His Twitter description simply reads, "Poker."
That's fitting because poker dominates the life of Tom "Butters" Kearney all day, every day. He once played some of the biggest cash games in the world before Black Friday left him with "very little." The years since have been dedicated to single-mindedly rebuilding his once plentiful bankroll. He had a good laugh at the exhausted players expressing relief at the end of 13-hour days in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event.
"Since then, I've grinded 15-16 hours a day pretty much every day," Kearney said, estimating that he pays $20,000 in rake per month.