- High-stakes mixed game specialist
- $690K in Career Tournament Earnings
- 5 WSOP Cash Finishes in 2009 WSOP
Justin "Boosted J" Smith plays online at Full Tilt Poker.
Justin “Boosted J” Smith is one of the game’s hottest young players. An all-around talent, he is also a feared player online and has 7 WSOP cashes already to his name at only 21 years of age.
Born in 1988 in Connecticut, Justin grew up in Kissimmee, Florida. He discovered poker after a serious motorbike accident which left him temporarily wheelchair-bound. While in recovery, Justin was introduced to poker by a friend and he started playing $0.01 - $0.02 Limit Hold ‘em. He worked his way up through the stakes, became a pro and four years later, he plays up to $1,000/$2,000 HORSE.
Today, Justin is a high-stakes, short-handed ring game specialist. His online success includes sharing 1st place in the FTOPS III Main Event for $232,000, which led to him topping the FTOPS III Leaderboard.
Justin’s first WSOP cash came in London during the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe. He finished 14th in the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event, and followed that with a 16th place finish in the £10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold ‘em event, taking home over $100,000.
In 2009, he gained a live tournament reputation in the USA with five cashes in the 2009 WSOP in five separate poker formats, showing his skill at mixed games. Within several days of the Main Event ending, Smith picked up $464,870 - his biggest win to date – by finishing 3rd in the $15,000 WPT Bellagio Cup.
When he’s not at a poker table, Justin likes to shoot pool and work out. Look for him playing online at Full Tilt Poker.
