The World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) pageant got here to an in depth Monday at Thunder Valley On line casino with a giant winner in December persevering with his prowess in event poker.
The WSOPC Thunder Valley pageant awarded 16 gold rings to some fortunate and expert gamers in addition to awarding tens of millions of {dollars} in prizes.
The Major Occasion went to Akbar Zamani for $187,882, whereas elsewhere on the sequence Scott Stewart received his seventh WSOPC ring only one month and someday after profitable $2.5 million for first place within the WPT World Championship occasion. 4 days later, he grabbed his eighth WSOPC ring within the remaining occasion of the pageant.
Scott Stewart Wins His Seventh WSOPC Ring…
It had barely been a month since profitable the WPT World Championship when Stewart purchased into WSOPC Occasion #11: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Max. Later that very same day, he was slipping his seventh WSOP Circuit ring onto his finger having taken the entire thing down.
After the WPT World Championship occasion, Stewart took a number of weeks off from event poker for the Winter holidays. So the Thunder Valley sequence was his first outing since hitting the large time.
A $600 WSOP Circuit occasion could have been a step down in stakes from a multi-million greenback remaining desk. However that simply displays how grounded Stewart remained after his huge win. When requested what he deliberate to do along with his current windfall, he informed the WSOP that he needed “a golf cart that’s wrapped in Jurassic Park so I can act like I’m driving round Jurassic Park with out it being Jurassic Park. That’s the one factor I wish to purchase.”
Stewart took house $16,980 for his victory on the WSOPC.
WSOP Thunder Valley Occasion #11: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Max Remaining Desk Outcomes
…And His Eighth
4 days after profitable the test and jewellery for Occasion #11, Stewart was again on the cashier to gather $7,290 for profitable Occasion #16: $400 – The Finale.
Stewart was up in opposition to a discipline of 77 different gamers for a piece of the $25,410 prize pool.
This victory brings Stewart’s whole stay event winnings to $5,573,690 round half of which was earned within the final six weeks. He’ll definitely be capable to afford that Jurassic Park buggy now.
WSOP Thunder Valley Occasion #11: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Max Remaining Desk Outcomes
Major Occasion Motion
The opposite main story of the Thunder Valley sequence was Akbar Zamani’s victory within the $1,700 Major Occasion.
The Thunder Valley pageant was just a little smaller than some stops, with 16 ring occasions as a substitute of the same old 18. Nonetheless, this did not cease the Major Occasion from cracking $1 million in prizes.
As soon as the 676 entries have been tallied and raked, the prize pool for the occasion was $1,024,140 and the highest prize was set at $187,882.
Everybody on the remaining desk was assured at the very least $11,300. Nonetheless, Zamani was aiming larger. Even the highest prize was small change in comparison with his largest win, a $500,000 lottery win. Fortunately Zamani began the ultimate desk in a powerful place, second in chips.
Zamani was capable of leverage that preliminary lead into a good heads-up stack, and from there bluffed his technique to a complete victory over Antonio Ma.
“I like heads-up,” Zamani informed the WSOP. “I believe I had management over him. After we began heads-up, I dominated him. I knew when was the correct time to bluff.”
Ma took house $125,260 for second place.
WSOP Thunder Valley Major Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
Up Subsequent On The Circuit
With a wrap known as on the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley, the following crimson letter day on the Circuit calendar would be the Major Occasion of the Horseshoe Tunica pageant.
The WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica pageant is already underway. Nonetheless, the pageant’s Major Occasion would not begin till the Day 1 flights held on January 31 and February 1.
The following pageant to kick off will then be the occasion at Harrah’s Pompano Seaside.
You’ll be able to see the total outcomes for the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley beneath.
