poker tied him with Kirill Rabtsov for the most in the 2011 series.Yu's eight cashes in World Series of Poker Limit Hold'em events, including four final table finishes, total $576,415, rank him 13th all-time.
Yu has won four bracelets at the WSOP.
As of 2025, his total cashes in WSOP bracelet events ranks 20th all-time.
| Year | Cashes | Final Tables | Bracelets |
| 2008 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 7 | ||
| 2012 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 45 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 15 | 2 |
| Year | Event | Prize money |
| 2015 | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship | $291,456 |
| 2017 | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship | $232,738 |
| 2018 | $50,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em High Roller | $1,650,773 |
| 2021 | $10,000 6-handed No Limit Hold'em Championship | $721,453 |