Event #66: $777 "Lucky 7s" No-Limit Hold'em
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2015 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $777 "Lucky 7s" No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2015 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$777
Entries
4,422
Connor Berkowitz won Event #66: $777 “Lucky 7s” No-Limit Hold'em, the first such event the World Series of Poker has held. He won $487,784 for topping the 4,422-player field.
It isn't Berkowitz's first time scoring five figures or more, but you wouldn't know that looking at his poker stats. That's because Berkowitz makes a living playing tournaments online in his home state of New Jersey, where he can play legally with fellow residents.
The final table for the event included Matt Matros, who finished eighth, and Faraz Jaka, who was denied his first bracelet with a fifth-place finish. Berkowitz proved to be Jaka's downfall as he shoved for 1.5 million over a Jaka open to 260,000 and doubled when he hit a three-outer with 
against Jaka's 
. A bit later, Berkowitz finished Jaka with 
against 
as neither player found any improvement on the board.
Berkowitz then continued to run hot, busting Jeffrey Dobrin with 
when Dobrin picked up 
. That gave Berkowitz half of the chips in play three-handed and he made it a full four eliminations in a row by also taking out David Yu in third and John Armbrust in second.
“It really is a dream come true,” he said. “It's everybody's dream, but for it to actually happen is insane.”
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor Berkowitz | Manalapan, NJ | $487,784 |
| 2 | John Armbrust | Austin, TX | $301,615 |
| 3 | David Yu | Foster City, CA | $217,173 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Dobrin | Las Vegas, NV | $160,496 |
| 5 | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA | $119,606 |
| 6 | John Gallaher | Lebanaon, TN | $89,890 |
| 7 | John Zimmerman | Las Vegas, NV | $68,098 |
| 8 | Matt Matros | Brooklyn, NY | $52,033 |
| 9 | Massimo Mosele | Torino, Italy | $40,085 |
Three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Matt Matros and World Poker Tour Season VIII Player of the Year Faraz Jaka remain in the hunt in Event #66: $777 "Lucky 7s" No-Limit Hold'em, and there are 10 players remaining. Play will resume at 12 p.m. local time Monday to play down to a winner with a WSOP bracelet and $487,784 first-place prize.
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Event #66: $777 "Lucky 7s" No-Limit Hold'em
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