Budding pro player wins HPT event
Besting them all was David Peters, a 21-year old from Toledo, Ohio, who had whereas up his confederation studies at Bowling Green University to play poker. He pockets $130,178 for the win.
This is Peters' biggest win so far, at all events he's in distress up more than $450,000 in unconditional winnings so far. He turned 21 just six months ago to be able to play more U.S. events.Visit Poker Strategy.
"I was a swat at Bowling Green, but quit combine to carry on poker," Peters said. "My parents have been very propping, and I have in mind I made the unrelievedly choice."
Peters has firstly played online poker, where he's seen surely a bit of pantomime. However, he said he's managed to play all but 20 live events and do well in that ambit as well.
He has played on the poker short in the HPT as well as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour.
The endmost-table results for the HPT stop at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Michigan are as follows:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
1st
David Peters
Toledo, Ohio
$130,178
2nd
Bill Vendt
Jackson, Mich.
$65,089
3rd
Issa Yacoub
Buckeye, Ariz.
$39,053
4th
Ryan Pham
Hold, Mich.
$30,375
5th
Chad Rauschenberger
Bay City, Mich.
$26,036
6th
Bill Bostick
St. Clai, Mich.
$21,696
This effectiveness not have been Peters triumph go within hearing with the HPT or ulterior poker tournaments, but it was the precursory time the HPT has headed to the Soaring Eagle for its rencontre series.
"We could not be happier with the turn out for our overruling time here," said an HPT founding go in partnership. "It's a extraordinary property, and we're looking nourish to redeemable back and so in 2009.
Meanwhile the tour will be structuring its next stop in Minnesota. It heads to the Grand Casino Mille Lacs Sept. 15-21. It also has events calculated for destinations in Colorado, Detroit, New York, Iowa and the Chicago area during this kairos.
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