Evan Bethyo received the World Series of Poker Circuit cease on the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana on Mar. 10 for a payday price $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 due to this victory close to Chicago.
“The monkey is off my back now, I’ve been grinding for a long time. Had a few final tables, a few big scores, but it was getting to the point where I just wanted the hardware. I wanted to be a champion more than I wanted the money,” Behtyo advised 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 remaining prize pool of $1,363,500. The high 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 remaining six when playing cards bought within the air on the ultimate day. Bethyo scored the primary elimination on the remaining desk when his pocket aces topped the pocket jacks of Rich Alsup. Action 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 Reading 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 Reading scored a doubled to lengthen the ultimate skirmish. But even with that double up, the scales have been tipped too far in Bethyo’s favor, and he completed the job a short while later.
The remaining hand noticed Reading 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. Reading pocketed $152,272 because the runner-up to develop his profession earnings to over $1.5 million.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Evan Bethyo | $228,398 | 912 |
| 2 | John Reading | $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 subsequent WSOP Circuit match collection is already working at Hard Rock Tulsa in Oklahoma with the Main Event happening from March 5-17.
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