The first-ever edition of the 2018 WSOP $100,000 buy-in NLHE event that attracted a total of 105 players has been won by Nick Petrangelo, who acquired his second WSOP gold bracelet and the awesome first-place prize money of $2,910,227!
The 31-year-old poker pro from Massachusetts had won his first bracelet at the 2015 WSOP $3,000 NLHE Shootout event for $201,812. Currently, he has $14.5 million in live tournament winnings.
Petrangelo entered this event as he came off fresh from a 6th place finish in the $300K buy-in Super High Roller Bowl for $900,000. Somewhere along the way, he managed to make it through to the final day of this event in the chip lead, a favorable position that can bring on a distinct form of pressure on the player.
Petrangelo said after he won the event, "Sleeping on the chip lead is definitely a little more stressful. It's kind of like in a sports game. If you have the lead and there are a few minutes left, it's more stressful sometimes because you want everything to work out. There are expectations to deal with. I've tried to teach myself to just be happy to be here and just be excited to be playing. Luckily for me today, it was the easiest anything has ever gone. I coolered everybody and ran super hot. No complaints. The last two days were super easy for me. The last time I played any tough pots were around the middle stages of Day 2. I'm happy with my decision making, but ultimately, I just had sick cards and it worked out."
At the final table, Petrangelo went to a heads-up showdown and ultimately won against 2011 WSOP Europe champ Elio Fox, who had recently won the first bracelet event of the 2018 WSOP last week in Event #2 $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em for $393,693.
2018 WSOP Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
Place
|
Player
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Country
|
Prize
|
1
|
Nick Petrangelo
|
United States
|
$2,910,227
|
2
|
Elio Fox
|
United States
|
$1,798,658
|
3
|
Aymon Hata
|
United Kingdom
|
$1,247,230
|
4
|
Andreas Eiler
|
Germany
|
$886,793
|
5
|
Bryn Kenney
|
United States
|
$646,927
|
6
|
Stephen Chidwick
|
United Kingdom
|
$484,551
|
7
|
Jason Koon
|
United States
|
$372,894
|
8
|
Adrian Mateos
|
Spain
|
$295,066
|
9
|
Fedor Holz
|
Germany
|
$240,265
|
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/06/nick-petrangelo-wsop-100000-high-roller-31004.htm?itm_content=pn-hp-hero-1