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 event at played the World Series of Poker.
"This is like a dream for me," Berkowitz said afterward. "I'm speechless. I literally don't know what to say other than this is a dream come true. It's every poker player's dream."
FINAL TABLE RESULTS:
OTHER IN-THE-MONEY FINISHERS:
Aside from the final table finishers, other gold bracelet winning players who cashed included - Kevin MacPhee, Brett Shaffer, Dominik Nitsche, Ken "Teach" Aldridge, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Eric "Air" Holum, Eric Baldwin, and Ben Yu.
