Daniel Weinman Wins the Biggest Cash in WSOP Main Event History
Date: 2023-07-17 Categories: CASINO, PEOPLE
Weinman beat Steven Jones, a 35-year-old real estate broker from Scottsdale, Arizona, in a battle of top pair (JJ-8) against top pair with the best kicker (JJK). When the ace of hearts fell on the river, Weinman celebrated with his enthusiastic rail.
Jones did win $6.5 million, which was his first $10,000 prize pool and an outstanding performance for an amateur player.
The final table resumed just over two hours earlier when Weinman and Jones faced Las Vegas poker pro Adam Walton. Jones was in first place with 40% of the chips, Weinman was behind and Walton, who was the chip leader on the final table, had a short stack that wasn't all that short. (He had 83 big blinds to Jones' 119.)
Aggressive play sent Walton on the rails within an hour of restarting the game, making $4 million rich when he failed to make a third eight for his pocket eights against Weinman's pocket aces. This gave Weinman 74% of the chips in the game and he never conceded an advantage to Jones.
With over $3.7 million in career earnings, Weinman previously won the 2015 WSOP Circuit Cherokee Main Event. His previous best finish in the WSOP Main Event was 173rd.
Weinman's win ends the longest WSOP streak without an American Main Event champion: four years.
On Sunday night, day one of the final table, Jones took a sizeable pot against German Jan-Peter Jachtmann in a four-handed game and took the lead several hands before Walton sent Jachtmann into the ring with pocket aces.
This ended the chances of a potential German champion for the third time in five years.
Jones did win $6.5 million, which was his first $10,000 prize pool and an outstanding performance for an amateur player.
The final table resumed just over two hours earlier when Weinman and Jones faced Las Vegas poker pro Adam Walton. Jones was in first place with 40% of the chips, Weinman was behind and Walton, who was the chip leader on the final table, had a short stack that wasn't all that short. (He had 83 big blinds to Jones' 119.)
Aggressive play sent Walton on the rails within an hour of restarting the game, making $4 million rich when he failed to make a third eight for his pocket eights against Weinman's pocket aces. This gave Weinman 74% of the chips in the game and he never conceded an advantage to Jones.
With over $3.7 million in career earnings, Weinman previously won the 2015 WSOP Circuit Cherokee Main Event. His previous best finish in the WSOP Main Event was 173rd.
Weinman's win ends the longest WSOP streak without an American Main Event champion: four years.
On Sunday night, day one of the final table, Jones took a sizeable pot against German Jan-Peter Jachtmann in a four-handed game and took the lead several hands before Walton sent Jachtmann into the ring with pocket aces.
This ended the chances of a potential German champion for the third time in five years.
