The youth revolution continues on WPT, as 23-year old internet marketing entrepreneur Gregory Brooks made the final table featuring a former Online Player of the Year and two WPT champions. UB Com is the website for the newest wave of online poker madness.
Brooks bested a field of 681 players winning $1,654,120 of the $6.5 million prize pool and staged at Commerce Casino in Commerce, CA. Other poker superstars present were Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Faraz Jaka, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Mizrachi, Maria Ho, and Jason Mercier taking a seat on the felt. It is easy to see how the UB deposit bonus code will end up resulting in something much more than just a simple deposit.
Brooks trails in the footsteps of 22-year olds Randal Flowers who succeded at Festa al Lago and Jeff Forrest at Foxwoods World Poker Finals. At one of the fastest and most aggressive final tables in WPT history, Brooks and Vivek Rajkumar made quick work of their opponents and started their heads up battle on hand 62 that night.
Heads up play slowed greatly as former WPT Borgata Open winner Rajkumar, 24, tried to conquer Brooks’ more than 2-to-1 chip lead. In the end Brooks, who hails from New Jersey, came out on top when his 87 beat Rajkumar’s J10 and the board fell 7322A.