When GGPoker and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) crossed distant shores to pull together the first-ever online WSOP bracelet series, the $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship became one of the premium events.
It didn’t disappoint, with two of the world’s smartest decipherers of the game of No Limit Hold’em, David Peters and Michael Addamo, battling it out for the sliver of gold and $360,480, and it was Peters who thwarted Addamo to collect his second bracelet.
Peters, who has more than $33.7m in live tournament earnings, won his first bracelet in 2016, defeating 1,860-entrants to win the $412,557 first prize in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. To win this one he had to overcome the likes of Sami Kelopuro and Sergi Reixach before taking out the Canadian live streamer Alyssa McDonald in the semi-final.
Addamo overcame the formidable presence of Chi Zhang in a skitter of a mouse semi-final that lasted no more than 30-minutes. It’s been a tough few days for the Aussie, surrendering the lead to lose to Peters a few days shy of being the wrong end of the largest ever online cash game hand – $842k versus Wiktor Malinowski. Peters denied Addamo what would have been his third bracelet after winning two in 2018 taking down the $2,620 No Limit Hold’em Marathon in Las Vegas and the €25,500 No Limit Hold’em in Rozvadov for a combined haul of $1.5m
David Peters Route to the Title
Round of 128: Beats Johan Guilbert
Round of 64: Beats Sami Kelopuro
Round of 32: Scott Woods
Round of 16: Sergi Reixach
Quarter-Finals: Stefan Burakov
Semi-Finals: Alyssa McDonald
Final: Michael Addamo
Event #54: $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship
128-entrants
Results
- David Peters – $360,480
- Michael Addamo – $223,488
- Alyssa McDonald – $124,160
- Chi Zhang – $124,160
- Stefan Burakov – $49,664
- Chris Brewer – $49,664
- Belarmino De Souza – $49,664
- Pedro Waldburger – $49,664