Art Peacock Gets A Nice Birthday Present With World Series Of Poker Circuit Win In Florida

Art Peacock has 9 poker match titles beneath his belt, together with his newest victory being earned on his 66th birthday. Peacock secured his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring on Feb. 10 at Harrah’s Pompano Beach in Florida, popping out on prime within the cease’s important occasion to stroll away with $230,794. This was the second-largest rating on his poker resume, and it elevated his complete profession earnings to greater than $1.6 million.

“This isn’t my biggest score, but for me this is my biggest accomplishment. Very tough field with a lot of pros and a lot of regulars on the circuit. I haven’t been a regular on that circuit as much, but I can tell you now that I’m going to be. I really enjoyed it so much. It’s my favorite win,” mentioned Peacock.

The $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match drew a big area of 914 entries over three beginning flights, leading to a remaining prize pool of $1,384,710 that simply put the $1 million assure within the rear-view window. The prime 101 gamers all took dwelling no less than $4,227 in prize cash.

Day 2 noticed all of the gamers that had been within the cash return, and simply seven contenders remained by the tip of play . Notables that fell on the trail to the ultimate day included Kharlin Sued (twelfth), James Calderaro (thirteenth), Kyle Julius (fifteenth), Matthew Zarcadoolas (sixteenth), Sebastian Crema (twenty fifth), Dave Alfa (twenty sixth), Matthew Lambrecht (twenty ninth), and Fabrizio Gonzalez (thirtieth).

Peacock held the chip lead when 15 gamers remained, and that theme held true when the ultimate day of play started. He was properly in entrance because the early motion on the remaining desk noticed Mike Chiappetta (seventh), Bulat Khusainov (sixth), and Gary Susswein (fifth) all eradicated by different gamers. Peacock scored his first knockout punch by taking out Ricardo Eyzaguirre in fourth place.

Two formidable opponents had been within the remaining three, together with World Poker Tour champion Darryll Fish and Florida poker match legend Raminder Singh, nevertheless it was Peacock’s day to win. He took out Singh when each gamers made a full home on the river, however Peacock held the higher boat with aces filled with Fours. That gave Peacock a virtually 3:1 chip benefit initially of the ultimate match.

Fish fought arduous for the comeback and doubled up 3 times, nevertheless it wasn’t meant to be with Peacock by no means relinquishing his lead. Fish was nonetheless on the ropes when he obtained the final of his chips into the center on a flop studying 974 holding J9, and Peacock had him coated with 76 within the gap. The flip and river fell JA to present Peacock the flush and the win. Fish booked $153,860 for the runner-up end, and that put his profession earnings above $5.7 million.

“I know a lot of these guys, played with them for years. I loved being heads up with Darryll (Fish). He’s such a gentleman, very well liked by the community. Down here at Harrah’s at Pompano, the floor staff is great. Everyone that worked the tournament has been great. I’ve definitely done well here, I won the state championship here last year. It’s fun to be back here again,” mentioned Peacock after the win.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:

The subsequent two WSOP Circuit match sequence run from Feb. 13-24 at Graton Casino within the San Francisco Bay Area in California, and Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.

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