Entering the third day of this grueling tournament, contested over four days, Buckley’s chip stack ranked him 139th of the remaining 142 entrants.
It certainly didn’t appear the Adrian was headed for a date with destiny. I’ve been a cash game grinder for a long time, but never had the money to play in some big events.” He added, “I didn’t expect to final table, I didn’t expect to make it super deep in any of the tournaments, but I knew I had the skill to at least do my best to make it as far as I could.” I’ve done well in cash games and small tournaments. I’ve never really had the bank roll to actually play poker. “I’ve been playing every once in while since I was a young kid, just trying to get through school and pay for school. And I told myself I’m gonna play in ten events and see how I do,” Buckley said afterwards. “I came here this year with a limited bankroll. Zarco’s second place finish was good for $791,690. Runner up, Javier Zarco, a Spaniard living in Atlanta, also realized his first WSOP cash. Even World Poker Tour commentator Mike Sexton was among those who made the final table, but did not take first place.
These were not all fellow amateurs, as there were several tournament tested professional players in the field, such Erick (E-Dog) Lindgren and Olivier Busquet.
On Wednesday night, another part time player joined the ranks of Poker celebrities, when Adrian Buckley, a 27-year old electrical engineer from Colorado bested 7275 other players, who each ponied up $1500, and took first place for a cool $1,277,193 in the first WSOP Millionaire Maker. That winner, Cord Garcia, walked away with over $600,000. Two new events made their debut this year, one of which was the “Colossus.” It boasted a record field of more than 23,000 entrants who paid a mere $565, about half of the lowest buy-in at the World Series. The folks that run the most popular poker tournament in the world added some new wrinkles in 2015 to boost the popularity of the game, which has dipped in recent years with the loss of access to most online sites for American players. Adrian Buckley with the gold bracelet and winning handĮver since The aptly named Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003, part time and amateur players have been vying with experienced pros to claim some of the richest purses in a the game.
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