David Peters of Rancho Santa Fe, California may have been the short stack in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event entering Day 7, but his 2.1 million chips are more than about 6,400 other players who entered the tournament have. He was a long shot to make the November Nine, but this is poker and we all know that a couple double-ups to get Peters right back in contention were not out of the question at all. He ended up in 17th place for $325,000.

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Away from the poker table, Peters is an attorney, a partner in the law firm Peters & Freedman, LLP, a business that specializes in community association law. He attended Pepperdine University undergrad, went on to the University of California at Riverside for his MBA, and then earned his law degree from the Hastings School of Law.

According to TheHendonMob.com, Peters has over $350,000 in live tournament earnings, including $28,530 from a 399th place finish in the 2012 WSOP Main Event. His biggest cash came in 2008, when he finished as the runner-up in the WSOP Circuit San Diego Championship Event, winning $120,156.

Don’t get him confused with David Davidp18 Peters, though, as it seems that WSOP.com may have. They are two different people, the younger having won over $6.7 million in his career.

Poker is a relatively new pastime for Peters, as he only picked up the game in 2000. His long-term poker goal, as stated on his WSOP.com profile, is one many of us have but never come close to reaching: winning a bracelet.