Jonathan Powers — "Jpowers1723" — won his seat into the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw event, a $3,800 buy-in tournament, on ClubWPT, and now he's off to Day 2 with an impressive stack.
The 30-year-old New Englander didn't just make it through Day 1a with about 75 big blinds. He did so in his first major live poker tournament just seven months after joining ClubWPT.
Powers, who recently became a father, could conceivably turn that ClubWPT into enough money to cover his four-month old child's college fund already. The payouts at WPT Choctaw aren't yet available and will be figured out at the close of registration on Day 1b (Saturday).