The last event before the main event concluded last night after four days of intensive play, with Connor Berkowitz picking up the gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $487,784!
Berkowitz is a 25-year-old poker professional. He graduated from the College of New Jersey and worked for Chase Bank before deciding to play poker for a living in January this year. Remarkably, this was his second ev[...] Read more » 2015 WSOP: Connor Berkowitz Wins Event #66: $777 LUCKY SEVENS No-Limit Hold'em
Joined: May '08
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ha- he thinks that winning $777 LUCKY SEVENS No-Limit Hold'em is "every poker player's dream." fcuk no, dudes like me only dram about winning a 100k freeroll for a mere $200 or so, fatter wallet dudes dream about winning wsop main event... not a lot from the pack of "every poker players" dreams bout winning lucky sevens title
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Many congratulations to Connor Berkowitz on winning his first bracelet and the first place prize money of $487,784. Quite remarkable how this is only the second event he has played at the WSOP
The article a bit make it sound like as if he started playing poker just this year (with the stuffing such where he went to university and where he worked), rather than this was the year when he decided to play poker for a living. Besides what the hell was this game???
