Scott Drobes Enjoys His Deep Run at WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open

By Kevin Taylor

Scott Drobes is a self-proclaimed amateur when it comes to tournament poker, but you wouldn’t have guessed that if you took a look at the chips counts in this event. Drobes has been at or near the top of the counts for most of Day 2, and continues to impress here on Day 3. However, Drobes was quick to downplay his abilities when asked about his poker game. 

“I just started playing tournaments again in June, I had only played eight or nine tournaments in my life total before then. I don’t even like tournaments honestly, I mainly play cash games. I just started playing again on weekends since I have the free time. I play poker as a hobby, and I’ve been lucky enough to have gotten a few good hands and they held,” said Drobes.

Drobes ended Day 2 with 1,990,000, and he joked with us that it was going to bother him all night that he wasn’t able to get to an even two million before the night ended. He also gave credit to a fellow competitor in the field, Jason Young, who also advance to Day 3, but busted a short time ago.

“I wanted so badly to write two million at the end of Day 2, and I just missed it. It’s a fun hobby for me. I came down here a year ago, right before my buddy Jason Young binked the $1,100 event here after a four year break or so. I’m fortunate enough to have a few friends who are very talented and I’ve gotten some coaching from them,” said Drobes.

Drobes said he has been playing cash games for over 30 years now, and that he is just now getting back into tournaments. He owns a company in Atlanta that does corporate negotiations, and while he doesn’t have the tournament experience that others do, he is ready to give it his best fighting chance.

“The reality is, I don’t have the talent or number of hands experience or deep understanding of the game, so really I’m probably one of the softer seats at the table. I’ve run pretty well to have this many chips. My range is tighter in tournaments than it is in cash games,” said Drobes.

When asked what his plan was with his big stack going into Day 3, he enjoyed a nice laugh, before giving us quite a blunt answer. “Let’s just say that I have run pretty well to get here. I’m just gonna try not to look stupid if I’m honest.”

Well it looks like he hasn’t done anything stupid so far. At the end of the first break, he was still second in chips with 1.9 million. Stay tuned to find out if Drobes can continue his unlikely run at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open!