Steve “BetrThanPhil” Tripp Wins Event #17 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
Earlier this year PokerNews conducted an interview with Steve “BetrThanPhil” Tripp for their popular Online Chat series.
In it, the 23-year-old online pro from Ontario, Canada said of playing poker for a living: "This is what I plan on doing unless things start to go wrong. I don’t see that happening but you never know. That is why I finished university, so I had something to fall back on. The game has given me a lot at such a young age — more than I could have ever asked for. I just hope it continues to give and not take."
On Wednesday, the game continued to give Tripp as he took down Event #17 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $133,080.
On a side note, Tripp also said in the PokerNews interview: "I do respect quite a few players. One being Griffin 'Flush_Entity' Benger, he works really hard at his game and is a great person to shoot the shit." Interestingly, Benger is alive and well in today's Main Event.
2013 PCA Event #17 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 + $150 | 245 | $475,300 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Tripp | Canada | $133,080 |
| 2 | Nikolaus Teichert | Germany | $71,320 |
| 3 | Narendra Banwari | USA | $42,780 |
| 4 | David “Chino” Rheem | USA | $33,280 |
| 5 | Dana Karlson | Canada | $26,140 |
| 6 | Dan O’Brien | USA | $21,380 |
| 7 | Mayu Roca | Colombia | $16,640 |
| 8 | Kyle Frey | USA | $11,880 |