David Coleman didn’t win his first live tournament title until 5,055 days after making his first cash on the circuit. That long-awaited breakthrough has seemingly opened the floodgates. After more than 13 years on the scene with plenty of success but no outright wins, Coleman has captured four victories already in 2024, with $766,000 in earnings across eight in-the-money finishes.
Coleman’s latest victory saw the 30-year-old former online grinder from New Jersey defeat a field of 63 entries in the first of two $15,700 buy-in tournaments on the schedule for the 2024 PokerGO Cup. took home $302,400 for the win, increasing his career earnigns to more than $4.4 million in the process.
This hot streak began with a win in the $1,600 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event for $115,989. He then made four cashes and won two events at the PokerGO Tour kickoff festival. He has now made two final tables during the PokerGO Cup, including this win.
Coleman has already accrued 2,156 Card Player Player of the Year points, with three qualified wins and six final-table finishes. One of his four titles came in an event that did not award POY points due to not meeting the minimum prize pool requirements. Nonetheless, Coleman has surged into first place in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker thanks to his impressive start to the year. He also leads the 2024 PokerGO Tour points race with 937 total points in that high-stakes-centric competition.
Coleman came into the second and final day of this event in second chip position among the seven contenders who survived day 1. A total of nine players cashed in this event thanks to the healthy turnout at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. Four-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman (9th) and two-time bracelet winner Sam Soverel (8th) made the money before hitting the rail late on day 1. Dylan DeStefano Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus’ A-Q was unable to hold against the A-5 of chip leader Dylan DeStefano in an early all-in showdown, resulting in the first knockout at the final table. Ausmus […]
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