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Event #32 - WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em |
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
The year of retribution at the World Series continues, as another longtime tournament player gets his breakthrough win Las Vegas, NV - When Jason Lester walks into any poker room, everyone seems to recognize him. He's been playing in poker tournaments for twenty years. He's cashed 16 times at the World Series of Poker, and made six final table appearances. He was part of poker's biggest story ever when Chris Moneymaker rocked the world and won the 2003 championship event. Lester finished fourth that year. Had a few key hands gone the other way, perhaps it would have been Lester's day and he'd be a world champion. But alas, that's poker. In fact, it's more of a surprise to learn that Lester did not have a gold bracelet - at least not until the midnight hour on June 24, 2006. The Miami-based investor finally accomplished his breakthrough victory when he topped a highly-competitive field of 378 players and won the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light.
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