An Unknown Player Enters the 2023 WSOP $250k Event
Dustin Bailey decided to enter the 2023 WSOP Super High Roller on a whim and got quite a run for his money, bagging the chip lead after the first day of play.
Tournament fields at the 2023 WSOP have been impressive so far, with thousands of players from all over the world hitting the green felt in their quest for fame and fortune.
However, when it comes to tournaments with six-figure buy-ins, even at the WSOP, players don’t expect to see (m)any unknown faces. This is why the appearance of one Dustin Bailey in the $250k Super High Roller caught the attention of the players and the poker media alike.
No one knew who Bailey was; he has no recorded poker results, and, in his own words, he doesn’t follow or play poker all that much. And he means it, as he doesn’t even know who Phil Hellmuth or Phil Ivey are.
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He just happened to be in Vegas for Father’s Day with his family and convinced his wife to let him play in the $250,000 tournament. According to what he told PokerNews, Bailey’s poker experience, up to that point, boiled down to some cash games back in his college days.
Dustin had quite a run to start off, bagging the chip lead after the first day of play, but those chips didn’t last too long on Day 2, and he ended up not reaching the money after all.
This story just goes to show that anything goes at the WSOP. It’s safe to assume all the pros in the extremely tough field were licking their chops upon seeing a complete random putting up a quarter of a million to “join the fun,” but Bailey at least got a good story out of it.
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