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Daniel Kusnerak of Newton, North Carolina used a dominating chip lead to beat Dennis Bergeron heads-up to win Event #1: $580 NLH of the 2022 Winter Open at bestbet Jacksonville . Kusnerak outlasted a field of 740 players to claim the first title of the series and collect $62,223 from a total prize pool of $355,200 .
It was Kusnerak’s biggest score after a stellar 2021 that saw a long string of cashes both live and online. Event #1: $560 NLH Final Table Results
1 Daniel Kusnerak Newton, North Carolina $62,223 2 Dennis Bergeron St. Augustine, Florida $42,148 3 Steve Zhang Jacksonville, Florida $31,085 4 James Brown Jacksonville, Florida $23,178 5 Jonathan Strange Charleston, South Carolina $17,475 6 Dickie Malone Macon, Georgia $13,323 7 Tammer Ilcaffas Jacksonville, Florida $10,273 Winner’s Reaction
Kusnerak’s poker history started in home games around 2014, but he’s since moved on to live and online poker, grinding cash games and playing tournaments all over the country.
But despite the glow of the big win, Kusnerak is eager to get back home and celebrate with his growing family. When asked if he would be sticking around for the $2,000 Main Event next weekend, Kusnerak had no intention of returning.
“I have an ultrasound next weekend for my baby due in April,” Kusnerak said in his post-game interview with PokerNews . “So I won’t be back for the main.”
The conflict is understandable, but that doesn’t mean Kusnerak is hanging it up for a long time.
“I will be at the Wynn in March for Wynn Millions ,” he said with a grin. Final Table Action The Elite Eight Dickie Malone got started early when he flopped a straight and doubled through Steve Zhang . Action continued without a bustout for some time until Kyrylo Kobzyev finished in eighth place when he shoved with king-seven and lost to ace-jack.Not long after, Tammer Ilcaffas got it in with a suited queen-jack , but he finished in seventh when Brown flopped a full house to send him to the rail. It was a quick succession of eliminations when Malone […]
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