It’s not often an unknown player ventures to Las Vegas, enters a five-figure buy-in mixed-game tournament against the world’s best players, and comes out on top to win more than half a million dollars. But that’s exactly what happened in just the second event of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. attracted 78 runners and offered up a $1,842,750 prize pool, including a $552,182 top prize. After three days of play, 44-year-old Jesse Klein emerged victorious over a stacked final table – one representing a combined 22 gold bracelets – to etch his name in poker history.