Luis Yepez Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Southern Indiana Main Event

Luis Yepez is the newest fundamental occasion champion to be topped on the World Collection of Poker Circuit. The California resident overcame a discipline of 338 entries within the 2024 WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em fundamental occasion, incomes $111,979 and his first gold ring for the win.

This was the second-largest rating but for the Venezuelan-born participant. Again in 2015 he took down a Caribbean Poker Tour fundamental occasion in Punta Cana for $185,615. Yepez has now surpassed $1 million in profession match earnings after his most up-to-date triumph within the circuit.

Along with the cash and {hardware}, the victory additionally got here with 480 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors. Yepez now has 1,570 complete POY factors, sufficient to put him inside the highest 500 within the 2024 POY standings introduced by International Poker.

Yepez was one of many 52 gamers to money on this occasion, with different notables that ran deep together with bracelet winner Alan Percal (forty first), bracelet winner Jeremy Eyer (thirty first), bracelet winner Ronnie Day (twenty seventh), 2015 Seminole Laborious Rock Rock’n’Roll Poker Open fundamental occasion winner Jacob Bazeley (twenty second), two-time ring winner Hint Henderson (fifteenth), five-time ring winner Kurt Jewell (twelfth), ten-time ring winner Robert Hankins (eleventh), and two-time ring winner Bradley Butcher (sixth).

Yepez battled for a number of hours in opposition to his heads-up opponent, Niles Lawless, however was ultimately in a position to shut out the win. Lawless earned a career-high rating of $74,244 for his second-place end.

Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Luis Yepez
$111,979
480

2
Niles Lawless
$74,244
400

3
Abdul Amer
$50,323
320

4
Daniel Hummer
$34,891
240

5
Bradley Butcher
$24,759
200

6
Derek Nold
$17,990
160

7
Jason Blodgett
$13,394
120

8
John Mcmurry
$10,223
80

9
Gabi Habash
$8,005
40

Photograph credit score: WSOP.