A 29-year-old won his first World Poker Tour title Feb. 3. Daniel Weinman, the player in question, was also celebrating his birthday, making the win a double whammy.
“This is a pretty awesome birthday present,” said Weinman to the WPT. “My girlfriend flew in last minute, you couldn’t have scripted it any better.”
Weinman hasn’t played many tournaments outside of the World Series of Poker. He holds just over $2 million in career tournament earnings. He’s credited with inventing the Fantasyland variation of open-face Chinese poker.
Weinman takes home $892,433 after coming out ahead of the 1,312 player field, a record for the event.