David Peters Wins 2018 Triton Poker
David Peters has won the 2018 Triton Poker High Roller Series Jeju $500,000 HKD ($70,331) buy-in no-limit hold’em six-max event, outlasting a field of 39 entries to win $8,775,000 HKD($1,140,750 USD) and his third live tournament title of the year. In addition to the money Peters was also awarded 408 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his 12th final-table finish of the year, and with 3,966 total points the 2016 Player of the Year award winner now sits in eighth place in the 2018 POY standings. This was the third-largest score of Peter’s career, and it brought his lifetime earnings to $22,880,685. Peters had a tough roster to deal with at the final table. Current Player of the Year race points leader Stephen Chidwick burst the money bubble, making the nut flush against Luc Greenwood’s king-high flush in an all-in pot to ensure that the remaining four players all cashed for at least $1,950,000 HKD ($253,500). Steve O’Dwyer scored the next knockout, ...