clubwpt Drew Rautenberg The World Poker Tour (WPT) has been celebrating its 20th anniversary all season long , and come December things will culminate with the highly-anticipated $10,400 buy-in, $15 million GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Lass Vegas .
While the tournament is sure to attract some of the big-name poker pros, it’ll also be chock full of qualifiers and satellite winners. The Wynn is already offering live $1,100 buy-in satellite, while ClubWPT is proud to announce a series of online qualifiers where the winner of each satellite will be awarded a $12,000 Passport to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. That passport includes the tournament buy-in, plus a hotel and travel stipend.
There have already been more than two dozen ClubWPT qualifiers, and PokerNews recently caught up with the first to find out what it was like to punch their ticket to one of poker’s biggest tournaments. Introducing the First ClubWPT Qualifier
One player that will be going is 39-year-old Drew Rautenberg of Medfield, Massachusetts as he became the first player to claim a passport back in May.
“I grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts and went to college at Bryant University in Rhode Island,” Rautenberg told PokerNews. “I work in Boston in compliance for a large financial company. I’m married with two daughters, Ainsley (3) and Aubree (2). My wife’s name is Sam.” Drew Rautenberg and his wife Sam. Fittingly, Rautenberg’s ClubWPT name is “Ainsley” after his oldest daughter. Additionally, the family had two dogs – a Chocolate Lab, Cupcake, and a Black Lab named Lexi.
Aside from playing recreational poker, the diehard Celtics and Patriots fan enjoys golf and playing basketball. As for poker, he learned the game in college after Chris Moneymaker helped spark the “Poker Boom.”
“I have never played in a live poker tournament at a casino, and I can’t wait for this tournament,” he admitted. He had friends make the trip to nearby Foxwoods Casino to grind $1/$2 no-limit hold’em, but Rautenberg never joined.
“I never went with them, but we would play small tournaments in the dorm room,” he said. “The school had their first […]
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