Peters and Pantling Continue a Great WSOP Europe
Both David Peters and Andrew Pantling are in contention to make their second final table here at the WSOP Europe. They both made it down to the final table of Event #1. Peters finished in fourth place for ￡48,202, while Pantling went on to place second for ￡105,506. Already making the final two tables here in the Main Event is quite the feat and adding to their impressive series. On top of those great finishes, here's some information about these two.
Peters may not be that well known of a face in the live poker realm, but he has plenty of accolades on his resume to prove that he’s one of the game’s brightest young stars.
Hailing from Toledo, Ohio, Peters holds some big live titles. In April of 2008, he won a WSOP Circuit gold ring after he took down the $1,060 No-Limit Hold’em event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. That win was worth $86,908. Later that same year, Peters won a Heartland Poker Tour event in Michigan for $130,178 and a Festa al Lago event for $63,295. In 2009, he went back to the Festa al Lago series and won another event for $104,760.
In other live results, Peters cashed three times at the 2010 WSOP to put his total WSOP cashes at seven. One of those in-the-money finishes this year was a second place in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for a cool $350,803. His final cash came in the Main Event, where he took 136th place for nearly $60,000 to cap off a very solid summer.
Peters is also known very well for his play online, where he plays under the names “dpeters17” and “Davidp18” mainly. Peters has well over $2 million in online winnings and has become one of the most respected players on the virtual felt. A lot of the young players know his face when they see it, but to much of these older, live veterans of the game he’s just another young, aggressive online kid with a dream.
If you're still unfamiliar with the name Pantling, it's probably a good time to start paying attention. You WSOP followers don't really know him because he has just one cash out of something like 40 events. Don't be fooled, though, Pantling is a force at the table.
Originally from Canada, Pantling now resides in Malta where he runs his own gaming business by day. By night, though, he travels the world, abusing tournament players on the continent of his choosing. His first big result was a runner-up finish in a $1,000 tournament in Las Vegas. He bounced over to the APPT circuit thereafter and racked up two cashes, including a 12th-place showing in Auckland. Immediately thereafter, he finished 4th in the High Rollers event in Sydney, then followed that up with a third-place at the Irish Open in April 2009. Pantling's most recent trophy is from the EPT Grand Final where he took down the €5,000 Heads-Up event for a cool €120,000.
Let's see if both or either one of them can make it to the final nine!