Dwyte Pilgrim just won his third WSOP-Circuit gold ring — an unprecedented impressive feat. I sensed he was doing something special back in May, when ESPN was conducting its fantasy WSOP draft. Thought I nabbed a real gem for the 71st pick.
LOL, Go ESPN scouting team!
He started out this year pretty friggin\’ amazingly. Take a look at his Hendon Mob stats:
* a victory in a $300 event at the Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi
* a 2nd-place in a $1k event three days later
* a final table in the $5k main event at WSOP-Tunica
* a victory in a $1,500 event at Foxwoods
* a final table in a Venetian Deep Stacks event
* a semi-deep run in the NAPT-Venetian main event
* a final table at the Chicago Poker Classic main event.
All this building up to his win a few days ago in San Diego. He also won the main event at WSOP-Rincon last year. In fact, since his first final table some 15 months ago, Pilgrim\’s had only one brief drought — June through August 2009 — during the WSOP. (Doh!)
He hasn\’t even crossed the million-dollar mark yet in lifetime winnings. But with four 1st places and eight final tables so far in 2010, he\’s currently 4th in CardPlayer\’s Player of the Year race.
