button in SafariOne Less Metal Head in the Field
Dennis Backhaus was excited to make Day 2 of the $500 Monumental Stack, but the cards weren't kind to him today.
The Virginian told PokerNews he suffered two bad beats, including when he got rivered with ace-queen against the ace-jack of Russell Sherry. He ended up finishing in 37th place for $754.
But it has still been a summer to remember for Backhaus' camp. He spent the first week of August in Las Vegas on the rail of Lucas Jumalon, cheering the 22-year-old to a $10 million victory in the WSOP Main Event.
Backhaus, who was wearing a colorful lego-themed tracksuit and matching bucket hat, is a music connoisseur and a fan of the Swedish metal band Amon Amarth. The Scandanavian death metallers like singing about Norse gods, but it was the poker gods that were shining on Backhaus' friend group this summer.
