The 20-event World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) cease at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina has reached its conclusion. Donovan Dean, for the second time since 2022, wrapped the collection by taking down the $1,700 buy-in Primary Occasion, a $1.5 million assured event, for $326,206 and a shiny gold ring.
Susan Faber additionally made headlines throughout the collection, having gained two rings. She first defeated Maurice Hawkins heads-up to win Occasion #5: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em for $33,493. The World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner would then seize her second ring in Occasion #16: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em Tremendous Turbo, beating out 174 entrants for an additional $21,884.
Dean Runs it Again
In December 2022, Dean gained the Harrah’s Cherokee Primary Occasion, beating out 1,502 entrants for a $356,963 payday. The Alabama native was as much as his previous tips the previous few days.
Primary Occasion motion started Aug. 9 with the primary of two Day 1 beginning flights, and concluded with Monday’s closing desk. Dean bagged an enormous chip lead heading into the ultimate desk with almost twice the stack of his nearest competitor, Tommy Doyle.
WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee Primary Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
Doyle would bow out in third place, which paid him $153,664. That left solely two gamers battling for a hoop — Andrew Rebhan and Dean. Rebhan got here near profitable his first ring at Cherokee final 12 months in a $400 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event, however he inevitably fell in third place.
He’ll have to attend a bit longer to lastly declare his first ring as he misplaced heads-up to Dean on the closing desk on Monday. Second place paid $217,454, whereas the champion earned $326,206.
Dean gained his third ring, all at Harrah’s Cherokee. On high of profitable the Primary Occasion in 2022, he gained a $365 buy-in Monster Stack occasion in 2016. The latest victory places his total dwell event winnings simply north of $1.7 million, based on The Hendon Mob. He ranks fourth all time amongst these from Alabama. Shannon Shorr has a stranglehold on the lead, nonetheless, with $13.2 million in cashes.
The Cherokee cease wrapped on Monday with three different gamers capturing Circuit rings — Garry Kilpatrick (Occasion #18), Robert Reed (Occasion #19), and Ken Phuong (Occasion #20). World Sequence of Poker Circuit motion will now transfer throughout the nation to Graton Resort & On line casino in Rohnert Park, California beginning Aug. 15 with the primary of 18 ring occasions.
Full WSOP Circuit Cherokee Outcomes
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