In the poker world, David Peters doesn’t have much left to prove in the poker world. He’s one of the most accomplished poker players on the planet with over $18 million in tournament earnings and crushes the biggest buy-in tournaments on the planet.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Peters added another trophy to his already crowded trophy case. After battling heads-up with Scott Wright for several hours, the Ohio native defeated a 61-entry field in the $5,000 no limit hold’em event to add another $104,309 to his career earnings.

The heads-up match saw countless lead changes and it was one of the more exciting battles of the 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

“It was crazy,” said Peters about the heads-up match. “I had him all in so many different times, but he just wouldn’t die. We kept going back and forth. It was a battle for sure. It feels good to win.”

Peters makes his living on the felt, playing mostly other top pros. Wright on the other hand, makes his living as a financial adviser. Some of Wright’s unorthodox plays at the table put Peters in some uncomfortable situations.

“Sometimes he would throw out some very large bets,” said Peters. “There was a couple times where there were some tough spots because I didn’t have much room to maneuver. But it worked out.”

He earned a six-figure score today in this event, but he’s still alive in the $3,500 no limit hold’em championship event with 18 players remaining. After Day 3 ended with two tables remaining, he late ed this event and took it down.

“It was nice that we finished at like 4 o’clock,” said Peters about the championship event. “That never happens. It allowed me to hop in this.”

The 30-year-old poker pro heads into the penultimate day of the championship with 15 big blinds and the shortest remaining stack, but now he’s riding a hot streak heading into Tuesday’s action.

“It feels great and it’s less stressful going into tomorrow, I guess,” said Peters. “I would feel better now if I don’t happen to win it. It feels great having some momentum coming into tomorrow.”

Results:

1st: David Peters – $104,309
2nd: Scott Wright – $61,282
3rd: Gediminas Uselis – $38,392
4th: Alexander Timman – $26,078
5th: Nick Schwarmann – $20,283
6th: Paul Domb – $15,936
7th: Pete Walsworth – $13,039
8th: Ray Qartomy – $10,431

• : Final Results (PDF)

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 61

Scott Wright raised all in for 121,000 from the button, and David Peters called from the big blind.

Wright:
Peters:

The board came down , giving Peters trip jacks to eliminate Wright and win the tournament for $104,309.

Scott Wright finished runner-up for $61,282.

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Scott Wright raised on the button and David Peters called out of the big blind.

The flop was and Peters checked. Wright bet 100,000 and Peters moved all in for 284,000. Wright quickly called.

Wright showed and was in the lead against Peters’ .

Peters needed to hit a diamond to fill his flush draw and didn’t have to wait long with the coming on the turn. Wright was drawing dead to the river and Peters doubled up, regaining the chip lead in the process.

David Peters – 668,000
Scott Wright – 247,000

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Scott Wright raised to 50,000 on the button and David Peters called out of the big blind. The flop was and Peters checked.

Wright bet 60,000 and Peters check-raised all in for about 200,000. Wright quickly folded. Peters mucked his hand and took the pot.

David Peters – 360,000
Scott Wright – 555,000

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Scott Wright raised to 45,000 from the button, and David Peters called from the big blind.

The flop came down , and Peters checked to Wright who continued for 65,000. Peters check-raised all in with a covering stack, and after a few moments, Wright called all in for 295,000.

Wright:
Peters:

Wright led with a pair of aces against Peters’ open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the , giving Peters a few extra outs to two pair and trips. However, the river was the and Wright doubled up to take the chip lead.

Scott Wright – 686,000 (34 bb)
David Peters – 229,000 (11 bb)

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

On a flop of , Scott Wright led out from the small blind for 65,000. David Peters thought for about 30 seconds and then moved all in.

Wright quickly called and was all in for 162,000. He showed , good for top and bottom pair. He had Peters’ drawing nearly dead.

The turn was the and Peters was drawing dead to the river. Wright doubled up for the second time in as many hands.

Scott Wright – 404,000
David Peters – 511,000

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Scott Wright raised to 40,000 on the button and David Peters called out of the big blind.

The flop was and Peters checked. Wright moved all in for 72,000 and Peters quickly called.

Peters showed and was in trouble against Wright’s .

The turn was the and the river was the . Wright’s queens held up and he doubled up.

Scott Wright – 240,000
David Peters – 675,000

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

After slowly evening out the stacks, David Peters just scored the first significant blow of the heads-up battle.

Scott Wright raised to 38,000 from the button, and Peters defended his big blind.

The flop came down , and Peters check-called 55,000 from Wright. The turn was checked by both players, the river completed the board, Peters bet 115,000, and Wright called.

Peters showed for a pair of jacks, Wright turned up a defeated , and Peters collected the pot.

David Peters – 682,000 (43 bb)
Scott Wright – 233,000 (15 bb)

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Here is a look at the chip counts at the start of heads-up play:

Scott Wright – 554,000
David Peters – 361,000

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 61

Gediminas Urselis moved all in on the button for 96,000 and David Peters called out of the small blind.

Urselis showed and was dominated by Peters’ .

The board ran out and Peters won the pot with a better king-high.

Urselis was eliminated in third place and netted $38,392 for his deep run.

Peters now goes heads-up against Scott Wright for the title and $104,309.

David Peters – 361,000
Gediminas Urselis – Eliminated