Tristan Wade

Tristan Wade biography

Tristan Wade was born in the mid-1980s and grew up in Boynton Beach, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Central Florida and became known online as Cre8ive on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.

After Black Friday limited online play in the United States, he made his first trip to Europe in 2011 and won the €3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout at the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes for €182,048. That summer he had also finished 4th in a WSOP event for $292,866, his largest cash, and 2011 became his best year with more than $750,000 in winnings. He later won the WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event in 2014 and was WPT Deepstacks Player of the Year in 2015.

Wade, who now lives in Las Vegas, has taught at Deepstacks University and has about $2.1 million in live tournament earnings. In 2026 he added a H.O.R.S.E. title at the Wynn Millions.

Tristan Wade playing style

Wade is an online-trained, aggressive no-limit player who has also branched into mixed games such as H.O.R.S.E.