The victory makes Ferguson one of only 15 players in history to capture at least six WSOP bracelets. The overall leader is Phil Hellmuth, who has 14 bracelets, four more than his closest competitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of surreal because I wasn\u2019t expecting to win this bracelet at all,\u201d Ferguson told WSOP.com. \u201cI was just trying to sneak in, just trying to advance a little bit. And it just kind of happened.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Chilly Reception<\/h2>\n
Many in the poker community are less than thrilled about Ferguson\u2019s win. As one of the founding partners at Full Tilt Poker, his reputation suffered following the Black Friday online poker shutdown of 2011, as well as the failure of Full Tilt to repay players in the aftermath of that event.<\/p>\n
Full Tilt would eventually close in the wake of Black Friday, before being purchased and reopened by its former rival, PokerStars. Ferguson reached a settlement with the U.S. government in 2013, in which he forfeited millions earned from his time with Full Tilt but admitted no wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
Following Black Friday, Ferguson took a five-year hiatus from competitive poker. When he showed up to play at the 2016 WSOP, some questioned whether he should be there, while others, such as Daniel Negreanu, simply wanted Ferguson to make an apology that didn\u2019t seem to be coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou asked for the players to trust in you, don\u2019t you believe they\u2019re owed some kind of apology?\u201d Negreanu told PokerNews in 2016. \u201cAny man with a shred of integrity or human decency would understand an apology is owed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But following his latest win, Ferguson was more focused on how his long break from poker had helped him clear his mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had actually been planning to take a break from poker, and it turned out to be bigger than I expected,\u201d he told WSOP.com. \u201cI\u2019ve always found that when I take a break from something, and you come back to it, you come back to it with a fresh perspective, and often you\u2019ll do better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris \u201cJesus\u201d Ferguson won the \u20ac1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event at the World Series of Poker Europe on Wednesday, earning the long-time professional poker player his sixth career WSOP bracelet and a whole lot of public grief. As one of the founders of Full Tilt Poker, Ferguson fell out of favor with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":62152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,11,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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