David Peters (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional

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. One of the most prolific tournament players of all time, Peters' live tournament winnings exceed $45,000,000.

Poker career

David Peters declared that he started playing after seeing

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win the 2003

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Main Event. He looked for some online freerolls, ended up winning one of them for $600. 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

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s, the first of which came in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the

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; he won $412,557 as a result of his victory. His second bracelet came during the

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, a special version of the World Series that was organized due to the

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. His third came in the 2021 WSOP Online in the $7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller. He won his fourth bracelet in the 2022 WSOP in the $75,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em. In addition to his bracelet victories, Peters has won one

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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.

World Series of Poker bracelets

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World Poker Tour

At the

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, 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.

European Poker Tour

At the

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, Peters has five career cashes for over $600,000. He has made one final table on the EPT.

Triton Titles

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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

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. He finished fifth in the tournament. In June 2021, Peters won three events over a span of five days at the

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, earning the series championship for the second time; he also won in

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References

External links

Card Player profileGlobal Poker Index profileHendon Mob profilePokerNews profileWPT profileWSOP profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, David Living people American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from Toledo, Ohio 1987 births