David Williams, a renowned poker professional who first came into the spotlight when he snagged the runner up position in the WSOP championship of 2004, recently proved that he had started a new lucky streak when he won the World Poker Tour and took in $1,530,537.
Williams first garnered the attention from the poker community when he competed against Greg Raymer in the 2004 WSOP and came in second with a total of $3,500,000 in winnings. In addition to the 2004 WSOP, Williams had competed in some of the poker tourneys over the years but has not managed to secure a favourable position until this year, when he took the WPT to the bank by winning the championship.
This year’s WPT Championship saw David Williams go up against the likes of noted poker stars like Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen and David Benyamine. Williams proved his mettle at the poker table when he triumphed over all other players there and won the poker pot. The WPT Championship is by far the most popular event in the poker tournament calendar and it occupies prime importance together with the WSOP Championship event.
The event had a large buy-in and players were required to pay a sum of $25,000 to participate in the event. Organizers seem to have been disappointed with the turnout as they expected a larger number of players vying for the prize, but believe that the poor visibility caused by the recent volcanic eruption may have stopped many poker players from flying to be a part of the event.
There were a total of 195 poker players who competed in the WPT championship and Williams slowly ousted many of them with his poker skills, until he was one of the last few left standing along with runner up Eric Baldwin.
David Williams, who hails from Dallas, Texas, is also known for his brilliant mind and sharp poker skills and is noted to have secured a 1550 score on his SATs out of a total of 1600. Williams also won scholarships to several Ivy League Universities, which he chose not to attend in favour of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.