Michael Blake is a 71-year-old optometrist living in Colorado, and he is now a WSOP bracelet winner. He won the Super Seniors tournament on Thursday in only his third time playing it. He did cash in the past two years as well, but this $359K win was the ultimate score.
Blake plays regularly in a friendly home game, and though they don’t often play hold’em poker, he did spend time getting better at it. He credits the home game and friends with helping him improve. Even so, poker has long been a passion for him. “I’m an old guy,” he said. “I’ve played poker for most of my life, and I feel very fortunate.”
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In Event 42, Aristeidis Moschonas of Greece was staging a huge comeback from less than one big blind to win more than $194K. “I was down to half a big blind after the first four levels,” he recalled. “I doubled up four times, and that’s it.” The online and live player brought his PLO and NLHE skills to the mixed game, and his edge got him to victory.
Throughout the final table action, it should be noted that Moschonas was accompanied by a melon. And luckily, he explained it. “When I play online and lose some pots, I call my opponents melons … If I get a bad beat, I will give it to someone.”
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One of the most unique feats of the WSOP thus far happened in Event 43, when Loren Klein won his fourth WSOP bracelet in four years. The only other players ever to accomplish this were Bill Boyd and Doyle Brunson.
Klein worked his final table short stack into a win in the Mixed Big Bet tournament and claimed close to $128K in the process.
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