Evan Bethyo received the World Sequence of Poker Circuit cease on the Horseshoe On line casino in Hammond, Indiana on Mar. 10 for a payday value $228,398. This was the primary match win and gold ring for the Illinois resident, whose complete earnings at the moment are stacked up above $470,000 because of this victory close to Chicago.
“The monkey is off my again now, I’ve been grinding for a very long time. Had a couple of closing tables, a couple of huge scores, but it surely was attending to the purpose the place I simply needed the {hardware}. I needed to be a champion greater than I needed the cash,” Behtyo informed WSOP reporters after popping out on high.
The $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match attracted a subject of 900 entries to surpass the $1 million assure, leading to a closing prize pool of $1,363,500. The highest 133 gamers all scored a minimum of $3,423, with six-figure paydays for the highest three finishers.
Bethyo held a commanding chip lead among the many closing six when playing cards obtained within the air on the ultimate day. Bethyo scored the primary elimination on the closing desk when his pocket aces topped the pocket jacks of Wealthy Alsup. Motion continued with Xing He hitting the rail in fifth place, and the battle for fourth place lasted for some time earlier than Bethyo scored his second knockout by busting Joseph Batterman.
John Studying then took out Scott Wright in third place, and that set the chip counts for the ultimate match at roughly a 2:1 chip benefit in favor of Bethyo. That lead elevated for some time earlier than Studying scored a doubled to lengthen the ultimate skirmish. However even with that double up, the scales had been tipped too far in Bethyo’s favor, and he completed the job a short while later.
The ultimate hand noticed Studying get all in preflop brief with 9
3
. Bethyo had him lined holding 105. The board got here down 8
2264 and Bethyo received the hand together with the match title. Studying pocketed $152,272 because the runner-up to develop his profession earnings to over $1.5 million.
Closing Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Evan Bethyo
$228,398
912
2
John Studying
$152,272
760
3
Scott Wright
$105,678
608
4
Joseph Batterman
$74,644
456
5
Xing He
$53,677
380
6
Richard Alsup
$39,311
304
7
David Bradshaw
$29,329
228
8
Bekr Ali
$22,301
152
9
Michael Melone
$17,287
76
The following WSOP Circuit match sequence is already operating at Exhausting Rock Tulsa in Oklahoma with the Predominant Occasion going down from March 5-17.
Photograph credit: WSOP Circuit.
