Ken Aldridge

Ken Aldridge is a professional poker player from the United States who currently resides in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina. He is a poker player who has made a name for himself and done so successfully. He now has over $2.4 million in live earnings after accomplishing one World Series of Poker bracelet, two World Poker Tour Final Tables, and one European Poker Tour Cashes. 

Ken Aldridge: Early Life

Ken Aldridge, also known as Teach, is a retired teacher and the founder of Ken Aldridge Co. Ken’s Cars, Inc. He attended North Carolina State University and graduated in 1973.

He began competing in live tournaments in August 2005. Since then, he has worked his way up to achieve great success and become well-known. He is easily identifiable by his yellow jacket and yellow hat, making him easily visible on a tournament field.

Ken Aldridge Poker Career

Ken is frequently seen at poker tournaments. He was first seen competing at the WSOP Circuit in Tunica, Robinsonville. He finished 27th and earned $1,880 for his efforts. The following May, 2006, he competed in another tournament at The Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas. He finished 10th and earned $2,357.

Despite the fact that Ken had little experience in the tournament scene and has been back and forth. He did, however, win his first WSOP bracelet in June 2009. He took first place and $428,259 at the 40th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. In August, he reached the final table of the Gold Strike World Poker Open, finishing third and earning $11,444.

He also competed in the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas in December 2009, finishing second and earning $3,977. The following January, he finished second at the Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi, earning $4,898.

In June 2010, he competed in another World Series of Poker event at the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. He made it to the final table and finished fourth out of 478 participants, earning $93,418. The winner of that event was none other than Phil Ivey, an American poker player with a total live earnings of $40.7 million at the time of writing.

Ken also placed second at the 2011 Legends of Poker in Los Angeles (Bell Gardens), earning the second-highest best cash of his career of $365,800.

He continued to participate in as many tournaments as possible because he enjoyed traveling, and he believed that participating in these events, which were held in various locations, would help him achieve that goal. Also, he took part in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Paradise Island in January 2013. He finished in sixth and earned $44,460.

He also competed in the L.A Poker Classic in February 2015, where he earned $73,640 and finished 12th. Ken also competed in the 46th World Series of Poker in June of that year, finishing fifth and earning $97,122. He also competed in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood in August of that year, finishing third and winning $3,670.

Ken Aldridge Continued to shine at WSOP

Aldridge has been an active World of Series participant, and his results have continued to improve. In July 2018, he competed in the 49th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Ken finished third and earned $154,648 for his efforts.

He also competed in the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood in April 2021. He finished sixth out of 2,482 competitors in the event. Brek Schutten, an American poker player, took first place and won $1,261,095.

Ken also refused to let the 53rd World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in June 2022 pass him by. He returned to the final table, where Eli Elezra took first place, David Rheem took second place, Robert Cowen took third place, Damjan Radanov took fourth place, and he took fifth place, earning $146,242.

He also competed in the PokerGO Tour at the Poker Masters in Las Vegas in September 2022, finishing seventh and earning $48,500. His most recent appearance was at the WSOP and WSOPC events in Las Vegas and North Carolina, where he was last seen in August 2023.

Conclusion

Ken Aldridge has left his mark wherever he goes, from retired teacher to amazingly dominating poker scene, particularly WSOP events. Many people noticed him from afar because of his yellow hat and jacket, as well as his skill and kind approach to everyone at the poker table. He is still an active tournament participant, and more of him will undoubtedly be seen soon.