High Stakes Poker Player Dan Cates has won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship after overcoming a stacked final table and defeating Ryan Leng heads-up. In addition to a bracelet, Cates will also take home the $954,020 first-place prize and the right to have his name engraved into the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy. It was only Cates' third cash ever at the WSOP, after a deep run in the 2015 World Series Of Poker Main Event and a sixth-place finish in the 2019 Poker Players Championship for $168,305 right here in Las Vegas. Lára met with Cates while on break from the final table to find out how he prepared for the event with... senzu beans!

You can read more about his win here: https://www.shflgg.com/news/2021/11/jungleman-takes-down-50-000-poker-players-championship-for-40206.htm

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