Tim “TTWIST” Kelly was introduced to poker by his older brother when he was 18. Born in Brantford, Ontario, CAN in 1975, Tim is married and has two sons. Tim made the transition from limit poker to no limit hold ‘em in 2005 and played mostly for fun with friends and family. In 2006, Tim started playing online, mostly at Poker Stars at the micro-low stakes, trying to learn the game. After winning a small satellite to the Sunday Million and subsequently finishing 119th, along with another deeper run a couple months later, and he was hooked. Working as a robot programmer in the auto industry by day and poker player by night, Tim worked hard on his game and eventually built the roll to turn pro. His first big cash came after final-tabling the $5K WSOP Circuit event at Harrah;s in Atlantic City, cashing for over $43K. The success carried into 2009 with a 2nd in the Full Tilt Poker 20K for $4,300, 1st in the Full Tilt Fifty-Fifty for $10,900, 1st in the Full Tilt 34K for $14,300, 3rd in the Full Tilt 60K for 17K before final-tabling his first Sunday Major, finishing 3rd in the Sunday Mulligan on Full Tilt for $26,200. He has continued crushing into 2010, with an outright win in the Ultimate Bet 40K Sniper for $10,600 and in April fulfilled a long-time goal of winning a Sunday Major by taking down the Sunday Second Chance on Stars for $55,130. Tim has 125 career final tables and $400K in career earnings to date.
