Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:24 AM Local Time
Jason Strasser Wins Second Ring in Choctaw Main Event
Jason Strasser defeated 1,249 entries for his second ring
In his younger days, Jason Strasser was one of the best no-limit hold’em players on the planet. Playing mostly online, he won millions in his early 20s after graduating from Duke. He left a full-time career on the felt after to take a job on Wall Street and eventually start his own hedge fund, but it’s clear he hasn’t lost a step.
On Monday night, Strasser earned his second Circuit ring and $332,589 and a seat in the 2018 Global Casino Championship by winning the WSOP Circuit Choctaw main event. He defeated a field of 1,249 entries who all put up the $1,675 buy-in and bested Krzysztof Stybaniewicz heads-up, denying the Colorado native a third ring of his own.
“It’s great,” said Strasser after his win. “I mean, honestly, I don’t get to play much poker these days and the final table, the way it played out, we were three-handed for a long time and it was really, really fun because it wasn’t 20 big blind push/shove. It was actual, real poker. I really enjoyed my opponents and getting into the flow of it. I had a...... READ MORE