afternoon haters (this means you Sninhosa)JUNGLEMAN
02-18-2014, 02:11 PM
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Written by: TeemuPublished: February 16 2014 Big win for jungleman12.
It was a good weekend for Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates, who took down the largest single cash of his career on Saturday after winning the World Poker Tour Alpha8 tournament in Johannesburg.
The $100,000 buy-in tournament attracted a total of 10 players. In addition to Cates, players like Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel and Jason Mercier participated.
According to WPT.com, the tournament lasted for two days, and the final day of the Alpha8 Johannesburg started with the final seven players, after Phil Ivey and Max Altergott both busted during the previous day of play. The chip leader at the start of play was Daniel Cates, and he was able to keep his lead all the way to the end and take down the tournament.
Cates took home $500,000 as the winner of the event along with the prestigious Alpha8 trophy and a 24k special edition pair of Monster headphones. This was his first major title, and he has now over $1,2 million in career live tournament earnings.
Alpha8 Johannesburg Results (buy-in $100,000, 10 entries):
1st: Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates - $500,000
2nd: Kinesh Pather - $275,000
3rd: Jason Mercier - $200,000
Written by: TeemuPublished: February 16 2014 Big win for jungleman12.
It was a good weekend for Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates, who took down the largest single cash of his career on Saturday after winning the World Poker Tour Alpha8 tournament in Johannesburg.
The $100,000 buy-in tournament attracted a total of 10 players. In addition to Cates, players like Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel and Jason Mercier participated.
According to WPT.com, the tournament lasted for two days, and the final day of the Alpha8 Johannesburg started with the final seven players, after Phil Ivey and Max Altergott both busted during the previous day of play. The chip leader at the start of play was Daniel Cates, and he was able to keep his lead all the way to the end and take down the tournament.
Cates took home $500,000 as the winner of the event along with the prestigious Alpha8 trophy and a 24k special edition pair of Monster headphones. This was his first major title, and he has now over $1,2 million in career live tournament earnings.
Alpha8 Johannesburg Results (buy-in $100,000, 10 entries):
1st: Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates - $500,000
2nd: Kinesh Pather - $275,000
3rd: Jason Mercier - $200,000