LoriAnn Persinger Lead image courtesy of the WPT Global Blog
Everyone loves a feel-good story, especially when it comes to someone deserving realising their dreams and winning a substantial sum of money. WPT Global created such a tale when the online poker site gave LoriAnn Persinger a free seat in the $10,400 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.
Persinger entered a social media competition that required entrants to explain in a 280-character tweet why they are passionate about poker. World Poker Tour Ambassador Andrew Neeme read Persinger’s heartfelt entry and selected the low-stakes tournament grinder as one of the recipients of a $10,400 seat to live poker’s biggest ever guaranteed tournament. @andrewneeme @wpt_global A Navy veteran who LOVES POKER: Fmr Poker Media mbr; worked in Cali and LV poker rooms; pl… https://t.co/yx0ICm2ShQ — LoriAnn Persinger (@LoAnPer66) Persinger is a US Navy veteran with vast experience in low-stakes tournaments in and around Las Vegas. Before she put her free $10,400 seat to good use, Persinger had approximately $160,000 in live tournament winnings from almost 120 in-the-money finishes. Her largest score came in October 2021 when she collected $13,377 after taking down a $400 buy-in event at The Orleans 2021 Fall Poker Series in Las Vegas. Persinger’s exceptional performance in the $10,400 WPT Championship at Wynn Las Vegas resulted in a new personal best, one worth almost ten times Persinger’s previous best result.
After achieving her initial goal of reaching Day 2, doing so with 229,000 chips, Persinger built on her solid start by bagging up 1,155,000 chips at the end of Day 3, leaving her only 29 players away from the money place.
According to the WPT Global Blog , Day 4 started well for Persinger, as she found herself armed with three million chips. However, she lost almost half of her stack with trip kings versus a full house, but got those chips back, with interest, from the same opponent when her aces remained true against pocket kings. Persinger’s turbulent Day 4 ended with 3,055,000 chips, enough for 40th place from the 128 surviving players. Losing a Coinflip at […]
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