Jon Van Fleet's most recognizable screen name, "apestyles," is the kind of screen name you can't explain the origins of in front of children, according to Van Fleet. Guess it's a good thing we're (theoretically) all adults at the poker tables. Van Fleet is a graduate of... more

Jon Van Fleet’s most recognizable screen name, “apestyles,” is the kind of screen name you can’t explain the origins of in front of children, according to Van Fleet. Guess it’s a good thing we’re (theoretically) all adults at the poker tables.

Van Fleet is a graduate of Texas Tech University. With diploma in hand, he decided he’d rather just play poker, instead. Turns out this was a good decision for him, as he’s made well over $1 million in online tournament winnings to date (nearing $500,000 on PokerStars alone).

All of his notable successes are in online poker tournaments, as he rarely plays high-stakes cash games and has no significant live-poker results to speak of. Not that these facts in any way depreciate his skill in poker — his online tournament results speak for themselves.

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