Making a living as a professional poker player can be accomplished in many ways, including grinding out a solid win-rate in what many would consider to be smaller games. One such big fish in a small pond is Connor Berkowitz, but he now has the bankroll to move up in stakes after taking down the penultimate event of the 2015 World Series of Poker.
Berkowitz won Event #66: $777 “Lucky 7s” No-Limit Hold'em, the first such event the WSOP has ever held. He won $487,784 for topping the 4,422-player field, not to mention the gold bracelet.