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Jarryd Godena is an Australian professional poker player widely recognized as one of the most successful mixed-game specialists in the Asia-Pacific region. With a career spanning over a decade, he has become a dominant force in the Asian Poker Tour (APT), where he holds multiple championship titles across various technical formats.
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
According to The Hendon Mob, Jarryd Godena has surpassed the $1,000,000 milestone in total live tournament earnings. His career-best live cash of $93,277 was recorded in early 2016, and he currently ranks 87th on the Australia All Time Money List.
Godena has maintained exceptional form throughout the 2024 and 2025 seasons, marked by a high frequency of final table appearances. In late 2025, he achieved significant success at the APT Championship Taipei City , winning the NTD 15,000 Pot Limit Omaha (Event #173) for $4,502 and the NTD 7,000 Pot Limit Triple Draw Mix (Event #41) for $1,954. Earlier that year, he secured the WPT Australia Pot Limit Omaha Championship title in Sydney for $81,177, further solidifying his status as a premier PLO and mixed-game threat.
Biography & Poker Background
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, and currently residing in Taipei, Taiwan, Jarryd Godena began his poker journey learning the game at small stakes after developing an interest through televised poker. He built his reputation as a versatile “nomad” professional, moving from the online grind to the high-stakes international live circuit. His transition to the Asian market has been highly successful, becoming a central figure in the Taiwanese poker community and a perennial contender in the APT “Player of the Series” rankings.
Play Style & Strategy
Jarryd Godena is known for a technical and highly analytical play style, particularly excelling in games that require complex multi-street equity calculations. While he is a capable competitor in No Limit Hold’em, evidenced by his deep run in the 2016 Aussie Millions $5,000 Six-Max where he won the title, he is most feared in Mixed Game and Draw environments. His strategy effectively leverages deep knowledge across technical variants like Big O, Dealer’s Choice, and Triple Draw Mix, allowing him to consistently outmaneuver specialists who primarily focus on standard formats.
My relationship with cards started thanks to my father. I was still in elementary school when he first taught me how to play Rummy, and I still remember the long evenings spent playing cards with my family. During the poker boom, I was still underage, but the televised tournaments immediately captured my attention. I became fascinated with the game and started learning different poker formats whenever I had the chance. Later in life, as an adult, I was fortunate enough to spend four years playing poker professionally. During that time, I mainly focused on Heads-Up Sit and Go games, where I found the format that suited me best. Even though my professional career was relatively short, poker remains something I’m grateful to have experienced as a major part of my life. Today, I play mostly as a hobby, while writing has become my main focus. That said, my enthusiasm for writing about poker is just as strong as my passion for playing the game once was.
