It took an unscheduled extra day of play mostly from an extended heads-up battle against Venkata Tayi , but Vladimir Peck emerged victorious in the $2,500 mixed triple draw lowball event for his first World Series of Poker bracelet.
The Chicago-based software engineer isn’t a professional grinder but has been a serious recreational player for almost two decades. He has a handful of six-figure scores on his resume dating back to 2005 and told WSOP live reporters that he has been on the East Coast for the last 10 years playing mixed games at Borgata and Parx.
Peck defeated a 253-entry field to add another six-figure payday to his list of poker accomplishments. He netted $134,390 for his efforts, while Tayi left with $83,056 for his runner-up finish. Peck also added 612 points in the Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Global Poker .
Though they were the last two players remaining, Peck and Tayi took very different routes to heads-up play. Tayi spent most of the final table at or near the top of the chip counts, while Peck was the short stack battling to stay alive on multiple occasions.
“I know I made a few folds that I would usually never make, but there were these big stacks and suddenly the bets were so big,” Peck told WSOP live reporters about being short on chips for much of the final table. “You pick a hand to get involved in and that’s your tournament right there.”
The final 12 players returned on Sunday, which was scheduled to be the last day of the event, which featured a mix of badugi, A-5 and 2-7 triple draw, and the field was trimmed to the final table after just a few hours of play.
Three-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon was leading the way while Portuguese online sensation Joao Vieira was the short stack. Vieira chipped up through the early stages of the final table, while Yoon slid on the leaderboard as stacks began to even out around the table for the most part.
Hal Rotholz , however, became the short stack after losing a […]
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