David Peters Wins 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $50,000 High Roller For $407,545

David Peters has confirmed himself to be one of the prolific match poker superstars within the recreation. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner recorded his 450th match money this week, with the earnings from these scores totaling almost $43.8 million. As a end result, Peters has climbed into fourth place on poker’s all-time cash record. The 35-year-old moved up that prestigious leaderboard due to a victory within the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $50,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em tremendous excessive curler occasion. Peters defeated a discipline of 25 entries, hanging a heads-up deal to safe the title and $407,545 in prize cash. The rating was simply sufficient to see him take a slender $17,668 lead over fifth-ranked Stephen Chidwick.

This was Peters’ thirty ninth profession title and his 92nd money for six figures or extra. The victory additionally noticed him safe 306 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was his second title and seventh POY-qualified final-table end of the 12 months. With 2,426 factors and greater than $2.7 million in year-to-date POY earnings, Peters has climbed into fortieth place within the 2022 POY standings sponsored by Global Poker. Peters gained the POY award in 2016, and has eight top-50 finishes during the last 12 years together with three different top-five showings exterior of his outright victory.

Peters additionally earned 291 PokerGo Tour factors, sufficient to maneuver him simply exterior of the highest 30 on that leaderboard.

This occasion ran over the course of two days on the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Southern Florida. The remaining day started with simply 5 gamers remaining, every of whom had locked up no less than $97,000 on this occasion following the elimination of high-stakes match common Sean Winter on the cash bubble on the finish of day 1.

Bracelet winner Byron Kaverman got here in because the chip chief, whereas Peters was the clear brief stack with simply 12 huge blinds to start out. Peters chipped up early, then discovered two double-ups by Krishna Lawrence to chip as much as almost 50 huge blinds. Lawrence was left because the brief stack, and he quickly discovered himself all-in and in danger with 109 dominated by the A9 of Peters. Lawrence flopped a ten, however Peters picked up the nut flush draw. He made the nuts on the flip to go away Lawrence drawing useless. The river was a mere formality. Lawrence earned $97,000 because the fifth-place finisher, whereas Peters continued to surge up the chip counts.

Kaverman checked Peter’s momentum when he gained a large pot throughout four-handed motion, however Peters was capable of knock out Spanish poker professional Sergio Aido in fourth place to get again on monitor. Peters picked up pocket kings in opposition to the A-10 of Aido and held to slender the sector to a few. Aido earned $133,375 for his sturdy exhibiting on this occasion.

Two-time bracelet winner Elio Fox bought all-in shortly after Aido’s exit, shoving his final 9 or so huge blinds with QJ from the button. Kaverman known as with the A6 out of the massive blind. The board got here down 98575 and Kaverman made a nine-high straight to take down the pot. Fox was awarded $194,000 because the third-place finisher, growing his profession earnings to almost $12 million within the course of.

After that hand, Peters held 1,793,000 to Kaverman’s 1,330,000. The remaining two negotiated a deal that introduced the match to an finish. Peters was awarded $407,545 and the title due to his lead, whereas Kaverman took dwelling $380,580 because the runner-up. He now has simply shy of $17.4 million in lifetime cashes.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:

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