Lead image courtesy of the WPT Global Blog
Everyone loves a feel-good story, especially when it comes to someone deserving realising their dreams and winning a substantial sum of money. WPT Global created such a tale when the online poker site gave LoriAnn Persinger a free seat in the $10,400 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.
Persinger entered a social media competition that required entrants to explain in a 280-character tweet why they are passionate about poker. World Poker Tour Ambassador Andrew Neeme read Persinger's heartfelt entry and selected the low-stakes tournament grinder as one of the recipients of a $10,400 seat to live poker's biggest ever guaranteed tournament.