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"Cowboy" Kenna James is an American professional poker player from Downey, California.

He has finished in the money at nine World Series of Poker events as of 2005. Of these, the only final table appearance was 4th place in the 2003 $2,500 No Limit Hold-Em event, for which he won $36,140.

James was the only player to win two satellite tournaments for the first season of the Ultimate Poker Challenge. He was eliminated from the semi-finals by Jennifer Harman when his pocket Kings ran into pocket Aces.

In October 2004, James finished in 9th place in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa al Lago III $10,000 No Limit Hold-Em tournament. He outlasted several notable opponents, including Ted Forrest, Sam Farha, Allen Cunningham and Tuan Le on his way to a $42,000 prize.

In August 2005, James had a 2nd place finish in the WPT 2005 Legends of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold-Em tournament. He again outlasted numerous professionals including Paul Phillips, Padraig Parkinson, Andy Bloch and Juan Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen to end up with a $588,210 prize.

In March 2006, James finished 2nd to Mike Schneider in the fifth annual PartyPoker Million Cruise. James received $700,000 for this finish.

As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.

Kenna is married to fellow poker professional Marsha Waggoner.

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