Harvey Castro Wins World Series Of Poker Circuit Choctaw Main Event

Harvey Castro – Photo Credit: WSOP Circuit

Harvey Castro topped the sector to take house his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring together with $275,660 on the Choctaw essential occasion in Durant, Oklahoma on July 31. One of the youngest gamers within the event, Castro is from close by Flower Mound, Texas. He additionally performs collegiate soccer for Southern Methodist University so competitors is in his blood.

“I tried to manage expectations, I just tried to keep a calm, collected head throughout. I tried to take it one hand at a time,” stated Castro to reporters after the win. He continued, “I just really developed a love for it and I’ve been playing ever since. I’ve always loved tournaments, but I play a lot of cash.” Castro ended the interview by pondering his outlook on future poker plans, “I got no idea, man. I gotta soak this up for a second and figure out what my life is going to look like after this. I’m excited, definitely more poker to come.”

The five-day event noticed a turnout of 1,026 entries accrued over three beginning flights, and the whole prize pool was set at $1,552,338. That simply surpassed the assure of $1 million. The prime 120 gamers all secured a rating value at the very least $2,546 in prize cash. Day 2 noticed every participant that cashed return, after which they performed all the best way all the way down to the ultimate 12 gamers with David “The Dragon” Pham holding the chip lead. Notables that made a deep run within the event included gold-ring winners Kami Hudson (fortieth), Danny Marx (thirty sixth), Will Berry (thirty fourth), Craig Varnell (twelfth), and Roger Franco (tenth).

Pham nonetheless held the lead when the ultimate desk was set, and Castro held the third-largest stack with 9 gamers remaining. Castro pulled into the lead a short while later due to dragging a pot value 5 million chips. Castro didn’t rating his first knockout punch on the ultimate desk till he took out Arthur Morris in fifth place throughout his drive to retake the chip lead after dropping it in the course of the early motion.

Castro scored the following elimination after the dinner break when he took out Todd Tucker in fourth place. Castro then stored issues rolling when he busted Pham in third place to take a greater than 5:1 chip benefit into the ultimate match towards Chris Staats.

Castro utilized fixed strain from that time ahead with a number of jams earlier than Staats picked a spot to make his ultimate stand. Castro moved all in with J5 on the ultimate hand of the event, and Staats referred to as for the final of his chips holding 98. The board ran out Ok327Q, and that was all she wrote for Staats. He took house $174,980 for the deep run, and the gold bracelet winner’s profession earnings are actually above $1.7 million.

Here is a have a look at the payouts awarded on the ultimate desk:

The subsequent WSOP Circuit occasion will run from Aug. 3-14 on the Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. The $1,700 buy-in essential occasion begins on Thursday, Aug. 11. You can see the total schedule for the event sequence proper right here.