William Pappaconstantinou was an unknown poker player prior to his run in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Pappaconstantinou hails from Salem, New Hampshire and started Day 6 of the Main Event with 3,370,000 in chips, which was good for 25th place out of 79 players remaining.

Pappaconstantinou had over $16,000 in live tournament cashes prior to the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, which came in October 2010 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. Pappaconstantinou’s first cash was on October 13 in a $400 No Limit Hold’em event where he finished in 69th place for slightly more than $1,000. Pappaconstantinou followed that up a little more than a week later with an eighth place finish in a $500 No Limit Hold’em event for over $15,000.

While Pappaconstantinou might not be easy to pronounce, he is starting to become a household name thanks to his run in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event.

A turning point for Pappaconstantinou in the 2014 Main Event occurred on Day 5 when he found himself in terrible shape going all-in with pocket fours and going up against three other players. Darlene Leewent all-in with Ad-Jh, Justin Swilling followed suit with As-Ks, and Nicholas Nardello, who had everyone covered, called with pocket jacks.

The tides turned for Pappaconstantinou when the flop of Th-4d-9d gave him bottom set and instantly made him a heavy favorite in the hand. The 8c on the turn made Pappaconstantinou sweat a bit, as this added some straight draws to Lee’s Ad-Jh. Pappaconstantinou found himself with a full house on the river when a nine hit the board, sending Lee and Swilling to the showers while tripling up Pappaconstantinou. Nardello won a small side pot to stay in the action, but eventually found himself eliminated later on Day 5 in 88th place for just over $72,000.

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