Final December, Dan Sepiol gained $5.2 million within the $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship, one of many greatest tournaments in poker historical past. Now, 11 months later, he secured one other seven-figure rating, however not one that can make it onto Hendon Mob. On Thanksgiving Day, Sepiol gained a day by day fantasy soccer match for $1 million.
The million-dollar victory did not come underneath festive circumstances, nonetheless. The 30-year-old spent the vacation on a flight from Las Vegas to Florida for the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship at Seminole Laborious Rock Hollywood, which is the place he was when he clinched the massive rating.
PokerNews caught up with Sepiol throughout a break on Day 1b to speak concerning the fantasy victory, which WPT first wrote about yesterday, and to replicate on his breakout yr that has included a WPT title and bracelet victory.
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“The whole lot Fell My Means”
Sepiol’s fantasy win got here in a $4,000 match on DraftKings referred to as the NFL $2M MEGA Millionaire, a severely top-heavy occasion that noticed the runner-up incomes $100,000, only a fraction of what was awarded to the winner. “So it was a fairly large soar,” stated Sepiol.
It wasn’t a simple path to victory for Sepiol. All of it got here all the way down to a late play by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in a Thanksgiving matchup towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
“I had Tua after which I stacked the Packers within the late recreation,” Sepiol stated. “After which all the things simply fell my manner.”
There was no time to rejoice as Sepiol performed Day 1a of the RRPO Championship the subsequent morning, busting a number of bullets earlier than attempting his luck once more in Saturday’s Day 1b. He superior to Day 2 and was eradicated exterior of the cash, although he’s nonetheless manner up on the journey.
“I like taking part in, I am a really aggressive individual ever since I used to be a child,” he stated.
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Father & Son
Sepiol’s love for the sport comes from his father, who lives in Florida and launched his son to money video games within the Tampa space when he was 18. “So I’ve performed a good quantity in Tampa.”
After the RRPO competition, Sepiol will go to his dad in Orlando earlier than heading again house to Las Vegas for the WPT World Championship occasion that made him a poker star. The Sr. Dan Sepiol was on the rail at Wynn Las Vegas final yr as his son gained $5.2 million and have become part of poker historical past.
The youthful Sepiol has adopted his championship victory will simply pretty much as good of a yr in 2024. This summer season, he gained his first WSOP bracelet within the $1,500 Shootout for $305,849 and a WPT Alpha8 Trifecta occasion for $672,000.
He additionally loves taking part in in Florida particularly. In August, he made a heads-up cope with Bryn Kenney in a $25,500 Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Open Excessive Curler for $390,810. “(There are) nice tournaments and WPTs right here. I try to come right here three or 4 occasions a yr.”
“South Florida is nice. There’s some huge cash right here and a variety of gamble.”
That is additionally an apt description of Sepiol himself, who did not have any cash on the Saturday faculty soccer matchups displayed within the match ballroom however was prepared for Sunday’s NFL motion. “No faculty stuff, nothing tonight. However I am going to need to put in some analysis tonight for soccer tomorrow.”
We’ll see if Sepiol’s analysis pays off at this time.
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