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Katie Kopp received the $500 On line casino Workers occasion and David Peters received the $100,000 Bounty Excessive Curler occasion to nab the primary bracelets of the 2022 WSOP. [Image: PokerGO.com]
Katie Kopp by no means stopped
The primary items of {hardware} have been awarded on the 2022 World Sequence of Poker, certainly one of which went to at least one heck of a bounce-back story, whereas the opposite went to one of many hottest event gamers on this planet.
Surging on the closing desk to the chants of “Can’t cease Kopp,” Katie Kopp received the WSOP’s opening occasion, $500 On line casino Workers No-Restrict Maintain’em, within the wee hours of Thursday morning. Kopp needed to decide herself up off the mat a number of instances through the event. She was the primary particular person eradicated from the occasion on Tuesday’s Day 1, however luckily, it was a re-entry occasion, so she fired yet another bullet and ran it to victory.
Kopp additionally nursed a brief stack for a lot of the ultimate desk, however she persevered, knocking out the ultimate three opponents standing between her and her first WSOP gold bracelet. It was almost her second; Kopp completed third on this identical occasion in 2018.
My complete household performs poker. My grandpa taught us.”
“The sensation is so surreal being right here with my mother,” Kopp instructed WSOP.com afterward. “We journey and deal collectively. My complete household performs poker. My grandpa taught us. My brother and sister each have rings and even my 9 and 10-year-olds know learn how to play.”
Kopp mentioned that the $65,168 first prize will go a good distance towards serving to her purchase a home.
David Peters nabs fourth profession bracelet
From a first-time gold bracelet winner to an outdated hat at main tournaments, David Peters received the $100,000 Excessive Curler Bounty occasion for the fourth World Sequence of Poker bracelet of his profession. It was a small event due to the value, fielding simply 46 entries, however the prizepool was big: $3,300,500. Peters took $1,166,810 of that, plus $25,000 for every participant he eradicated.
“It feels nice, particularly the primary occasion of the sequence, first occasion being away from the Rio, it’s such a prestigious event, so many nice gamers,” Peters mentioned during his post-game interview. “Getting quantity 4 is massive. There usually are not too many individuals who’ve 4. It’s a really, very good begin to the sequence.”
It was a particularly fast closing desk, a rarity on the WSOP. Although it was simply 5 gamers, reasonably than the normal six, eight, or 9 (relying on the sport), it nonetheless solely required 26 fingers and a bit greater than an hour for Peters to be topped champ. And Peters’ victory got here after beating Probability Kornuth, who simply received WPT Choctaw final week, within the heads-up battle. Their one-on-one showdown lasted simply two fingers, although they each had deep stacks, ending when Peters’ pocket Kings outlasted Kornuth’s pocket Eights.
David Peters now has over $40.1m in lifetime dwell event earnings, placing him fifth on the all-time cash record behind Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Negreanu, and Stephen Chidwick.
Busy weekend shaping up
There are nonetheless 86 dwell occasions to go at this yr’s World Sequence of Poker, plus 14 on-line gold bracelet occasions. The event to observe on Friday is Occasion #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Restrict Maintain’em which is all the way down to its ten-handed closing desk. It is filled with high gamers, together with chip chief Scott Seiver, Steve Zolotow, and Nick Schulman.
Occasion #4: $1,500 Vendor’s Alternative Six-Handed can be on its closing day, although there are 14 gamers remaining, so the ultimate desk hasn’t fairly been reached but. Brad Ruben is the chip chief; just one different participant has even half his chip complete.
Occasion #5: $500 “The Housewarming” No-Restrict Maintain’em, named as such to have a good time the WSOP’s new location at Paris and Bally’s Las Vegas, is on Day 1B, the second of 4 beginning flights. Occasion #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship, a 64-player bracket-style event, is into its second day. Amongst those that have made it to the “Candy Sixteen” are Phil Ivey, 2021 WSOP Principal Occasion champ Koray Aldemir, the aforementioned Probability Kornuth, and Anthony Zinno.
One event begins right now, Occasion #7: $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo Eight or Higher.