The first Woman to Win Poker Masters Title Is Kristen Bicknell

Dec 13, 2019 | Post

She is poker of Canadian origin. She has had remarkable poker history for some time. Kristen Bicknell has just stacked her profession with the best score by winning the 2019 poker masters event. She has also made history of being the first woman to ever triumph in the poker Masters Title. She was awarded $408,000 for the victory making her total career winnings in poker approximately $4.6 million.

Kristen Bicknell gained her victory of a huge competition which involved some top poker performers. She was among 51 players in Poker Masters field held in Las Vegas. She managed to be among the six players who went through to the day two final table. Finally, she emerged to be the top performer. The second position was taken by Kornuth who from United States who took home a lump sum of $267,500. Ali Imsirovic was at the third position while Andras Nemeth took fourth position taking home $178,500 and $127,000 respectively.

Unbelievably, Bicknell just entered this occasion spontaneously. After her triumph, Bicknell expressed that she felt fantastic for wining that event. She had taken part in the World Poker Tour occasion the previous week, and she did not feel content with her results. She later additionally that she wasn’t anticipating to participate in the Poker Masters event in Las Vegas. However, she extraordinarily pleased by how it turned out to be a victory.

The champion began 2019 perfectly after an impressive 2018. At the point when the Global Poker Index (GPI) put out their standings for 2018 toward the start of this current year, Bicknell bested the rundown in two or three classes. Not exclusively was she the top female player on the planet for 2018, she likewise pushed out Mike Leah for the best Canadian player irrespective of her gender. She has also participated in a number of poker tournaments giving positive and encouraging results. As we wait for the release of 2019 GPI rankings, we are strongly convinced that she will be amongst the standouts on the list.

Looking down into the history of Kristen Bicknell poker career, it started as an inspiration which she drew from Jennifer Harman a poker player by profession. She frequently watched her play. Bicknell started getting engaged in poker in her first year at college and began online playing in 2006.

She has been a real ultimate grinder considering number of hands she played online back in 2013 which led her to winning champion of Ladies No Limit Holde’em. In 2016, she signed with party poker and as well won No-Limit hold’em bounty event. In 2017, she got a total GPI points of 2627.75 making her the highest ranked female poker player in that year. Bicknell still pushed harder and appeared on Poker After Dark for ladies game named, “Femme Fatale” week. She also attended events in Australia and Uruguay, and won the APPT National High Roller in Macau.

Kristen Bicknell success in her poker career can clearly be attributed to her hand work, perseverance, and pushing against the odds despite the fact that is a woman.

David Peters; the Winner of 2019 U.S. Poker Open Event and the Overall Championship Title

Dec 12, 2019 | Post

The U.S. Poker Open in 2019 had a series of ten events. On Saturday night, the events were crowned the main event which was the #10 and the last. The $100,000 Main Event contest started with 33 runners. At the end of the tournament, David Peters managed to win the rough final table by maneuvering from last positions to the top position. Becoming the overall USPO Champion he was awarded $1.32 million and an additional $100,000 which he earned by moving from behind to the top.

At the beginning of the final table, Sean Winter had the highest chances of winning. Among the 10 table appearances, Winter was the favorite with victory of five final table appearances before peter edged him out in the 4th, 5th and 9th event with a blow. Unfortunately, he needed money to push him to the end but he did not have enough of it. This was an opening door for giving him a chance to win the US Poker Open Main Event. David peter would only make a victory by giving a total win which he perfectly delivered and took home one of the most prominent poker events in the US.

At the end of the tournament, David Peters was leading in the overall standings. He was the best with 550 points where he pocketed about $1.5 million. Sean Winter took the second position with 540 points and was awarded $0.74 million. The third position was taken by Stephen Chidwick having the same points with Winter (540) but was awarded lesser than him an amount of about $0.70 million.

Who is this man David Peters? He is an American professional poker player born in 1987. His career started when he saw Chris Moneymaker win WSOP main event in 2013 and got interested. He was encouraged when he went ahead and started playing free online games and ended up winning one of them for $600.He has been given a nickname of ‘silent assassin’ due to his playing strategies. He has been an active and prosperous actor in major poker tournaments in the United States and overseas. Currently, he is known to be one among the best no-limit Texas hold ’em tournament players across the world.

After the victory, David Peters, of the 31 years said that it felt wonderful. He added that it was clearly a very prestigious tournament and unforgettable. It was also a great experience to come from behind and to pass Sean by 10 points at the end of it all. He continued to describe himself as a person who is at everymen trying to make himself better. Expressing his joy he said that he has received the payment for his hard work since he had been putting a limitless amount of hours away from the table. Finishing his speech he said he always has a desire of wanting to grow better and better to higher levels. He was wishing that it is not going to stop since he wants to keep it going.