David Peters

David Peters (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Toledo, Ohio. One of the most prolific tournament players of all time, Peters' live tournament winnings exceed $50,771,000.

Poker career David Peters declared that he started playing after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 WSOP Main Event. He looked for some online freerolls, ended up winning one of them for $600.

World Series of Poker Peters has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, the first of which came in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2016 World Series of Poker; he won $412,557 as a result of his victory. His second bracelet came during the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, a special version of the World Series that was organized due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. He won his fifth bracelet in the 2026 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Championship . In addition to his bracelet victories, Peters has won 4 World Series of Poker Circuit ring events, earning $245,092. Across all World Series of Poker branded events, Peters has cashed a total of 269 times, with 57 final tables.

World Series of Poker bracelets YearTournamentPrize (US$)2016$1,500 No Limit Hold'em$412,5572020 O$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship$360,4802021 O$7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller$283,9402022$100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em$1,166,8102026$10,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Championship$1,001,391

An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online

World Poker Tour At the World Poker Tour, Peters has career earnings of over $3,900,000. His earnings come from 26 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 European Poker Tour, Peters has five career cashes for over $600,000. He has made one final table on the EPT.

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Poker Go Tour Titles

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 Poker Central Super High Roller Bowl. He finished fifth in the tournament.

In June 2021, Peters won three events over a span of five days at the U.S. Poker Open, earning the series championship for the second time; he also won in 2019.