World Series Of Poker -- Sandeep Pulusani Wins $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Sandeep Pulusani, a 24-year-old music blogger who moved to Las Vegas to pursue poker professionally, won the World Series of Poker $3,000 no-limit hold’em event. Pulusani banked $592,684 and his first gold bracelet.

Pulusani went into the final table as one of the shorter stacks but he developed a strategy and was not scared by the thought of being runner-up. He just wanted to get to heads-up.

“So, my strategy was to play snug and wait for others to get knocked out,” Pulusani said. “If you get second, you can then play heads-up. That was my goal. Luckily, I was able to hit some cards.”

He moved to Las Vegas from Alabama after college in 2010. He mostly plays cash games but occasionally ventures into some tournaments as well.

The final table included a few well-known pros including Michael Rocoo, Zo Karim, Mark Teltscher and Nam Le.

Here’s a look at the final table results.

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Photo Credit: Joe Giron/WSOP

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