Over the holidays, PokerNews awarded a free $3,500 seat into the WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network. It was a part of our “Give the Gift of WPT” giveaway where we asked folks to nominate deserving players.
Andrew "pokasmoka7" Benedict was ultimately selected as the winner, and not only did he have a lot of fun playing, he got paid to do it as he finished ninth out of a 395-entry field to bank $22,179.
According to The Hendon Mob, Benedict had just $11,977 in lifetime earnings including a prior career-best $3,413 (less than the buy-in to this WPT event) for finishing 28th in the WSOP Online Event #19: $400 NLH back in July.