Bill Edler Wins Gulf Coast Poker Championship

Champion Turns Two Chips and a Chair into WPT History

The inaugural Gulf Coast Poker Championship was the setting for one of the most amazing comebacks the poker world has ever seen. With 17 players remaining in the tournament and the blinds at $4,000-$8,000 with a $1,000 ante, Bill Edler was crippled down to his last two $1,000 chips. After paying his ante, Edler posted his last chip in the big blind, leaving it all up to the poker gods. He then proceeded to win a series of all-in pots, propelling him not only to a comfortable stack, but to the final table.  Not since “Treetop” Jack Strauss’ performance in the 1982 World Series of Poker has a player come back in a major event from such a deficit.

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