Dan Kelly Wins Second Bracelet In 2014 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold'em

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As a 21-year-old Daniel Kelly topped an elite field of 191 players in the 2010 World Series of Poker $25,000 six-max no-limit hold’em event to win his first gold bracelet and more than $1.3 million dollars. Now four years later he has once again emerged victorious at the WSOP, this time taking down the $1,500 limit hold’em to earn his second gold bracelet and $195,167. The mild-mannered poker pro, known online as “djk123”, now has over $3.1 million in live tournament earnings.

“Probably hard to top the first one since it was my first World Series and a $25,000,” said Kelly after this latest win, “But this one is still pretty cool.”

The Potomac, MD native topped a field of 657 entrants in this event, outlasting a tough final table that included the likes of five-time bracelet winners Jeffrey Lisandro (7th – $24,683) and David Chiu (6th – $32,338) and Brandon Shack-Harris (3rd – $78,335).

Kelly’s parents made it out to watch him play live for the first time, and were rewarded when he went on to take down the title, earning the hardware, the money and also 840 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his fourth final table of the year, and as a result he now sits in 125th place in the overall standings. Third-place finisher Brandon Shack-Harris scored 560 POY points at his fourth final table of the year. Already this summer at the WSOP he won his first bracelet in a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha event and then came runner-up in the $10,000 razz championship. As a result of all of these big scores he has climbed into 18th place in the rankings with 2,040 points and year-to-date earnings of $467,765.

Here is a look at the payouts and the POY points awarded at this final table:

*Photo courtesy of the WSOP

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