Daniel 'djk123' Kelly Wins Third WCOOP Title To Join Rare Company
By winning his third World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) bracelet Friday night, the 22 year-old former U.S.-based pro Dan "djk123" Kelly became the third ever player to win three WCOOP bracelets. He joins just Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo and Donald "Anders" Berg who just won his third bracelet last week.
Kelly won his first two WCOOP titles in 2009 and this time defeated a field of 1,426 players to win the $109 buy-in 8-Game event for $23,529. At the same time he almost reached the final table of WCOOP event #35 $215 -buy-in plus rebuy event that he fell out in 10th place.Kelly shared "It’s a mixture of being shocked and excited. I definitely thought I could win, or I wouldn’t be playing. But you can’t expect to win a tournament, even if you play perfect. This definitely exceeds my expectations.Kelly has had a tremendous online tournament career with nearly $5 million in tournament earnings since 2006. He had been recruited as a Brunson10 sponsored pro until they disbanded with the departure of Doyle Brunson earlier in 2011.
Kelly is a force to be reckoned with in the live tournament world too having won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 NLHE Six Handed event for $1,315,518. He is deservedly receiving much praise and should be a force for years to come.
Kelly won his first two WCOOP titles in 2009 and this time defeated a field of 1,426 players to win the $109 buy-in 8-Game event for $23,529. At the same time he almost reached the final table of WCOOP event #35 $215 -buy-in plus rebuy event that he fell out in 10th place.Kelly shared "It’s a mixture of being shocked and excited. I definitely thought I could win, or I wouldn’t be playing. But you can’t expect to win a tournament, even if you play perfect. This definitely exceeds my expectations.Kelly has had a tremendous online tournament career with nearly $5 million in tournament earnings since 2006. He had been recruited as a Brunson10 sponsored pro until they disbanded with the departure of Doyle Brunson earlier in 2011.
Kelly is a force to be reckoned with in the live tournament world too having won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 NLHE Six Handed event for $1,315,518. He is deservedly receiving much praise and should be a force for years to come.
