Imagine that you go to sleep one night, and when you wake up, youre $31,000 richer. If youre Ryan Gerbers fiancee, you dont have to imagine.
Gerber, an Alburtis native, beat out the other 639 players in the first FOX Bet and PokerStars Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker Main Event, taking home a purse of $31,335.64 after entering the tournament for free.
The tournament ended at around 1:15 a.m. so, unfortunately, I couldnt scream and go crazy like I normally would have, being that I had my 3-year-old daughter and fianc sleeping, he said in a press release. Instead I just kind of paced my house a bunch of times and gave my best friend a call who had been railing (supporting) me throughout. I think I just kept repeating Dude, I just won the Main over and over."
The 50-tournament poker series, which took place from Nov. 30 or Dec. 16, was the first of its kind in the state. It attracted more than 12,600 entries and resulted in a prize pool of $1,559,576, well over its initial $1 million guarantee.
Gerber plans to use the money to pay some bills and possibly a down payment on a house, as well as celebrate with family and friends.
I joked with some of my friends that I dont know whats cooler, the money or the title of first PACOOP Main Event Champion, he said. Ill take both!
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