Career
Cody revealed in an interview with Bluff Europe magazine that he started his online career by depositing just $10 and hasn"t made a further deposit since. He puts his success down to hard work, regularly playing 12 hours days and constantly reading about poker, posting on forums and discussing hands and strategy with fellow players, something he says is crucial to developing as a player. Cody"s professional career really took off a month later when the youngster outlasted a field of 768-runners to take the €5,000 EPT Deauville Main Event for a massive €857,000 pay day.
Cody had a relatively quiet time on the tournament circuit with a few small cashes at UKIPT events before completing the second part of poker"s triple crown after winning the World Poker Tour event in London.
Cody beat Sweden"s Nichlas Mattsson heads up in the £5,000 buy-in event at the Palm Beach Casino to take home the £273,783 first prize. He was unable to attend the ceremony at the Aviation Club de France in Paris on 13 February as he was playing in the £1,500 High Roller tournament at the UKIPT event Nottingham.
He beat a final table that included Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott to take the title and the £34,200 first prize. On 4 June 2011, he completed the triple crown by winning his first WSOP Bracelet.
At the 2011 WSOPE, he made the final table at the Main Event and finished 7th, earning €150,000.
On 17 November 2011, Cody signed a sponsorship deal with online poker site PKR.com. Cody plays online regularly on PokerStars under the screen name "jakecody". Cody"s total live tournament winnings exceed $4,100,000.
