A Bartender Used His Day Off At Work To Win His First Poker Tournament – CodigoPoker

A Bartender Used His Day Off At Work To Win His First Poker Tournament - CodigoPoker
A bartender took advantage of his day off at work to win his first poker tournament

In the world of poker, there are many professional players who make a living from the day-to-day grind, but there are also many players who compete with great dedication in their free time, while working at something else the rest of the time. Such is the case of Stefan Isensee

United States
, who took advantage of his day off from work to win the first poker tournament of his career.

The tournament in question was the US$600 Main Event of the RunGood Poker Series, which was played in San Diego

United States
. The tournament featured a field of 368 entries, which made up a prize pool of US$191.360. Stefan had to navigate a field full of professionals and good players to make it to the final table and, eventually, capture the title.

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Final Table Of The RunGood Poker Series Main Event

Stefan is not a professional player, but rather plays poker for pleasure in his free time. In fact, he is not even a tournament player, but it is much more common to see him playing cash games. However, he wanted to try his luck as it was a large event in the area where he lives and decided to take advantage of his day off from work to try his luck.

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“My first thought is that I can’t even believe it,” he stated after his victory. “I reached the final table with the smallest stack and, well… I grinded. I chose my spots, played them well and now I’m here. Crazy,” the champion celebrated, incredulous.

Finally, Stefan ended up agreeing to a chop between three players when they reached 3-handed play, but they continued playing for the trophy, which ended up in his hands.

RunGood Poker Series – Main Event

Buy-in: US$600
Entries: 368
Prize Pool: US$191.360

Finalists

United States
Stefan Isensee – US$29.110
United States
William Wolf – US$29.380
United States
Saba Golshan – US$27.535
United States
Mike Zion – US$14.600
United States
Michael Souza – US$11.005
United States
Michael Farrell – US$8.390
Israel
Aviram Parsha – US$6.471
United States
Alan Jimenez – US$5.049
United States
Kristopher Ferrara – US$3.986

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