Jake Cody Gambles $60k Tournament Winnings on Black

Imagine spending three days grinding out a poker tournament victory, only to risk your entire winnings on a single roll of a roulette wheel. Well, that’s exactly what happened last Sunday at the Dusk Till Dawn casino in Nottingham, after UK pro Jake Cody took down its £2,200 High Roller event for £42,670 ($59,393) before strolling over to the roulette table and slapping it all on black.
Cody made the journey surrounded by some of his friends and supporters who had been rallying him throughout the tournament, and needless to say cleared the sizeable bet with the casino’s owner Rob Yong before placing his chips on the sidebet. In fact, Yong is a close friend of Cody and it was he who took charge of the spin, while Cody gave a quick smile to the heavens before returning his gaze back to the table.
It would have been a shame for Cody to have seen his three days of poker effort cancelled out in just the blink of an eye, but fortunately for him the steel ball eventually popped into the black 22 slot, as the gathered crowd exploded in celebration.
Having doubled his money to £85,340 ($119,882), there was apparently no more gambling by Cody that night, although one might suspect plenty of drinking and celebrations would have subsequently ensued. Any hangover he might have experienced the following day, however, must have been counteracted by his phenomenal result, and as Cody later tweeted:
“Feeling damn good today!”
Jake Cody is currently ranked at number 10 on England’s ‘All Time Money List’ with $4,503,496 in winnings, with his biggest win coming early on in his career after taking down the 2010 EPT Deauville for €857,000 ($1,213,194). In 2016, the year he split up with his girlfriend, Cody earned just $62,519 from live tournaments, but last year his game was back on track having added a further $246,247 to his burgeoning bankroll.
Cody talked about the devastating impact his relationship ending had on him in a blog post he wrote nine months ago, and as he explained:
“Maybe it was mild depression, maybe it was full blow. I don’t know how to gauge it. I wasn’t in a good place, so it was super hard to make videos when you’re in that state of mind. It was super hard to do anything.”
Fortunately, things have turned around for the Team PokerStars player since then, and he appears to be playing at the top of his game once more.