For the average poker hobbyist, the allure of poker, and indeed the World Series of Poker, has always remained the same. Unlike basketball, football, golf, or tennis, in poker, anyone can take on the best in the world and win. Anyone with the cash to buy in can come to the WSOP, take a shot and end up in the winner's circle.
Saturday night in the 2015 WSOP Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed that's exactly what happened. A 51-year-old high school football coach from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida outlasted a field of 493 of the toughest players on the planet, including a final table full of heroes, to win a WSOP bracelet and $567,724.