The World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) competition at Harrah’s Cherokee made headlines, although not for the standard causes.
On Day 2 of the occasion, a person entered the event space throughout a break and began flipping tables, damaging property and scattering chips. The person turned three tables over earlier than being subdued.
After simply a few hours during which they rigorously reviewed the safety footage and took counts from the gamers, the staff at Harrah’s was capable of reconstruct the overturned stacks and the event received again on monitor.
This ended up understanding for Florian Pesce. The French participant went on to win the Important Occasion regardless of the disturbance.
Important Occasion Motion
The duplicate Day 1 flights of the Important Occasion closed with a complete of 1,710 entry tickets punched. That could be a 33% bump over the 1,288 gamers who entered the earlier version of this occasion in December 2024.
The excessive turnout meant an enormous prize pool ($2,590,650) and an enormous first-place prize ($368,380).
Pesce began Day 2 at joint twelfth within the chip counts with 188 gamers left within the discipline. By the top of the day — after the tables had been righted and stacks restored — solely 18 gamers remained and Pesce was nonetheless falling shy of the highest ten.
Day 3 noticed issues flip round for Pesce. As powerful gamers like Michael Hunsucker and Matthew Davis busted out, Pesce accrued chips.
Pesce finally discovered himself heads up with an area participant, Jarrett Mullins from Yadkinville, North Carolina. Mullins placed on a great present, however he began heads up play with a 5-to-1 chip drawback from which he by no means recovered.
The chips lastly went in with Pesce holding the Q♥10♥ and Mullins the A♥8♠. A queen on the river sealed the ring for Pesce and the $245,597 second-place prize for Mullins.
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Important Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
What Else Is On At The WSOPC
Elsewhere on the competition, Maxwell Younger gained his ninth WSOP Circuit ring, bumping him into joint sixteenth on the ring leaderboard.
In the meantime, throughout the nation, the WSOP Circuit festivals on the Horseshoe Baltimore and on the Horseshoe Hammond are nonetheless dealing playing cards whereas their tables stay mercifully upright.
Developing in March, there are three WSOPC festivals on the calendar.
The primary of those kicks off on March 5 on the Arduous Rock Tulsa with a schedule that’s superb for newbie gamers.
In April, the WSOP Circuit will return to Ontario for a collection at Nice Canadian Toronto operating April 10-22.
You’ll be able to see the total outcomes for the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee competition within the desk beneath.
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Full Sequence Outcomes
*Lead photograph courtesy WSOP Circuit
