David Peters (poker player)
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1987)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox poker player
|name=David Peters
|nickname= The Silent Assassin, The Steamroller
|image=David Peters 2018.jpg
|caption=David Peters in 2018
|hometown=Toledo, OH
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1987|4|16}}
|wsop bracelet count=4
|wsop money finishes=70
|wsop main event best finish rank=136th
|wsop main event best finish year=2010
|multi-year wsop winner=
|wpt titles=None
|wpt final tables=2
|wpt money finishes=17
|ept titles=None
|ept final tables=1
|ept money finishes=5
|pgt wins=9|Best PokerGo Cup Finish=14th(2021)|Best US Poker Open Finish=Won(2019,2021)|Best Poker Masters Finish=2nd(2018)|Best Super High Roller Bowl Finish=5th(2015,SHRB I)}}
David Peters (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Toledo, Ohio. One of the most prolific tournament players of all time, Peters' live tournament winnings exceed $45,000,000.{{Cite web |title=All Time Money List, Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/all-time-money-list/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 5, 2022 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613060314/http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com:80/ranking/all-time-money-list/ |archive-date=June 13, 2014 }}
Poker career
David Peters declared that he started playing after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 WSOP Main Event. He looked for some online freerolls, ended up winning one of them for $600.{{Cite web |last=Hartwell |first=Louis |date=February 8, 2018 |title=Former GPI #1, David Peters talks about the High roller poker circuit |url=https://somuchpoker.com/former-gpi-1-david-peters-talks-about-the-highroller-poker-circuit/ |access-date=July 5, 2018 |website=Somuchpoker |language=en-US}}
Since 2006, Peters has been an active and successful participant in the major poker tournament circuit both in the United States and overseas.
On the circuit, his nickname is "silent assassin".
=World Series of Poker=
Peters has won four World Series of Poker bracelets, the first of which came in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2016 World Series of Poker; he won $412,557 as a result of his victory.{{Cite web |title=47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016, No Limit Hold'em (Event #56) |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=373004 |access-date=April 8, 2018 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} His second bracelet came during the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, a special version of the World Series that was organized due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title=World Series of Poker - WSOP Online 2020 at GGPoker, Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship (Event #54) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=680427 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} His third came in the 2021 WSOP Online in the $7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller.{{Cite web |title=World Series of Poker - WSOP ONLINE 2021 (US ONLY), No Limit Hold'em - Lucky 7's High Roller ONLINE (WSOP Event #25) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=716881 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} He won his fourth bracelet in the 2022 WSOP in the $75,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em.{{Cite web |title=53rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2022, No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Bounty (Event #2) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=805117 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} In addition to his bracelet victories, Peters has won one World Series of Poker Circuit event, earning $86,908 and a championship ring. Across all World Series of Poker branded events, Peters has cashed a total of 70 times, with 17 final tables.{{Cite web |title=David Peters |url=http://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerID=48653 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=WSOP.com}}
==World Series of Poker bracelets==
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Tournament !Prize (US$) |
| 2016
|$1,500 No Limit Hold'em |$412,557 |
| 2020 O
|$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship |$360,480 |
| 2021 O
|$7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller |$283,940 |
| 2022
|$100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em |$1,166,810 |
An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online
=World Poker Tour=
At the World Poker Tour, Peters has career earnings of over $2,800,000. His earnings come from nine cashes and three final tables. His best finish on the WPT came in the 2016 WPT National - Philippines $200,000 buy-in event. He finished runner-up in that tournament for a cash of $2,699,752, which is his largest cash to date.{{Cite web |title=2016 World Poker Tour National (WPTN) - Philippines, No Limit Hold'em Triton Super High Roller Series (Event #3) |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=362603 |access-date=April 8, 2018 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=David Peters' profile on The Hendon Mob |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=129345 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database}}
=European Poker Tour=
At the European Poker Tour, Peters has five career cashes for over $600,000. He has made one final table on the EPT.
= Triton Titles =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Festival !Tournament !Prize |
| Jeju 2018
|500K HKD 6-MAX Texas NLH |HKD 8,775,000 |
= Poker Go Tour Titles =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Tournament !Prize |
| 2021
|U.S. Poker Open #7 - $10,000 NLH |$217,800 |
| 2021
|U.S. Poker Open #10 - $10,000 Short Deck |$124,200 |
| 2021
|U.S. Poker Open #11 - $25,000 NLH |$465,750 |
| 2022
|WSOP #2 - $100,000 High Roller Bounty NLH |$1,166,810 |
| 2022
|Seminole Super High Roller - $50,000 NLH |$407,545 |
| 2024
|PokerGO Cup #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em |$141,525 |
| 2024
|PokerGO Cup #7: $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em |$315,000 |
=Other tournament success=
On July 4, 2015, Peters scored his first career cash of at least $1 million in the $500,000 No-Limit Hold'em Eight Max tournament held at the 2015 Poker Central Super High Roller Bowl. He finished fifth in the tournament.{{Cite web |title=Super High Roller Bowl 2015, No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Bowl |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=303034 |access-date=April 8, 2018 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}
In June 2021, Peters won three events over a span of five days at the U.S. Poker Open, earning the series championship for the second time; he also won in 2019.{{Cite web |title=PokerGO Tour - 2021 PGT U.S. Poker Open, No Limit Hold'em - U.S. Poker Open #7: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=720841 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=PokerGO Tour - 2021 PGT U.S. Poker Open, No Limit Short Deck Hold'em - U.S. Poker Open #10: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=720847 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=PokerGO Tour - 2021 PGT U.S. Poker Open, No Limit Hold'em - U.S. Poker Open #11: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=720849 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/20666-david-peters Card Player profile]
- [https://www.globalpokerindex.com/poker-players/david-peters-129345/ Global Poker Index profile]
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=129345 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/david-peters/ PokerNews profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/david-peters/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=48653 WSOP profile]
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Category:American poker players
Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners