He told Doyle Brunson that he had taken a job at a hedge fund and would not be playing the large volume that he had through the length of his career. In 2014 an exchange on Twitter led to Sands announcing that he was retiring from poker to some extent. 2013 brought even larger results, including taking second in the $100k Super High Roller at PCA for $1.26 million and winning the WPT World Championship $100k Super High Roller for $1.02 million, making him a feared competitor in high roller events that are known to have some of the stiffest competition in the world. In that year, he had a total of $400k in cashes at the WSOP as well as finishing fourth in the EPT Grand Final for $200k. That success continued, although it was 2011 that made him a household name, at least in the poker community. In 2008, he played well and even though he played less than most of the other pros online, he still managed to find himself at the top of Pocket Fives’ rankings, as well as being the player with the most major online tournament wins. He finally ended up at a job in Internet Marketing, although it only lasted one year before poker took over and he began his journey as a professional player. It seemed poker never looked like the professional life that he had envisioned.

He continued playing through college, even winning a $1k tournament at Turning Stone Casino in New York, although he was still unsure about what he would be doing with the degree he had earned. Whereas many players have to force themselves to play when they are losing, Sands was already hooked and making money that would keep him from being a broke college student. Unlike most players, he managed to turn a profit in the very first week of play, confirming that he had a natural talent that many people work years for.

He played in dorms for with friends until one of his friends showed him the then exploding world of online poker. “Doc” Sands grew up in upstate New York and attended Hamilton College, where he learned to play poker in his freshman year. David “Doc” Sands is a semi-retired professional poker player currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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